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THE NEW REVIEW - Issue 13
Spring 2006


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Articles/Interviews

Neil Gaiman Interview
The Strange Tale of J.T. LeRoy
Hagen Engler Interview
Ask the Dust: John Fante's 67-Year Overnight Success
Lavie Tidhar Interview
If It's a War of Propaganda - Article
Mark SaFranko Interview
Laura Hird Interview on The Danforth Review

Contributors:  Peter Murphy, Dan Fante, Michelle McGrane, Neil Ayres, Mike Ferraro, Joel Van Noord, Zsolt Alapi


Book Reviews

'The Devil's Picnic: Around the World in Pursuit of Forbidden Fruit' - Taras Grescoe
'Hating Olivia' - Mark SaFranko
'
Helen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore' - Bettany Hughes
'Khabzela: The Life & Times of a South African' - Liz McGregor
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Betrayal' - Karin Alvtegen
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Poems for the Retired Nihilst' - ed. Graham Bendel
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Silent Bob Speaks: The Collected Writings of Kevin Smith'
'
An Iraqi in Paris' - Samuel Shimon
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Digging the Vein' - Tony O'Neill
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Pieces for the Left Hand' - J. Robert Lennon
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Protestant Boy' - Geoffrey Beattie
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A Multitude of Sins' - Richard Ford
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I A Me-Ist' / 'Even a Daughter is Better Than Nothing' - Mykel Board
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Beyond Black' - Hilary Mantel
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Moondust' - Cleveland W. Gibson
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Mistress of Modernism: The Life of Peggy Guggenheim' - Mary V. Dearborn
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Mean Mode Median' - Aliya Whiteley
'
Weasels in a Box' - John Pierson
'
The Complete Stories' - Truman Capote
'
Are You She?' - ed. Lesley Glaister
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I Was a Murder Junkie: The Last Days of GG Allin' - Evan Cohen
'
Born Free' - Laura Hird

Reviewers:   Mike Ferraro, Michelle McGrane, David Hebblethwaite, Dan Schneider, Marion Arnott, Sean Walsh, Kara Kellar Bell, Shahbano Bilgrami, Megan Hornbuckle, Graham Rae, Zsolt Alapi, Marc Goldin


Gig Reviews

Mariza supported by Flook - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall - 27/01/06
Patrick Duff - Bar Academy, Birmingham - 15/03/2006

Reviewer: Kara Kellar Bell, Rob Hart
Image & Artwork: Chianina Twins
Lit Mag Reviews

Absinthe: New European Writing #5
Trunk Stories #3
Banipal #24
Granta #88: Mothers
Interzone #201 & #202
Orphan Leaf Review #4
Midnight Street #6
Outercast #3
The Stinging Fly #3

Reviewers: Kara Kellar Bell, Marion Arnott, Robin M. Buehler, Megan Hornbuckle


Film Reviews

'V For Vendetta'
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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada'
'The Matador'
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Casa de Los Babys'
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William S. Burroughs: Commissioner of Sewers'
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Silver City'

Reviewer: Dan Schneider, Sean Walsh, Graham Rae, Marc Goldin 


Music Review

'
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' - Arctic Monkeys
'12 Songs' - Neil Diamond
'War and Glaur' - John Nichol & Hilary Bell

Reviewer:  Iain Bahlaj, Peter Murphy, Marion Arnott
Copyright Laura Hird 2006