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Deepak Chopra on Clean Living, Good Dying and 'The Love Guru'new

Visionary healer, dangerous charlatan or sincere yet delusional new age guru, Deepak Chopra is nothing if not controversial. He is the author of over 50 books with combined sales of over 20 million and counting.

Montreal Mirror | Chris Barry | 03-30-2010 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Ayurvedic medicine, Deepak Chopra, new-age, The Love Guru

Howard Zinn Ponders Obama's Positions on Peace and Imperialismnew

The noted historian and activist talks about the war, the end of the Bush era and the future of the American empire.

Montreal Mirror | Matt Jones | 11-14-2008 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Iraq, 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, Democrats, Howard Zinn, Afghanistan, A People's History of American Empire, progressives, war & peace

Natalie McLennan Discusses Her Life as a High-Priced Hookernew

The former escort to the stars tells all about doing johns, doing drugs and doing time in her book The Price: My Rise and Fall as Natalia.

Montreal Mirror | Chris Barry | 11-07-2008 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Prostitution, Drugs, Sex, memoir, escorts, Natalie McLennan, The Price: My Rise and Fall as Natalia

Daniel Allen Cox Goes from Gay Porn to Literaturenew

When he was 22, Cox, then a baby-faced aspiring writer, ventured to New York where he hustled and worked in porn. Within two years, he'd graced the cover of a half dozen gay porn rags and appeared in various porn movies. Now he's penned a semi-autobiographical novel about his experiences.

Montreal Mirror | Matthew Hays | 09-12-2008 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Prostitution, hustlers, writers, New York City, Montreal, gay porn, Daniel Allen Cox, Shuck

Adam Leith Gollner Talks About Hunting for Fruitnew

"Buying fruits is kind of like investing in stocks," Gollner explains, quoting wisdom he learned at the Orchard, New York City's fanciest fruit shop. "Without a guy on the inside, you have no way of knowing what to buy."

Montreal Mirror | Juliet Waters | 06-20-2008 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Tags: food, fruit, Adam Leith Gollner, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Obsession, Commerce, and Adventure

British Scholar Peter Hallward Examines Foreign Meddling in Haitinew

Damming the Flood is a formidably researched account of the 2004 coup that is critical of foreign intervention in Haiti.

Montreal Mirror | Samer Elatrash | 05-30-2008 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Haiti, international, coup, Damming the Flood, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Peter Hallward

Patricia Pearson Examines Her Neuroses and Oursnew

Fear, she believes, is our rational reaction to actual crisis, and most of us -- even neurotics -- are programmed to use it intelligently. Anxiety is something else, an objectless dread that paralyzes us, and seems to be culturally created.

Montreal Mirror | Juliet Waters | 04-04-2008 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Tags: A Brief History of Anxiety: Yours & Mine, Patricia Pearson