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THE COCAINE CHRONICLES ed. by Gary Phillips and Jervey Tervalon
reviewed by Chris Aitkens

THE COCAINE CHRONICLES ed. by Gary Phillips and Jervey Tervalon

Akashic Books, 250 pages, trade paperback, $15.95 Blow. Powder. Snow. Nose candy. Rock. Whatever you may call it, cocaine is a hell of a drug. [...]

THE SPEED CHRONICLES ed. by Joseph Mattson
reviewed by Chris Aitkens

THE SPEED CHRONICLES ed. by Joseph Mattson

Akashic Books, 300 pages, trade paperback, $15.95 It’s scary how transformative drugs can be. Don’t believe me? Sit down and read at least one story [...]

BOUNDARIES by Elizabeth Nunez
reviewed by Vanessa Bennett

BOUNDARIES by Elizabeth Nunez

Akashic Books, 275 pages, hardcover, $15.00 Set against the fast-paced backdrop of the publishing world, Boundaries is the story of a Caribbean immigrant struggling to reconcile [...]

TWO TIMES INTRO: ON THE ROAD WITH PATTI SMITH by Michael Stipe
reviewed by Vanessa Bennett

TWO TIMES INTRO: ON THE ROAD WITH PATTI SMITH by Michael Stipe

Akashic Books, 128 pages, hardcover $23.95 What happens when REM front man Michael Stipe and beloved alt-rock chick Patti Smith collide? You get a photo [...]

THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM by Nathan Larson
reviewed by Paul J. Comeau

THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM by Nathan Larson

Akashic Books, 252 pages, trade paperback, $15.95 Over the years, Akashic Books has built a reputation as a powerhouse independent publisher of gritty noir fiction. Their [...]

GO THE FUCK TO SLEEP by Adam Mansbach, illustrated by Ricardo Cortés
reviewed by Evan Pearson

GO THE FUCK TO SLEEP by Adam Mansbach, illustrated by Ricardo Cortés

Akashic Books, 32 pages, hardcover, $14.95 “The cubs and the lions are snoring, wrapped in a big snuggly heap, how come you can do all [...]

FIGHTING IN THE SHADE by Sterling Watson
reviewed by Michael Kennedy

FIGHTING IN THE SHADE by Sterling Watson

Akashic Books, 330 pages, trade paperback, $15.95 Hazing is messed up: fact. And what’s really weird about it is that even though I’ve known football [...]

GO FISH: HOW TO WIN CONTEMPT AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE by Mr. Fish
reviewed by Simon A. Thalmann

GO FISH: HOW TO WIN CONTEMPT AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE by Mr. Fish

Akashic Books, 224 pages, trade paperback, $18.95 You might expect that the debut collection of cartoons from a left-leaning political satirist would excoriate the Tea Party [...]

COPENHAGEN NOIR – ed. by Bo Tao Michaelis
reviewed by Paul J. Comeau

COPENHAGEN NOIR – ed. by Bo Tao Michaelis

Akashic Books, 280 pages, trade paperback, $15.95 Yet another in Akashic Books’ award-winning Noir series, Copenhagen Noir takes us to the streets of that selfsame [...]

HAITI NOIR – ed. by Edwidge Danticat
reviewed by Paul J. Comeau

HAITI NOIR – ed. by Edwidge Danticat

Akashic Books, 300 pages, trade paperback, $15.95 Akashic Books’ award-winning Noir series returns, this time taking readers to the exotic island of Haiti.  From crooked [...]

COWS by Matthew Stokoe
reviewed by Michael Kennedy

COWS by Matthew Stokoe

Akashic Books, 190 pages, trade paperback, $15.95 In high school, we all knew someone who would say really out of control, risqué, and altogether inappropriate [...]

FROM A BASEMENT IN SEATTLE by Brad Klausen
reviewed by Andrew Lapham Fersch

FROM A BASEMENT IN SEATTLE by Brad Klausen

Akashic Books, 155 pages, trade paperback, $24.95 Ever have the dream of writing a letter to one of your favorite musicians and having them write [...]

Interview: Brad Klausen
words by Andrew Lapham Fersch | art by Brad Klausen

Interview: Brad Klausen

Ever have the dream of writing a letter to one of your favorite musicians and having them write back to you? How about writing them a letter, asking them if they’d like for you to make them posters? And then step it up a notch — ever dream of them getting back in touch and offering you a full time job? Probably not, because it sounds awfully far fetched. And certainly not if you’re talking about a band as big as Pearl Jam. But in 1999, a young Brad Klausen — fresh out of school for graphic design — offered his services as an artist, and they offered him a job.

100 POSTERS/134 SQUIRRELS by Jay Ryan
reviewed by Shahab Zargari

100 POSTERS/134 SQUIRRELS by Jay Ryan

Akashic Books, 120 pages, paperback, $22.95 This book is a reissue of Jay Ryan’s amazing first decade of silk-screened artwork and posters. Several essays serve as introductions [...]

PLEASE TAKE ME OFF THE GUEST LIST by Nick Zinner, Zachary Lipez, and Stacy Wakefield
reviewed by Simon A. Thalmann

PLEASE TAKE ME OFF THE GUEST LIST by Nick Zinner, Zachary Lipez, and Stacy Wakefield

Akashic Books, 150 pages, trade paperback, $15.95 The collaborative Please Take Me Off the Guest List is a book of contradictions. It is a book [...]