Jeff Hinkle Archives

Good Deeds
Richard Price takes a fresh approach with well-worn characters. (02/20/03)

Ink in Their Blood
New books consider two famous Americans and their newspaper roots. (01/30/03)

Two Thumbs Down
A harsh film critic takes a sharp look at the film industry. (12/19/02)

Rock Bottom
Roll Over, Beethoven. Please. (11/07/02)

The Four Faces of Nick
A journey to New York, the Vatican, the 14th century and the author's ego. (10/10/02)

Making Politicians Mad
A look back at EC Comics--a grizzly collection that terrified readers, including some in Washington, D.C. (08/29/02)

Ain't That a Man
New bio offers a refreshingly straightforward look at the life of Muddy Waters. (07/11/02)

Unfulfilled Dreams
The lure of a better life in the United States ends in dark despair for some Mexican immigrants. (07/04/02)

Can I Get a Witness?
New book peeks inside the secret and controversial world of witness protection (05/23/02)

A Stance on the Rock
Setting the record straight on the Indian occupation of Alcatraz in 1969. (04/18/02)

A Roster of Bests
The National Society of Film Critics weighs in with its two cents on movie classics. (03/28/02)

Castration, Cannibalism and English Tea
A new book reminds us how riveting history can be when told correctly. (01/24/02)

Vegas, Baby, Vegas
Sin ain't what it used to be. (12/20/01)

From Blackface to Balls of Fire
A biography of forgotten entertainer Emmett Miller is really a deep exploration of pop culture. (11/22/01)

Greenwich Village Soap
Everyone knows Dylan was a jerk, but so were his folkie friends. (10/18/01)

Cover Girls
Early LP jackets kept men's minds in the endgroove. (08/02/01)

Moments Impaled on a Pencil
For Steve Earle, it's not just country music that tells a story. (07/05/01)

Heavy Traffic
The Tohono O'odham border crossing remains a hot spot in the drug war. (06/14/01)

Word for Word
Henry Kissinger gets a much-deserved skewering, and some pearls from Nader. (05/10/01)

Cool Air
Lewis MacAdams examines the "Birth of the Cool." (03/29/01)

Milestone
The infamous album "Kind of Blue" elicits a book's worth of response. (03/08/01)

Art of Darkness
Film noir is a genre on which you shouldn't shed too much light. (01/18/01)