Living at the Movies surely proves that Jim Carroll is one of the most creatve poets of our time. These collective peoms were written from his Basketball Diaries period (1960s), and from his Forced Entries period (1970s).

"Jim Carroll has the sure confidence of a true artist....He is steeped in his craft. He had worked as only a man of inspiration is capable of working...His beginning is a triumph."
-Gerard Malnga.

This book was originally published in 1973, and was the first aboveground publication of Jim Carroll's work in poetry. He shows uncanny virtuosity. His power and poison are reminisent to Arthur Rimbaud, and one of the strongest forfeiting books of poems in the New York period. In language he deals with his pains and pleasures: The city, love, hope, rebellion, menacing, and friendship. These poems emerge in the manical city, Jim Carroll is not afraid to push the edge, he has transformed from a New York street punk to a litural artist.

Jim caroll is one of the best poets of the new generation of poets. This collection named, "Living at the Movies" shows just how creative and visionary he is.

Jessie Grearson and Lauren Smith have written a fine companion to their earlier book SWAYING, which was a compendium of writings by people in international, interracial, and intercultural marriages. This time, in LOVE IN A GLOBAL VILLAGE, Smith and Grearson are the authors, telling the stories of fifteen intermarried couples they have interviewed. Cynics (such as the anonymous author of an unfortunate review in Publisher's Weekly) may wish to see conflict, dysfunction, anger, poverty, and misery in intercultural families. To suggest, as that review does, that such negativities are the usual lot of intermarriages is a racist mistake. Grearson and Smith eschew such unthinking racism. Instead, they show us families as they are. The families they interviewed sometimes suffered the effects of racism and poverty. But the message here is ultimately one of confidence and hope. That is because these families basically work. As one who has interviewed thousands of intermarried couples and their children (author of Mixed Blood: Intermarriage and Ethnic Identity in 20th-Century America), I found Grearson and Smith's account rang true. The book is also beautifully produced by the University of Iowa Press. I recommend it heartily.

...it was, for me, like a book of travelers' tales, about a land I myself am about to enter. Instead of dry academic posturing, "Love In A Global Village" led me on a dozen journeys taken, before me, by people with whom I could relate. I had actually met one of them, I found, a woman in Evanston, Shirlee Taraki, who married a man from Kabul and moved to Afghanistan. I knew something of her story, but I found out a lot more by reading Jessie Grearson and Lauren Smith's book. I'd recommend this to anyone who wants to know about the day-to-day adventures and difficulties in an intercultural relatrionship.

Supurb SF/Fantasy novel of the if-this-goes-on type about age segregation and what has been called "the seven ages of man."

Decades before the story's start a large island or island continent(Australia?)which was formerly divided into parts known as East, West, North and South (contemporary world regionalism?)was redevided into four called Youthstate, Twostate, Midway and Oldstate.

Young couples typically meet in hippy Youthstate, then are migrated to Twostate as children start to arrive and sexual relationships are formalized with marriage. After being reared in nuclear families there the children go off to college in Youthstate and parents to Midway. Finally, grandparents and the single elderly "retire" to isolation in Oldstate until death... From there we have a picqueresque journey from state to state, picking up a few more individuals from each one, in an attempt to reconnect the peoples of the states as individuals and at the same time deal with social disruptions and threats this process creates.

Obviously this is not a typical action novel, more a novel of character if anything, yet there is enough action and character individuality to make it a reasonably good read, unlike so much utopinan fiction of both past and present.

it is a good book that has an interesting adventure. two boys run away from home and go up to the top of great mountain. at the top there is a old man, which they think is a creature, that helps the boys realize more about life. the man sends them down the wrong side of the mountain into what they call "old state", thats where all the old people live. the boys see and learn things that they never imagined. the boys do make it home but not before the mountain is put into its original state. hope you enjoy the book as much as i did. s/a : f/17

I was one of the students that help revise this book, which makes it so much more better to me. I was only one of the students at McGee Middle School that Carroll and Thomas visited to ask us to read the book, which was 80 something photo-copied pages, and make it better. It sure came out Better! It came out the BEST! -Chris Meyer

The best book I've read in a long time. A very exiting book that keeps you on your feet.

This is the companion book to Miraculous Images of Our Lady. Forty-two remarkable true accounts of miraculous manifestations of Our Lord from various parts of the globe; richly illustrated by actual photos - some in full color - of miraculous statues, crucifixes and other holy images, along with descriptions of the person whose lives they touched. Includes the Church's two most treasured images of Our Lord - the Holy Shroud and the Veil of Veronica - as well as the beloved Infant Jesus of Prague and the famous San Damiano Crucifix (pictured on the cover), from which Our Lord told St. Francis of Assisi to rebuild His Church. Also described are the Crucifix of Limpias, which "reenacted" the Passion of Christ; the crucifix that spoke to St. Thomas Aquinas, the crucifix of St. Bridget of Sweden, which resulted in the beautiful and famous 15 prayers and promises, plus many other images of comparable interest and inspiration. 138 illustrations (16 in color). 235pp. PB. Imprimatur.

42 remarkable, true accounts about miraculous manifestations of Our Lord from various parts of the globe, richly illustrated by actual photos. Miraculous statues, crucifixes and other holy images. Includes The Holy Shroud, Veil of Veronica, Infant Jesus of Prague, San Damiano Crucifix (cover photo) from which Our Lord spoke to St. Francis, etc., etc. Shows Our Lord's infinite love for us--causing Him to manifest it through His venerated images. (Publisher)

Having known and studied under Carroll Arnett, I can only say that he lived the words he wrote. He lived his life simply, and with great joy, and found the beauty and pain (sometimes the same) in life that we so often pass by without observation. Carroll saw those things in life that most of us don't, but he also passed his wisdom along to those of us in his wake. This collection of poetry from a long and productive career neither spans nor reflects any "academic," popular "literary" movements -- from year to year, Arnett found the cadence in his heart and the sound of the world around him, into which he was completely intuned, and put it on the paper - honestly and clearly. We all miss him, but we have his words to keep us going.

Carrol Arnett was a skilled player with words in a culture where the value of words is highly respected. The things that he noticed were everyday and eternal: the interactions between people, the search for an identity. All consumers of poetry should partake.

Excellent, brilliant writer. This century's most psychologically intuitive author. You squirm when you read his stories; so real you feel like you're in the mind of his subjects' most intimate, and often dangerously exciting, thoughts. The reviews were excellent!

His new book of short stories 'Wound Ballistics' also blew me away with his insight. I couldn't put either book down and a week later found myself reading both books again! They got even better.

This book blew me away - mysterious, perverse, awesome mood piece. As dark as Kafka, echoes of Pynchon (the earlier stuff). It's about a "Biography"-style TV reporter, Robert Strasser, who has to interview a world-famous psychiatrist, Dr. Werther Acheson, who's this weirdly machiavellian character. His history is the history of 20th century psychiatry with all its perverse twists: crackpot cures, drugs (who knew Ecstasy was developed by a drug company at the turn of the century?).
Along the way Strasser meets Ondine, a patient at the psych institute, and tries to dig information out of her. He falls in love but Ondine's really damaged with posttraumatic flashbacks. She's this id character, trying to understand history (she's a historian) emotionally rather than intellectually.
I've got to mention Dr. Kotzwara, one of the people Strasser interviews. This guy's a shrink studying paraphiliacs (sex disorders) - totally out there doing these wild experiments.
Sex, drugs and psychiatry - very intense. It'll warp your mind. Like a really smart William S. Burroughs on 21st century drugs. Unforgettable!

Lively bouncing rhymes. One of my toddler/baby standards in storytime. Pictures are nice and bright.

We borrowed this book at the library and decided to buy it. It is very bright and beautiful, and we like the rhymes.

This is a book for children (with wonderful illustrations) that attempts to tell the story of the friendship between Alice Liddell and "Lewis Carroll". It is written is a somewhat episodic style. The episodes are chosen, for the most part, due to the bearing that each one has on illuminating characters and situations found in the "Alice" books. The author does not completely avoid the controversial, and this is somewhat of a pleasant surprise. Though originally written in Swedish, it reads very well in translation. I found the book to be both poignant and scholarly (i.e., well-researched), and with great adult appeal for a childrens' book. (Even if the text were less rewarding than it is, the book would be worth keeping for the illustrations alone)

Although The Other Alice is technically a children's book, any fan of Lewis Carroll will find it rewarding. The meticulous art work, showing Alice Liddell and her sisters and Charles Dodgeson [Carroll] and many Oxford settings is superb. The book is also includes many actual photgraphs of Alice, her family and Dodgeson's other child friends. Although this is a book for children, it does not shy away from the rather sad life and obsession which drove Dodgeson, nor does it give an artifically happy ending to the story. If you wonder where many of Dodgeson's plot developments came from [e.g. the Dodo, the wet 'caucus race' you'll find it all here. The author [who also wrote the delightful Linnea in Monet's Garden] and illustrator deserve kudos for this book [translated from the Sweedish, there is apparently a different translation avaiable in England under the title Alice's Oxford Adventure]. Well worth reading in a more adult approach is Staphanie Stoffel's Lewis Carroll in Wonderland [which includes some of the paintings done by Erickson for this book] both are better reads [and far more fun] than Gardner's Carroll biography.

When I was a child I loved Edward Lear's nonsense poetry. I bought this book to read to my children, 3 and 5, but what really attracted me to the book was the stunning illustrations by Nicki Palin. They are outstanding, detailed, even surreal, but in a warm way that brings the verses beautifully to life. My children love them, pointing out all the various characters that are mentioned in the poems. What is particularly nice about this book is the first two poems which I have only seen in this edition and are a perfect introduction to goals of the two authors: "How pleasant to know Mr Lear who has written such volumes of stuff..." and "Child of the unclouded brow and dreaming eyes of wonder..." And I have to admit that of all the books I read my children at bedtime, this is the one I most enjoy.

This childrens' favorite is equally popular with adults. The illustrations are colorful and mesmerize even the youngest. Familiar verses become preferred bedtime rhymes that evoke giggles from both reader and listener.