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Caleb Neelon Traces Graffiti's Hidden History in New Booknew

In a proliferating library of graffiti books, the 410-page The History of American Graffiti stakes a major claim at being the definitive history of the art form. And it's astonishingly illustrated by hundreds of snapshots, mostly by the artists themselves.
Boston Phoenix  |  Greg Cook  |  04-06-2011  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

I did Sookie Stackhousenew

A book snob reveals her whirlwind affair with America's favorite telepathic waitress.
Boston Phoenix  |  Eugenia Williamson  |  02-10-2011  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

Tim Wu, Historian of Information Empiresnew

To say that Tim Wu has written a history of the information age is sort of like saying that Howard Zinn wrote a history of the United States. Wu is a young scholar but the first line of his obituary is already written: a few years back he coined the term "Net neutrality," then got the FCC to embrace
Boston Phoenix  |  Carly Carioli  |  02-08-2011  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

Jane Goodall on Her New Book, North Korea and Bible-Thumping Conservativesnew

The good news is, to break the doom-and-gloom cycle of cynicism, we have Dr. Jane Goodall whose optimistic new book, Hope for Animals and Their World details how a variety of endangered species have been rescued from the brink of extinction.
Boston Phoenix  |  Lance Gould  |  10-01-2009  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

In a New Book, Ethan Gilsdorf Tracks His Global Quest to Visit the Holiest Nerd-World Sitesnew

A former teenage Dungeons & Dragons nerd, author Ethan Gilsdorf has rediscovered his past obsession and gone global, making pilgrimage to the planet's temples of dorkdom, from a visit to Tolkien's home in the UK to a jam with Boston wizard rockers Harry and the Potters.
Boston Phoenix  |  Mike Miliard  |  10-01-2009  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

Harvey Silverglate Dissects Federal Prosecutors' Corrupt Justicenew

In Three Felonies A Day, the civil liberties watchdog's thesis is as provocative as it is simple: justice has become sufficiently perverted in this nation that federal prosecutors, if they put their minds to it, could find a way to indict almost any one of us for almost anything.
Boston Phoenix  |  Peter Kadzis  |  09-23-2009  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

Jesse Sheidlower Gives the F-Word its Duenew

Until 1970, with the release of M.A.S.H., audiences had never heard the f-word in a mainstream Hollywood film. Who catalogs this stuff, and why? Jesse Sheidlower, an editor-at-large of the Oxford English Dictionary, and the author of The F-Word, can't stop talking about fuck.
Boston Phoenix  |  Justine Elias  |  09-16-2009  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

Thriller Writer (And Former CIA Recruit) Joseph Finder Shares Trade Secretsnew

Truth can be stranger than fiction. When Boston thriller writer Joseph Finder discovered how easy it would be for someone to sneak into this country with a fake passport, he didn't put that into his 1995 book Zero Hour. But the one-time CIA recruit hasn't held back on other trade secrets.
Boston Phoenix  |  Clea Simon  |  08-19-2009  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

Woodstock Co-creator Michael Lang Shares His Memoriesnew

Four decades of nostalgia, hallucinogens, and box sets make us forget that the Woodstock Music & Art Fair didn't descend from a sky of positive vibes and land softly atop a field of dancing hippies. Michael Lang, co-creator of the festival, returns to the scene of the grime in his new book The Road to Woodstock.
Boston Phoenix  |  Rob Turbovsky  |  07-23-2009  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

Introducing Sir John Hargrave, Professional Pranksternew

Sir John Hargrave is no nobleman. He's a lifelong mischief maker who legally changed his name to punk the entire British royal family — and in the process got himself barred from the Queen's digs.
Boston Phoenix  |  Ian Sands  |  07-09-2009  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

April Smith's Mystery/Thrillers Delve in Darknessnew

The former Cagney and Lace producer and author reveals the mystery behind her accidental heroine, Ana Grey, and the difference between writing TV scripts and books.
Boston Phoenix  |  Clea Simon  |  06-30-2009  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

Aerosmith's Joey Kramer Lets Loosenew

The drummer steps out from behind the kit to talk about his new book, Hit Hard.
Boston Phoenix  |  The Sandbox  |  06-24-2009  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

P.J. O'Rourke Talks Cars, 'Driving'new

Driving like Crazy is travel writing in the classic tradition of Robert Byron.
Boston Phoenix  |  Peter Kadzis  |  06-18-2009  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

Azar Nafisi Meets Her Strangernew

Nafisi looks backward down the road of her life with an enormous set of binoculars, and attempts to zoom in on everything there — four generations of a family, over the course of a century, in a culturally and politically fluxing country — with great candidness, and generous attention to detail.
Boston Phoenix  |  Caitlin E. Curran  |  01-22-2009  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

How Michael Wolff Bagged Rupert Murdochnew

How did a controversial media reporter get total access to the most famous newspaper man in the world? He just asked.
Boston Phoenix  |  Daniel McCarthy  |  12-18-2008  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

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