AltWeeklies Wire
Epics, Artists, and Revolutionariesnew
Ten of the best books of 2011.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
11-28-2011 |
Books
Tags: Best books of 2011
Lamenting Lithuania with Ruta Sepetysnew
Inspired by her own father's childhood experiences, Sepetys' debut novel Between Shades of Gray tells the tale of a Lithuanian teen deported over the Arctic Circle to Siberia in 1941.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
04-11-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Remembering the Reagan Assassination Attempt with Del Quentin Wilbernew
Drawing on never-before-seen documents, exclusive interviews, and well-guarded recordings, Rawhide Down: The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan tells the story its own author once yearned to read.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
04-07-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Del Quentin Wilber
Sipping in Sicily with Robert Camutonew
A travel writer pays homage to an ancient island's wines.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
03-25-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Trekking the Mediterraneannew
Joel Stratte-McClure walks around the Mediterranean Sea.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
03-21-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Pondering Parenting with Summer Woodnew
Her novel Wrecker takes a tender look at a troubled child.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
02-28-2011 |
Fiction
Tags: Summer Wood, Wrecker
Re-Experiencing Circumcision with Lisa Braver Mossnew
The Berkeley author probes the controversial topic of foreskin restoration.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
11-23-2010 |
Religion
Tags: Circumcision, Lisa Braver Moss
Crocheting Cupcakes with Twinkie Channew
A San Francisco crafter crochets food.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
11-11-2010 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Twinkie Chan
Chained to the Mast With Jim Nisbetnew
The local noir novelist is a cult favorite in Europe.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
10-14-2010 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jim Nisbet
Flowers Are the New Fruitnew
A some restaurants, chefs are putting the petals to the metal.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
09-29-2010 |
Food+Drink
Undercover in 'Christian Country,' Gina Welch Pretended to Be an Evangelicalnew
While preparing for her baptism at Jerry Falwell's Thomas Road Baptist Church, Gina Welch was handed a checklist: She'd need a towel and a change of underwear.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
03-17-2010 |
Nonfiction
Bagel King Noah Alper Serves Memories and Advice in a New Booknew
Two decades before he founded the bagel company that he would eventually sell for $100 million, Noah Alper was locked up in a mental hospital. Shocked to find their student son in a mania exacerbated by drugs, lack of sleep and the chaos of the Vietnam years, his parents had committed him.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
12-09-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
David P. Murphy Gives Advice for Soon-to-be-Zombies in 'Zombies for Zombies'new
A spoof of the ... for Dummies series, Zombies for Zombies: Advice and Etiquette for the Living Dead explains how to be a zombie (because, hey, you've got no choice) while retaining a semblance of style.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
10-07-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
In 'The Sower,' Sex With a Certain Guy Can Cure Everythingnew
Kemble Scott considers his new novel, The Sower -- whose title alludes to the Bible's Parable of the Sower, because Bill broadcasts seed -- Sex and the City crossed with The Da Vinci Code.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
09-02-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Magic Mixes With Mayhem in the Latest from Rock Star/Novelist 'Dr. Frank'new
Although Frank Portman already knew how to write songs, learning to write books was, at first, "like watching grass grow while hitting your head against a rock." But it was a natural career move for the lifelong book lover.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
08-26-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
