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NEWS
AND UPDATES
06/01/09
Folks, the June HBC update is up and chock-full of good stuff. Please check it out and let us know what you think.
01/04/09
Happy new year from the Hipster Book Club! Thanks to everyone who entered the book giveaway over the holidays. For a list of winners, click here.
11/03/08
The November issue is up and running. Don’t forget to check out the books we’re giving away! We’re also working on our holiday suggestion list. Find out how we can help you find gifts for all of your loved ones here.
07/11/08
For those of you in SoCal, please don’t forget to attend the HBC’s first live event tomorrow at Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena. The fun starts at 4 p.m. and includes a performance by the band Red Pony Clock. Hope to see you there!
04/01/08
Happy April, everyone! If you haven’t already noticed, we have a lot more content than usual this month. We really enjoyed putting together this update, and if you read very carefully, you’ll see why!
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FEATURED
REVIEWS
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 OSAMA
VAN HALEN
By Michael Muhammad Knight
Reviewed
by MARIE MUNDACA
Amazing
Ayyub, an Iranian Shi'ite "skinhead," along with his female
friend Rabeya, kidnap actor Matt Damon and threaten to kill
him unless their demand is met: that Hollywood stop the Muslim
stereotyping. As Rabeya says, "No more of this Delta Force
bullshit!"
[Full
review]
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 THE
PEEP DIARIES
By Hal Niedzviecki
Reviewed by MARIE
MUNDACA
Who are
these people, blogging about every mundane detail, taking
dirty photos of themselves and posting them to the web, and
who are the people who are hungry for this entertainment?
As readers no doubt suspect, it's all of us.
[Full
review]
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 FAQ:
By Ben Doller
Reviewed by CHRIS MACKOWSKI
Each
poem, titled "FAQ:," begins with the line "Thank you for your
question," but the question hangs in the air unknown—and
sometimes, based on Doller's answers, unknowable.
[Full review]
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 HBC
CLASSIC: THE HANDMAID'S TALE
By Margaret Atwood
Reviewed
by JESSICA SYCZ
The
book, if to be appreciated on its deepest levels, requires active
involvement and contemplation from the reader. Atwood relies
on her readers to delve below the surface to consider every
side of the story she presents and ultimately draw their own
conclusions.
[Full
review]
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AN
OPEN LETTER TO ROERTA SILMAN
RE: THE DAY ALICE HOFFMAN WENT CRAZYPANTS
By
YENNIE CHEUNG
After
receiving a bad review of her new book, Alice Hoffman railed
against book critic Roberta Silman, even posting the reviewer's
phone number on Twitter. Yennie chimes in with her thoughts.
[Full
article]
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THE
INFLUENCE OF ANXIETY
Dorothy
Parka takes a look at what may be this generation's Tropic
of Cancer...but German and for women.
[Full
story]
LETTERS
FROM THE EDITORS
Kyle considers the levels on communication possible in internet
discourse and where the HBC fits into it.
[Full
story]
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