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They Sold Us a Warnew

John Stauber discusses the Iraq War, what Dick Cheney watches and turning off the TV.
Willamette Week  |  Karla Starr  |  09-21-2006  |  Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Iraq, WAR, in, John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton, The Best War Ever

City Of Slackersnew

We take a joy ride with the self-professed expert on Doing Nothing to find out just why Portland is so damn laid-back.
Willamette Week  |  Karla Starr  |  08-03-2006  |  Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Doing Nothing: A History of Loafers, Loungers, Slackers and Bums in America, Tom Lutz

The Many Faces of Fact and Fictionnew

One progenitor of New Journalism tells it like it is -- or should be.
Willamette Week  |  Karla Starr  |  05-17-2006  |  Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: A Writer's Life, Gay Talese

Chewing the Fatnew

Schlosser discusses adapting the muckraking classic Fast Food Nation for readers as young as 11.
Willamette Week  |  Karla Starr  |  05-10-2006  |  Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Chew on This, Eric Schlosser

An Author Crushnew

All you really need to succeed as a novelist is ... everything possible -- dammit!
Willamette Week  |  Karla Starr  |  05-03-2006  |  Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Benjamin Kunkel

Piecing Paradise Back Togethernew

Jentz's quest to solve her own attempted murder leads to Central Oregon and literary gold.
Willamette Week  |  Karla Starr  |  04-26-2006  |  Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Strange Piece of Paradise, Terri Jentz

Reluctant Antiheronew

Though he might not always think so, Harvey Pekar is one genuinely lucky guy.
Willamette Week  |  Karla Starr  |  04-20-2006  |  Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Harvey Pekar

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