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Sirens

January 6, 2017 by Drew

The Short Version: Novelist Joshua Mohr turns his attentions to non-fiction, specifically an account of both his years of substance abuse – and his discovery, after getting sober and having a daughter, that he has a literal hole in his heart. All before he turns 40. It’s complicated, complex, funny, and brimming with life – just like Josh. The Review: I started this book in a warm tub with a Glencairn glass of single malt scotch, my second of that particular night. […]

Categories: Memoir, Non-Fiction • Tags: Advance Review, Book, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Joshua Mohr, Memoir, Non-Fiction, review, Reviews, Sirens, Two Dollar Radio

Square Wave

February 1, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: Sometime in the future, in a city called Halsley in an America not quite dystopic but certainly worse off than we are now, several lives intertwine: a writer interested in 17th-century Sri Lanka, a musician exploring microtones, the son of an Indian scientist researching weather modification, and more all come together not quite in harmony but in a sort of harmonic dissidence as the presidential elections loom… The Review: I’ll admit that for quite a long time with this […]

Categories: Fiction, Literature • Tags: Advance Review, America, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Dystopia, Fiction, History, Ideas, Literature, Mark de Silva, Music, Philosophy, Politics, Reviews, Science, Science Fiction, Square Wave, Two Dollar Radio

The Absolution of Roberto Acestes Laing

August 26, 2015 by Drew

The Short Version: A journalist comes to meet with Roberto Acestes Laing, a near-mythic figure in film culture who worked for major directors and who, as a film librarian, destroyed the only copies of several films from now-famous directors. But what does the journalist really seek – and what does Laing actually offer? The Review: Few books in recent years have stolen into my consciousness and set up shop like Marisha Pessl’s Night Film – specifically it’s creepy reclusive director, Stanislaw […]

Categories: Fiction, Literature • Tags: Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, David Lynch, Fiction, Film, Horror, Literature, Movies, Nicholas Rombes, Reviews, Roberto Acestes Laing, The Absolution of Roberto Acestes Laing, TNBBC, Two Dollar Radio

“Questions & Answers” – with Joshua Mohr

October 3, 2011 by Drew

Happy October, biblioholics – and welcome to a new special addition to your regularly scheduled programming: this is “Questions & Answers”, our new (you guessed it) question and answer series. From time to time, I’ll get to chatting with an author of an upcoming book and then we’ll put the resulting conversation here. General warnings: SPOILERS definitely abound and the conversation is totally unfiltered. That said, may I present our first guest: Joshua Mohr and his new book, Damascus. ———————————————————————————————————————— […]

Categories: "Questions & Answers", News/Updates • Tags: "Questions & Answers", 2DR, Damascus, Fiction, Interviews, Joshua Mohr, Literature, New Books, News/Updates, Q&A, Two Dollar Radio

Damascus

May 10, 2011 by Drew

The Short Version: At a bar called Damascus in the Mission District in San Fran, there are all kinds of assorted odd-types. They’re all damaged in their own ways and they find solace in this dive. It takes an art installation about the Iraq War to change their lives and remind us all just what kind of country it is we live in. The Review: Interesting story about this one. This is, I think it relatively safe to say, a book that […]

Categories: Fiction, Literature • Tags: Damascus, Fiction, Joshua Mohr, Literature, this American moment, Two Dollar Radio

Raging Biblio-holism

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Sirens

Square Wave

The Absolution of Roberto Acestes Laing

“Questions & Answers” – with Joshua Mohr

Damascus