Book reviews

Check out the latest reviews of University of Minnesota Press books.
Gayla Marty in Minnesota Women's Press
"Think about our impact on forests and take time to get to know the trees, even if it's just one tree in your yard."
Gender Jawn Podcast: Trans Care with Hil Malatino
In this episode, the second on this year’s theme, Care for the Future, Gwendolyn Beetham and Tamir Williams speak with Hil Malatino about his books TRANS CARE and SIDE AFFECTS: ON BEING TRANS AND FEELING BAD.
'Only The Dead' is "genuinely gripping"
Euro Crime blog's Laura Root reviews Only The Dead by Vidar Sundstol
George Cukor: Essential reading on queer cinema and Hollywood history
PopMatters reviews the book by Patrick McGilligan.
Georgia: A Third University Is Possible
A conversations with K. Wayne Yang
"German Autumn" Reveals Similarities Between Postwar Germany and Our World Today
Review of Stig Dagerman's account of life in Germany after the fall of the Third Reich.
Get Your Read On ~ The Disenchanted by Budd Schulberg
Out of the Past reviews this book based on real experiences with F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Gilda Ochoa on California Edition
Talking about ACADEMIC PROFILING.
Glasgow Review of Books: Anthologising the Anthropocene
Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet and Veer Ecology are books about the Anthropocene, and both are permeated by its hesitance.
Glasgow Review of Books: Hyperobjects and Prismatic Ecology
"In an academic context, green cultural studies has developed over the last three decades from a small sub-genre of literary criticism largely focused on nature writing to a keyword of the order of gender, sexuality, and ethnicity."
Glasgow Review of Books: Whose Anthropocene?
GLBT Reviews: So Much to Be Done
In addition to many things, Barbara Brenner was also a superb writer, and this collection showcases some of her best efforts, including pieces from the BCA’s newsletter and from her own later blog, “Healthy Barbs,” focusing on her years living with ALS.
GLBT Reviews: The Wedding Heard 'Round the World
This book is recommended for all LGBT-related and general history collections.
Global Gangs is "both highly authoritative and very timely."
Review of the edited collection by Jennifer M. Hazen and Dennis Rodgers in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books (Rutgers).
Global Warming via Hyperobjects
Notes from a professor on teaching Timothy Morton's HYPEROBJECTS.
Globally Aware: Learning About Food Issues from Another Hemisphere
Jenny Breen, author of COOKING UP THE GOOD LIFE, writes about a year of living in Argentina.
Golf in Minnesota: Interesting facts from Rick Shefchik
TC Daily Planet offers great tidbits from Rick Shefchik's FROM FIELDS TO FAIRWAYS.
Good Food: Scandinavian breakfasts with Beatrice Ojakangas
Growing up on a farm in northern Minnesota, Beatrice Ojakangas learned to cook and bake on a wood-burning stove before she could read. Today she’s a James Beard Hall of Fame author and an expert on Scandinavian baking. In “Breakfast with Beatrice,” she returns to her Finnish roots for an exploration of the day’s most important meal.
Good Magazine: How To Fix All That Food Waste
Featuring FREEGANS by Alex V. Barnard.
GoodFood World on Turn Here Sweet Corn
"Atina Diffley is the neighbor we didn’t know we had!"
"Gorgeous. Beautiful. Flawless.": Pen Pals & Picture Books Review of Leif the Lucky
Pen Pals & Picture Books reviews Leif the Lucky by Ingri and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire
Gothic Camp: The Beales of East Hampton
Nod to the chapter on Grey Gardens in SPECTACLE OF PROPERTY.
Gothic Nature Journal: Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet
Review of Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet
Governing: A Mayor's Real Job
Running a city is mostly about building community -- and that's never easy. Review of R.T. Rybak's POTHOLE CONFIDENTIAL.
Grading Obama's Urban Policy Legacy
With James DeFilippis: Now, as he leaves the White House, Obama’s legacy is being evaluated on many fronts, including within the realm of urban policy.
Graham's Foundation interview: Kate Hopper
"As many parents of preemies know, writing can lead to healing."
Granola Glitterati
Minnesota Monthly looks inside the hippie chic world of whole-foods pioneer Brenda Langton, author of THE SPOONRIVER COOKBOOK.
Granta excerpt: The Book of the Dead
A great deal lies hidden beneath the surface of the story; the entire text is a modernist mystery waiting to be decoded.
Gravitas: Autumn in Hell
Review of Stig Dagerman's GERMAN AUTUMN.
Great Big Story: The Chef Bringing Native American Food to Your Table
Sean Sherman's creations are truly gourmet. And with each beautiful dish, this chef is helping re-educate the American palate.