Tag Archives: Authors

Tom Miller: Travel Writing, Expatriates, and Vengeful Saguaros

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Travel writer. Graphic from Ephemerist.Travel writing, expatriates, and vengeful saguaros Be skeptical of writers who talk of snow-capped peaks, bustling marketplaces where the beadwork is always intricate, and shy but friendly natives. By Tom Miller / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Gregg Barrios : David Montejano’s ‘Quixote’s Soldiers’

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Up from the barrio:A Chicano son of San AntonioReflects on El Movimiento By Gregg Barrios / The Rag Blog / July 6, 2010 See video of Gregg Barrios’ interview with David Montejano, Below. [Quixote’s Soldiers: A Local History of the … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE / ‘Punto Final’ : ‘Adios’ to Monsivais and Saramago

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Carlos Monsivais (top), and Jose Saramago. Photos from el idiota de la familia, top, and La Nousfera.Left writers as endangered species:Adios to Carlos Monsivais and Jose Saramago By John Ross / The Rag Blog / July 3, 2010 MEXICO CITY … Continue reading →

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Neuroscientist David Eagleman: Portrait of a ‘Possibilian’

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

David Eagleman. Image from Researchers and Theories / comcast.net.Baylor’s David Eagleman:The Carl Sagan of neuroscience …in the space between the materialist and mystic, anything’s possible. By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / June 14, 2010 [An edited version of … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Jonah Raskin on ‘The Bomb’ : Howard Zinn Speaks From the Dead

Posted on May 2, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

The Bomb:Howard Zinn’s last callTo rebel against war By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / May 2, 2010 The Bomb by Howard Zinn (City Lights Open Media, San Francisco, August 2010); paperback, 100 pp; $8.95. In his lifetime, Howard … Continue reading →

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John Ross in Obamalandia : Death Waltz Across Texas

Posted on March 13, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

John Ross. Photo from Con Carlitos.Loose in Obamalandia:Death waltz across Texas(With apologies to Ernest Tubbs) By John Ross / The Rag Blog / March 13, 2010 I. Paranoia stalks the skies. At LAX, flying towards Texas, I am pulled out … Continue reading →

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Dick J. Reavis: ‘Catching Out’ in the Secret World of Day Laborers

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Portland Indymedia.Researching my new book on the job:Catching Out: The Secret World of Day LaborersBy Dick J. Reavis / The Rag Blog / February 15, 2010 Author/activist/educator and Rag Blog contributor Dick Reavis will be Thorne Dreyer’s guest … Continue reading →

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Book Ends : Writers Salinger and Zinn Made a Difference

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

“The Man in the Books,” by Andre Martins de Barros / Found Shit.Two writers who changed us:J. D. Salinger and Howard ZinnBy Carl R. Hultberg / The Rag Blog / January 29, 2010 It is impossible to predict whose writing … Continue reading →

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People’s Historian : The Singular Legacy of Howard Zinn

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Historian and activist Howard Zinn, 1922-2010.How the great Howard ZinnMade all our lives better No American historian has had a more lasting positive impact on our understanding of the true nature of our country… By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Mike Roselle and Jeffrey St. Clair : Two From the Green Hard Core

Posted on January 24, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Mike Roselle and Jeffrey St. Clair:Green activism from the front lines By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / January 24, 2010 [Tree Spiker: From Earth First! to Lowbagging: My Struggles in Radical Environmental Action by Mike Roselle. Published by … Continue reading →

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Marc Estrin : GREED — A Bedtime Story

Posted on January 16, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

GREED — A Bedtime Story By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / January 26, 2010 I won’t bore or appall you with the toxic sludge spewing out of the mouths of our CEOs justifying — sans apology — their … Continue reading →

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Paul Krassner : In Praise of Indecency

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Paul Krassner depicted in Oui Magazine advertisement for an upcoming October 1975 interview. Graffiti includes references to the Realist mascot, Lenny Bruce, and Jerry Rubin. Image from the Realist Archive Project.In praise of indecency:Paul Krassner is our ‘Satirist-Laureate’ By Harvey … Continue reading →

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