Book reviews

Check out the latest reviews of University of Minnesota Press books.
Fox 9: A book that rocks and rolls
M. A. Rosko talks with Rick Shefchik.
Fox 9's In the Kitchen: Beth Dooley
Beth Dooley, author of THE NORTHERN HEARTLAND KITCHEN, shows us her recipes for Fresh Ginger Cranberry Salsa and Fresh Carrot and Parsley Salad on FOX9.
Fox9: Book tells story of MN couple's first legal same-sex marriage in U.S.
M. A. Rosko with Michael McConnell and Jack Baker.
Fox9: 'Let's Go Fishing!' tells tales from the north woods
Segment with author Eric Dregni.
Fractured Politics Interview: Ian Bogost
Interview with Ian Bogost, author of How to Do Things with Videogames, in Fractured Politics.
Frames Cinema Journal reviews Human Error
Human Error: Species-Being and Media Machines by Dominic Pettman "marries knotty theoretical concepts with accessible cultural touchstones, in order to help guide the reader through some difficult territory."
Fred Ho refutes the claim that Richard Aoki was an FBI informant
Asian American Studies scholar Fred Ho, author of WICKED THEORY, NAKED PRACTICE, writing for Moorbey's blog.
Friday food: Sauteed Walleye in a Poppy Seed-Cornmeal Crust
Review of THE SPOONRIVER COOKBOOK by Brenda Langton in Flyover Land blog.
From an Object’s Point of View: Prefaratory Remarks on Alien Phenomenology
Larval Subjects reviews Ian Bogost's ALIEN PHENOMENOLOGY.
From Fields to Fairways featured on Golf.com
Rick Shefchik's new golf book featured among Golf Books from 2012 on Golf.com.
From mapmakers to moles, North Shore traces a Superior coast legacy
Great Lakes Echo features Chel Anderson and Adelheid Fischer, author of NORTH SHORE.
From Siberia, a Tale of Everyday Survival
Jessa Crispin interviews Rane Willerslev, author of ON THE RUN IN SIBERIA, for Kirkus Reviews.
NYT: From Turkey to China to Norway, These Novels Take You Back in Time
Tiina Nunnally’s new translation captures the dark imperatives of a land where clan loyalties and ancient codes of honor have become ensnarled in the struggle between rising powers: the church and the royal court.
'Frozen': A story that wouldn't let go
Star Tribune: A grim paragraph in a history of Koochiching County in northern Minnesota burrowed into Mary Casanova's brain and demanded to be written.
FSF: Fool for Hollywood
Express Milwaukee reviews Scott Donaldson's new biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald, FOOL FOR LOVE.
Full Stop: Herlands
Review of Herlands by Keridwen N. Luis
FullStop: Rene Magritte
Magritte had the exceeding power of knowing exactly what he was doing and putting it into precise words. Language, in fact, is a primary element in several of his best-known paintings, and a subject they contemplate.
Furtherfield | Massive Media: A Geology of Media book review
Humans are a doubly young species — we haven’t been around for long, and we don’t live for long either. Review of Jussi Parikka's book.
Fuse Book/Film Review: Director Werner Herzog Captures Ferocious Reality
In his book Ferocious Reality, Eric Ames offers an insightful, well organized, and readable study of Werner Herzog’s documentary work that explores the director’s earliest films as well as his most recent.
Fuse Book Review: John Vassos
John Vassos: Industrial Design for Modern Life is not only an essential book for designers, but for those who love the history of design.
Futurity: This brutal online game could redefine 'fun'
On EVE Online, featuring Marcus Carter.
Game 81: A Tony Oliva biography
Review of Thom Henninger's book for Twinkie Town blog.
Games of Empire review in the Global Sociology blog
"Ultimately fascinating in relating the ins-and-outs of the videogame industry and culture to the workings of the world system."
Garage Logic: The Lost Brothers
Interview with Jack El-Hai, author of The Lost Brothers
Gardening Products Review: Fresh from the Garden
"I highly recommend this book because it is accessible to the novice, useful to the experienced gardener, and covers a broad world of edible crops."
Gary Goodman on the Matt McNeil Show
Gary Goodman discusses The Last Bookseller with Matt McNeil on AM950.
Gastro Obscura's New Favorite Things interview with Susan Marks
Much like how tourists roll around Silicon Valley hoping to peek inside the campuses where all the tech magic happens, thousands of mid-century American cooks flocked to the General Mills headquarters in Minnesota to see new products and trendy recipes in development. But unlike super-secretive Apple, General Mills encouraged visitors to visit the Betty Crocker Kitchens, even providing a phone number for tour requests.
Gawker excerpt: Ellen Willis on "Bringing in the Noise" of Trash TV
Excerpt from THE ESSENTIAL ELLEN WILLIS.
Gay Catholics, Suicidal Moms, and the Polymorphous Perversity of Madonna’s Big Toe
The Advocate reviews Mark Dery's I MUST NOT THINK BAD THOUGHTS.
Gay Life Against Marriage
A review of Derek Jarman's At Your Own Risk in The New Inquiry.