http://www.lovethebook.com/ The latest from the lovethebook.com book notes rss feed. "Nobody wants to read how the bubble will break," writes Michel Hudson, author of Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire, "at least, not until after it bursts. Can't you write a bo... http://www.lovethebook.com/index.aspx?perm=124 Friday, September 26, 2008 Tariq Ali on Barack Obama saying that he would have no hesitation in bombing Al Qaeda inside the country, "with or without" approval of the Pakistani gov... http://www.lovethebook.com/index.aspx?perm=123 Friday, September 19, 2008 DARE you see a soul at the white heat? &nbsp;&nbsp;Then crouch within the door. Red is the fire’s common tint; &nbsp;&nbsp;But when the vivid ore Has sated flame’s conditions, &nbsp;&n... http://www.lovethebook.com/index.aspx?perm=122 Tuesday, September 16, 2008 The apparent suicide of writer David Foster Wallace is a very sad loss for the literary world. We excerpt a passage from a 1996 salon.com interview with the writer: "What's it like to be a ... http://www.lovethebook.com/index.aspx?perm=121 Monday, September 15, 2008 It's like these guys take pride in being ignorant. - Barack Obama Susan Jacoby is the author of eight books, including Freethinkers:... http://www.lovethebook.com/index.aspx?perm=120 Thursday, September 11, 2008 The syntactical structure of Republican language is often rather simple. Rudolph Giuliani's was once cleverly parsed as Noun + Verb + 911. John McCain's is Noun + Verb + P.O.W. Paul Waldman, Senior Fell... http://www.lovethebook.com/index.aspx?perm=119 Wednesday, September 10, 2008 The Israelis do not want to teach students that there is a love story between an Arab poet and this land. I just wish they'd read me to enjoy my poetry, not as a representative of the enemy. He was the "most brilliant" Arabic ... http://www.lovethebook.com/index.aspx?perm=118 Friday, August 15, 2008 Ammon Shea is the co-author with Peter Novobatzky of two previous books on obscure words, Depraved English and Insulting English (now ... http://www.lovethebook.com/index.aspx?perm=117 Wednesday, August 06, 2008 Sharp Teeth, the free verse debut novel by Toby Barlow, is a story of love and werewolves in modern Los Angeles. A "tightly written crime thriller" disguised a heroic epic poem, the book is a "howling, hole-digging, bone-snapping, blood-lapping, int... http://www.lovethebook.com/index.aspx?perm=116 Monday, August 04, 2008 The Library of Congress has announced announced that Kay Ryan is to be the sixteenth Poet Laureate of the United States. "Her poems", according to <a href=default.aspx?&kw=J.%20D.%20McClat... http://www.lovethebook.com/index.aspx?perm=115 Wednesday, July 30, 2008 If you think slavery ended with the civil war, read Douglas Blackmon's book Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the C... http://www.lovethebook.com/index.aspx?perm=114 Sunday, July 27, 2008 It's the old American double standard, you know, say one thing, do something different. And, of course, the country is founded on the double standard. That's our history. We were founded on a very basic double standard. This country was founded ... http://www.lovethebook.com/index.aspx?perm=113 Tuesday, June 24, 2008 The best thing about radio is that people were born without earlids. You can't close your ears to it. Called the man "who moved sound recording into the realm of the arts," by photographer Edward Steichen, "the King of Sound" by... http://www.lovethebook.com/index.aspx?perm=112 Tuesday, June 17, 2008 Are there no consequences for committing a crime of colossal proportions? As a Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney, Vincent Bugliosi successfully prosecuted 105 of 106 ... http://www.lovethebook.com/index.aspx?perm=111 Monday, June 16, 2008 Called "a new-generation populist who instinctively understands that the only real questions are 'Who's getting screwed'" by Molly Ivins and a "populist rabble rouser" with a "take no-prisoners mind-set" by the ... http://www.lovethebook.com/index.aspx?perm=110 Wednesday, June 04, 2008