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Elizabeth Brundage's Stranger in a Strange Noirnew
The New York author turns the genre on its head.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
07-28-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Elizabeth Brundage
Oscar Hijuelos Sings Songs of Himselfnew
Cuban Pulitzer Prize-winner tries his hand at memoir.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
06-20-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cuba, Oscar Hijuelos
'Wicked Bugs' Gets Under Your Skinnew
Amy Stewart's new book covers the creepiest of crawlers.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
06-10-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Amy Stewart, Wicked Bugs
David Berkeley Does Berkeleynew
Bay Area musician and author tells tales of Corsica on Fourth Street.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
06-02-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Books Inc., David Berkeley
Judith Adamson Gets into the Hive Mindnew
Oakland, Calif. author celebrates backyard beekeeping.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
05-23-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Susi Wyss Gets Civilizednew
Her new collection of short stories examines the ties that bind five different women.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
05-16-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Nathan Larson's Post-Apocalyptic Noirnew
The composer, musician, and new author delves into Dewey Decimal.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
05-10-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Daniel Clowes' Oakland Is for Damaged Loversnew
His comics let romance take center stage -- sort of.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
04-21-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Joyce Carol Oates' Journey of Grief and Gardeningnew
The legendary American novelist tells a tale of heartbreaking loss.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
04-18-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Joyce Carol Oates, Mrs. Dalloway's
Riding BART at 4 a.m.new
One recent weekend of all-night trains gave revelers a taste of something that may never be permanent.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
10-31-2005 |
Travel
Cuddle Parties Treat Those in Need of a Hugnew
A phenomenon begun by former Brown University football player Reid Mihalko has adults getting into their pajamas, setting boundaries and spooning with strangers.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
10-10-2005 |
Sex
Publisher for the Perpetratorsnew
Ray Hrdlicka launched a magazine for California county jail inmates, but a free-speech dispute has put his business plan in solitary.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
10-03-2005 |
Media
Radical Mental Health Movement Turns Away from Drugsnew
Modern psychiatrists prescribe pills for hundreds of "biological" disorders. But some mental health groups think that community is a better treatment.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
08-08-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
