AltWeeklies Wire
Death on Two Railsnew
Salvadoran journalist rides the deadly migrant trail.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
01-16-2014 |
Books
Tags: Oscar Martinez, The Beast
Drugs 'R' Usnew
Narcoland exposes corruption that fueled the rise of Mexican cartels.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
12-05-2013 |
Books
Cross Purposesnew
Nancy Wood's 'The Soledad Crucifixion' gets hung up on poetic momentum
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
01-10-2013 |
Books
Ray of Lightnew
Despite a life wracked by abuse and loss, a Tucson author heals others through his writing.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
03-09-2012 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: David Ray, Tucson authors
Kore Valuesnew
A local press promotes the love of literature with The Big Read
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
11-10-2011 |
Books
Picking on Papanew
David Ray's Hemingway biography-in-verse sermonizes on a great writer's failings.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
10-25-2011 |
Nonfiction
Kin Carenew
Beth Alvarado's memoir tenderly examines her cross-cultural family
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
09-29-2011 |
Books
Teacher's Pedagogynew
'Here I Am a Writer' will inspire the most jaded educator.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
07-28-2011 |
Books
Wandering Spiritnew
ASU's Cynthia Hogue is haunted--and inspired--by time spent in New Orleans.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
03-09-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Bear With Itnew
William W. Johnstone's latest Western is like 'Jaws' -- only with fur, claws and wagon trains.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
02-28-2011 |
Fiction
Gift Guide: Consider Placing Some Great Indie Books Underneath the Treenew
Unemployment is still too high, which means many people are struggling -- so why not buy your friends and loved ones books for the holidays? After all, books are cheap, and if things get desperate, they make great kindling once the power gets turned off!
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
11-18-2009 |
Books
Tags: Books, Gift Guide
'A New Deal for Native Art' Explains How the Gov't Undermined Indigenous Art During the New Dealnew
Jennifer McLerran makes the case that administrators of New Deal Indian policy, particularly John Collier, then-commissioner of Indian Affairs, insisted on romanticizing pre-industrial forms of indigenous art rather than pushing native artists toward self-sufficiency.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
10-29-2009 |
Nonfiction
'Best of Contemporary Mexican Fiction' Introduces Readers to Living Writers from Across the Bordernew
Chances are that a recognizable literary talent is already dead. This is the challenge that confronts a book like Best of Contemporary Mexican Fiction. It features 16 writers, all of whom still walk the Earth.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
04-08-2009 |
Fiction
Small-Press Books: Reading for Real Peoplenew
As the unemployment rate rises and your friends find themselves out of work, why not comfort them with some small-press books this holiday season?
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
11-20-2008 |
Books
Wrote to Recoverynew
Beth Lisick can make you laugh when you least expect it, and take on the world around her is refreshing.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
03-20-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
