AltWeeklies Wire
Ellen Ullman Explores Her Inner Darkness With 'By Blood'new

A wickedly smart, deeply creepy thriller of the San Francisco Gothic kind.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
04-02-2012 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Kris Saknussemm: Bent and Reverentnew

The author takes the dirty backroads home in Reverend America.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
03-09-2012 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kris Saknussemm
The Wall Streeters Come Tumbling Downnew

Cristina Alger provides a privileged peek into New York's upper crust.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
03-08-2012 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Wall Street, Cristina Alger
Listening in the Darknew

Adam Johnson imagines life in North Korea.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
02-10-2012 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: North Korea, Adam Johnson
LA Punk Confidentialnew

Alice Bag's Violence Girl lights up a legendary scene.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
01-16-2012 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Philip K. Dick's Exegesisnew

New book is a trip inside the mind of the acclaimed science-fiction novelist.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
11-23-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Stephen Beachy, the Bone Collectornew

Digging for authorial voice in boneyard.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
11-07-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
What Henry Rollins Seesnew

The renaissance man adds "photojournalist" to his C.V.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
10-19-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Henry Rollins
A Rather Regal Peter S. Beaglenew

The World Fantasy Lifetime Achiever and The Last Unicorn author settles into Oakland.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
10-06-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Sour Bird of Youthnew

Russell Banks goes dark in Lost Memory of Skin.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
10-06-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Vanessa Diffenbaugh's Love Letter to Humanitynew

The author's first novel reminds us of what's forgotten.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
09-28-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Cookbook on a Missionnew

Anthony Myint and Karen Leibowitz help McSweeney's gain entree to your kitchen.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
09-08-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Food Fight Rages Onnew

Angry Mom Amy Kalafa takes her cause to the page.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
08-24-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Stacy Carlson Explores the Wonderfulnew

In her debut novel, a giantess and a widowed taxidermist fumble toward humanity.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
08-16-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Diesel, Stacy Carlson
Edie Meidav and the Two Lolasnew

Lola, California addresses choice, friendship, and cellular imperatives.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
07-29-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Edie Meidav, Norman O. Brown