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Author Archives: williamjcobb
Review of Nic Pizzolatto's "Galveston," a Knockout Crime Novel
I was camping in the mountains west of Cottonwood Pass, Colorado this weekend, but on Sunday the following review of mine appeared in the Dallas Morning News: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/books/stories/DN-bk_galveston_0620gd.ART.State.Bulldog.2951729.html Galveston is a terrific book, and whenever I get a chance I’m … Continue reading
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Daniel Woodrell's "Winter's Bone" Film Out and About
I’ve blogged before about Daniel Woodrell’s novel Winter’s Bone (2006): There’s a review today in the NY Times of the film version, which sounds good, gets glowing praise: http://movies.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/movies/11winter.html?hpw. And being an indie film, this review is just the kind of … Continue reading
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Coen Brothers's "A Serious Man" Trumps Michael Chabon's Nostrums
So did many people read this Op-Ed by Michael Chabon in the New York Times last weekend? http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/06/opinion/06chabon.html?pagewanted=1&hp I like Chabon’s fiction, though I usually don’t go out of my way to read it. He often comes across as rather … Continue reading
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On John Hillcoat's Film Version of Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
So it took me a while to get around to watching The Road (2009), partly because I knew it would be a grim experience. The novel is one of the few books that count as a masterpiece of the 21st … Continue reading
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In Moab, Utah: Where Dinosaurs Sleep
A full moon hung in the sky over Moab, Utah the other night, framed by a few puffy, cartoon clouds. We’d spent the day looking at dinosaur tracks. My daughter, Lili, looked up and said that dinosaurs were sleeping in … Continue reading
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"Greenberg" & the Feckless Indie Male
So this weekend I caught Noah Baumbach’s new film Greenberg in a St. Louis theater, the day after I rewatched the Coen Brothers’ A Serious Man, which is better, true, but also not really a fair comparison, because who can … Continue reading
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Deep Water Spills: Peak Oil Under Sea
For years now I’ve been curious about the phenomenon/topic/fringe idea of Peak Oil, basically the warning that we will soon reach the peak of oil production: once it’s peaked, it’s only a matter of time before supplies start to dwindle, … Continue reading
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On Daniel Woodrell's "Winter's Bone," Coming This Summer to a Theater Near You
I’m in the mood for some good reading right now, have pegged a few titles for summer reading out of sheer curiosity, and while casting a wary eye at the Summer Movies list, it’s a pleasant surprise to see this … Continue reading
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On the Backfires of Rave Reviews, ala Tom Rachman's "The Imperfectionists"
Why is it that the giddiest rave reviews often somehow make their books sound suspect? I note this just having read Christopher Buckley’s rave of Tom Rachman’s The Imperfectionists in todays NY Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/books/review/Buckley-t.html?ref=books The book does sound fun, but … Continue reading
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On Jake Silverstein's "Nothing Happened and Then It Did"
Here’s a url to my review of Jake Silverstein’s book of fiction/nonfiction, Nothing Happened and Then It Did, reviewed in today’s Dallas Morning News. Parts of it were funny, in an absurdist vein, such as the bad poet’s convention, and … Continue reading
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