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Knoxville Books & Reviews
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NPR’s Steve Inskeep Pits Two Dynamic American Figures Against Each Other in ‘Jacksonland’

In Books by Jack NeelyMay 27, 2015leave a COMMENT

Jacksonland is a book nobody much expected—perhaps not even, until a couple of years ago, its author, Steve Inskeep. NPR’s morning host is known for his up-to-the-minute reporting of breaking …

Åsne Seierstad’s ‘One of Us’ Joins the Classics of True Crime

In Books by Bryan CharlesMay 6, 2015leave a COMMENT

The original paperback version of Helter Skelter, Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry’s true-crime blockbuster about the Manson killings, contained, on its very first page, a lurid all-caps warning: THE STORY …

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David Duchovny Sort of Satirizes Foodie Obsessions in ‘Holy Cow’

In Books by Tracy JonesApril 15, 2015leave a COMMENT

Call her Elsie, call her “old girl,” call her some kind of symbolic “every cow.” Just don’t ever refer to her as “the protein.” Elsie Bovary, the bovine heroine of …

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Kim Gordon’s Memoir of Life in and Out of Sonic Youth Is Both Cool and Raw

In Books by Bryan CharlesApril 8, 2015leave a COMMENT

Among the photos scattered throughout Girl in a Band, Kim Gordon’s elliptical new memoir, is a rather striking one of her with Kurt Cobain. Gordon is speaking, her back to …

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