AltWeeklies Wire
'Don't Stop' Looks at Karaoke's Democratization of Musicnew
Despite his book's limitations, it's hard to disagree with Brian Raftery's basic proposition: Skill is overrated, and the music stars or publishing houses who own the big hits tend to be overpaid.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
01-12-2009 |
Nonfiction
Meet Jayne Ann Krentz, Seattle's Best-Selling Authornew
Apart from her obvious productivity, her sales also derive from a willingness to change and adapt old romance genres, which she sees as key to the industry's resurgence.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
11-12-2007 |
Books
The Fabio Business Finds Itself Short on Diversitynew
As far as black romance writers go, Edwina Martin-Arnold is about the only game in town.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
11-12-2007 |
Books
Jennifer Worick: Seattle's Busiest Author?new
Worick has little patience for authors trying to crank out the Great American Novel; she's too busy getting published — about 20 books, by her count, over the past half-dozen years.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
09-25-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Long Hiatusnew
Sherman Alexie continues his 10-year break from writing novels.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
04-09-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Flight, Sherman Alexie
Sci-fi Geeks Battle Comics Dorksnew
A sci-fi legend declares war on scrappy local publisher Fantagraphics -- but in the battle of comix versus futurists, who's the bigger bully?
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
04-02-2007 |
Books
Google-noianew
Raban's post-9/11 novel is less-than-explosive.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
02-13-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: surveillance, Jonathan Raban
Operation Smoke and Mirrorsnew
Frank Rich takes a damning peek backstage, but neglects to review the audience.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-04-2006 |
Nonfiction
Baggy, Enjoyable Picaresquenew
Duck Soup meets ethnic cleansing on the Caspian in Shteyngart's latest.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
05-24-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Absurdistan, Gary Shteyngart
War Storiesnew
There are better Iraq war memoirs already, plus more in the pipeline, but each one adds to the collective damning shelf.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
05-10-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Chasing Ghosts, Paul Rieckhoff
Hot Stuffnew
Are you willing to read this book by candlelight?
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
03-22-2006 |
Nonfiction
No Great Shakesnew
Science, drama, travelogue -- there's a jumble of themes in this quake book that would be more solid told separately.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-12-2005 |
Nonfiction
Master of Disasternew
Earthquakes aren't the only unmet natural crises this British author sees for America.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-12-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Hollywood's Gross Pointsnew
Three smart new books analyze movie giganticism. Bigger may not be better so far as viewers—and readers—are concerned, but it's definitely the future.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
03-30-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Various Titles, Various Authors
Painted From Memorynew
A nation is born while a family dissolves in Amos Oz's beautifully sad, intricate, elliptical memoir.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
11-30-2004 |
Nonfiction
