AltWeeklies Wire
Danialewski Challenges Readers with Second Novelnew
Even seasoned readers might feel a twinge of confusion, frustration or panic upon first opening Only Revolutions. Each page offers either three or four patches of text, rendered in as many different fonts and type sizes; at least one patch is upside down.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
09-25-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'Raw Tactics of the Subversive Body' Provokesnew
This provocative new anthology of videos explores the human body as weapon, symbol, object, subject or organism.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
09-10-2007 |
Reviews
Ted Anthony on the Cultural History of a Songnew
He contemplates the ruin of many a poor boy in his book on "The House of the Rising Sun."
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
06-26-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Sherman Alexie Discusses His First Novel in a Decadenew
Flight uses a simple fantasy premise to show how complex the world is.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
06-26-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Flight, Sherman Alexie
Zine Hero Dishwasher Pete Dishes on His New Booknew
By the late 90s, the "Dishwasher" zine was a cult phenomenon, and Dishwasher Pete himself a folk hero and contributor to radio's This American Life -- now Harper Perennial has published a one-volume rewrite.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
05-21-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
John Kerry Discusses His New Book on the Environmentnew
At 254 pages, the book is a summary of environmental problems (from global warming to toxic consumer products), a gallery of committed activists, and a call to national and global action.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
05-15-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'Inland Empire': David Lynch Keeps Us Ill At Easenew
Empire peels back new layers of shadow inside the little boxes where dreams flourish like bacilli.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
04-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: David Lynch, Inland Empire
Bush League: Rumsfeld's Dirty War on Terrornew
In the Guardian, Seymour Hersh reports on Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's clandestine project that set the tone for abuse of U.S. prisoners at Gauntánamo Bay and Abu Ghraib. This news roundup also summarizes reports on Medicare, nuclear war and the energy crisis.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
09-23-2004 |
Politics
Bush League: Baghdad Year Zeronew
In Harper's Magazine, Naomi Klein describes all the ways the ideologically flawed plans for post-invasion Iraq failed. Other reports in this weekly media roundup of articles on the Bush administration discuss the Clean Water Act, the Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange and the CIA.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
08-19-2004 |
Politics
Bush League: Hiding the Threats That Do Existnew
This week's media roundup of articles critical of George W. Bush includes an In These Times story about Bushie lies and an article by The Independent's Robert Fisk that says troubles in Iraq are greater than the U.S. and British governments will admit.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
08-11-2004 |
Politics
Reviving Liberalism: Authors Discuss How to Fix the Left's Imagenew
Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich and alt-weekly cartoonist Ted Rall have both authored books describing how the left can take America back from conservatives. The two authors discuss their views in a conference call.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
07-28-2004 |
Politics
Bush League: 'Wrong Again'new
This weekly roundup of articles critical of George W. Bush includes media reports on the president's environmental record, the pressure the White House put on intelligence operatives for data favorable to its cause, and the whereabouts of the Secretary of Defense on the morning of 9/11.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
07-28-2004 |
Politics
Bush League: 'U.S. Casualties High since Handover'new
July has been one of the bloodiest months in Iraq since the war began, the Boston Globe reports. Other recent news coverage about Bush concerns prescription-drug benefits, justice for terrorist suspects and nuclear terror.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
07-21-2004 |
Politics
Bush League: 'Could Bush Cancel the Election?'new
This week's media roundup includes an interview with Newsweek's Michael Isikoff about the possible postponement of the November 2 election in the event of a terrorist attack.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
07-15-2004 |
Politics
Bush League: (Im)pertinent Media about the Current Administrationnew
The handover of Iraqi "sovereignty" inspires a re-examination of the U.S. role in Iraq.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
07-08-2004 |
Politics
