AltWeeklies Wire
The Newsroom, 'The Wire' and the Bottom Linenew
Newsrooms are shrinking, and at the same time, the copy hole expands -- not in print, but online, where electrons are limitless and (virtually) free. But while we all figure this out, what is going unwatched?
Philadelphia City Paper |
Duane Swierczynski |
01-08-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Philadelphia Goes After Personal Freedomsnew
Defending my right to go charcoal on my own grill.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Duane Swierczynski |
06-20-2007 |
Commentary
Leonard Part 41new
Talking with Elmore Leonard on the release of his 41st(!) novel.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Duane Swierczynski |
05-15-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Elmore Leonard, Up in Honey's Room
The Weapons We Neednew
It's fun to read about the U.S. government's new and improved ways to profoundly hurt people.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Duane Swierczynski |
04-10-2007 |
Commentary
Only the Dead Know Whodunitnew
Lippman talks about her latest novel, which is based on a real-life mystery.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Duane Swierczynski |
04-03-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Laura Lippman, What the Dead Know
Blunt Force Democracynew
The midterm elections are over; the Evil Empire has been humbled -- so what's this hollow feeling inside?
Philadelphia City Paper |
Duane Swierczynski |
11-14-2006 |
Commentary
Tags: 2006elect
Witness to Himselfnew
Shubin wrote his first shocking best seller 53 years ago -- as he got older, he got more noir.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Duane Swierczynski |
05-02-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Seymour Shubin
Jim Warren Meets Vampirellanew
He built a multimillion dollar empire out of monster magazines, plastic skulls and dirt from Count Dracula's estate, only to lose it to real-life terrors. But now, Jim Warren is ready to rise again, along with the woman who inspired it all.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Duane Swierczynski |
01-06-2005 |
Art