The following nonfiction reviews were all published by Fourth & Sycamore in 2015. They are listed in chronological order from the date each review was published.
You Have to F*cking Eat by Adam Mansbach and WTF, Evolution!? by Mara Grunbaum
Mansbach – Akashic, 2014. Grunbaum – Workman Publishing Company, 2014. Review by David Nilsen.
Star Wars Costumes: The Original Trilogy by Brandon Alinger
Chronicle Books, 2014. Review by David Nilsen.
The Art of Asking: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help by Amanda Palmer
Grand Central Publishing, 2014. Review by Melinda Guerra.
Reeling Through Life: How I Learned to Live, Love, and Die at the Movies by Tara Ison
Soft Skull Press, 2015. Review by David Nilsen.
Martin Scorcese: A Retrospective by Tom Shone
Harry N. Abrams, 2014. Review by David Nilsen.
North American Locomotives: A Railroad-by-Railroad Photohistory by Brian Solomon
Voyageur Press, 2012. Review by David Nilsen.
Gender Failure by Rae Spoon and Ivan E. Coyote
Arsenal Pulp Press, 2014. Review by David Nilsen.
Girl In a Band: A Memoir by Kim Gordon
Dey Street Books, 2015. Review by David Nilsen.
Exploring Calvin & Hobbes: An Exhibition Catalogue by Bill Watterson
Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2015. Review by David Nilsen.
Abandoned America: The Age of Consequence by Matthew Christopher
Jonglez Publishing, 2014. Review by David Nilsen.
Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events by Carl Rollyson
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing, 2014. Review by David Nilsen.
Beer for All Seasons: A Through-the-Year Guide to What to Drink and When to Drink It by Randy Mosher
Storey Publishing, 2015. Review by David Nilsen.
Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church by Rachel Held Evans
Thomas Nelson, 2015. Review by David Nilsen.
Improbable Libraries: A Visual Journey of the World’s Most Unusual Libraries by Alex Johnson
University of Chicago Press, 2015. Review by David Nilsen.
Red Hot & Holy: A Heretic’s Love Story by Sera Beak
Sounds True, 2015. Review by David Nilsen.
Blended: Writers on the Stepfamily Experience edited by Samantha Waltz
Seal Press, 2015. Review by Melinda Guerra.
John Hughes: A Life in Film by Kirk Honeycutt
Race Point Publishing, 2015. Review by David Nilsen.
The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
Graywolf Press, 2015. Review by David Nilsen.
The Horror of It all: One Moviegoer’s Love Affair with Masked Maniacs, Frightened Virgins, and the Living Dead… by Adam Rockoff
Scribner, 2015. Review by David Nilsen.
Guerilla Furniture Design by Will Holman and Grow All You Can Eat in 3 Square Feet from DK Publishing
Storey Publishing, 2015, and DK Publishing, 2015, respectively. Review by Fourth & Sycamore.
Keepers: The Greatest Films–and Personal Favorites–of a Moviegoing Lifetime by Richard Schickel
Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. Review by David Nilsen.
The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic by Jessica Hopper
Featherproof Books, 2015. Review by David Nilsen.
Forcing the Spring: Inside the Fight for Marriage Equality by Jo Becker
Penguin, 2015. Review by Melinda Guerra.
Gay Directors , Gay Films? by Emanuel Levy
Columbia University Press, 2015. Review by David Nilsen.
The Beer Bible by Jeff Alworth
Workman Publishing Company, 2015. Review by David Nilsen.
You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day
Touchstone, 2015. Review by David Nilsen.
An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments by Ali Almossawi
The Experiment, 2014. Review by David Nilsen.
Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot by Mark Vanhoenacker
Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. Review by David Nilsen.
The Art of Memoir by Mary Karr
Harper, 2015. Review by David Nilsen.
The Comic Book Story of Beer: The World’s Favorite Beverage from 7000 B.C. to Today’s Craft Brewing Revolution written by Jonathan Hennessey and Mike Smith and illustrated by Aaron McConnell
Ten Speed Press, 2015. Review by David Nilsen.
Vinyl: The Art of Making Records by Mike Evans
Sterling, 2015. Review by David Nilsen.
Cookies & Beer: Bake, Pair, Enjoy by Jonathan Bender
Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2015. Review by David Nilsen.
