AltWeeklies Wire
'Yalo' Looks at War Crimesnew
What is more damaging to a storyteller's accuracy -- time or torture? Here is the heart of Elias Khoury's mesmerizing new novel, in which a young man is arrested at the end of the Lebanese Civil War and charged with rape, robbery and collaboration.
Chicago Newcity |
John Freeman |
01-23-2008 |
Fiction
The 'Silk Road' Has Dark Shadowsnew
While central Asia enters its biggest changes in what might be a millennium, Thubron decided to re-travel the pathway by which silk once moved, from China, across Afghanistan, across Iran and into Turkey, and from there the wider world.
Chicago Newcity |
John Freeman |
08-08-2007 |
Nonfiction
The Unprintable Chomskynew
Say what one will about his ideas, Chomsky has taken this mandate seriously, even as his criticisms of U.S. power have marginalized him.
Chicago Newcity |
John Freeman |
08-01-2007 |
Nonfiction
Lucky Girlnew
Nell Freudenberger's journey to The Dissident.
Chicago Newcity |
John Freeman |
04-25-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Nell Freudenberger, The Dissident
Akhil Sharma and Dara Horn, The Future of American Writersnew
Horn, a scholar of Yiddish and Hebrew literature, and Sharma, a former investment banker, were both recently named to Granta's Best of Young American Novelists list.
Chicago Newcity |
John Freeman |
04-04-2007 |
Books
Mumbai on the Makenew
Chandra's Sacred Games is the new year's big novel.
Chicago Newcity |
John Freeman |
01-03-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Sacred Games, Vikram Chandra
Palestinian Considerationnew
Former President Jimmy Carter returns to the Middle East.
Chicago Newcity |
John Freeman |
12-20-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
