Reel Politik, one of TW3's earliest features, was a platform from which writer and editor James Reel ruminated and occasionally fulminated on the printed word. Subjects ranged from the quasi-erotic appeal of book collecting to the merciless demands of reading, writing and translating.

The column of contrary commentary was suspended when Reel took up duties as TW3's managing editor. Reel may occasionally contribute new essays in the future, but for now his loathesome spew has been mopped into this tidy corner.

As always, selected titles discussed in Reel Politik may be purchased at a discount on the Reel Reading aisle at The Bookstall.

Reel's Archive

Reel Politik 1: On The Future Of Reading

Reel Politik 2: How Not To Read A Book

Reel Politik 3: Plagiarists Of Experience

Reel Politik 4: Logolingus: A Private Pleasure

Reel Politik 5: A Community of Dreamers

Reel Politik 6: The Sensuous Bibliophile

Reel Politik 7: A Divine Madness

Reel Politik 8: Show Me The Books!

Reel Politik 9: The Argument

Reel Politik 10: Literacy & Community

Reel Politik 11: Real Writers Need Real Editors

Reel Politik 12: How To Read For Yourself

Reel Politik 13: Lies, Damn Lies & The MFA Novel

Reel Politik 14: The Merchant-Ivory Connection (ML 100, Round 1)

Reel Politik 15: Who's Stuffing The Ballot Box? (ML 100, Round 2)

Reel Politik 16: Interactive Fiction: It Still Doesn't Compute

Reel Politik 17: Feel The Burn

Reel Politik 18: Whose Life Is This, Anyway?

Reel Politik 19: Buy My Book. Please!

Reel Politik 20: The Overstuffed Bookstore

Reel Politik 21: Who's Looking At Who, Kid?

Reel Politik 22: Maps As Fiction

Reel Politik 23: How To Begin A Novel

Reel Politik 24: Samizdat, Scientology & Blue Sky

Reel Politik 25: The Haute 100 & The HotBot 25



James Reel's most recent book, Tucson: A CitySmart Guidebook, is published by John Muir Publications. Reel, a Tucson-based writer and editor, is a contributor to Fanfare and the author of The Timid Soul's Guide to Classical Music.

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