AltWeeklies Wire
Bourdain Spills the Beansnew

Anthony Bourdain talks about other celebrity chefs and his current projects.
NOW Magazine |
Steven Davey |
09-16-2010 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
David Byrne Talks Bicycles, New York and Urbanismnew
Byrne is not the kind of cyclist out there proselytizing. He's just a guy who realizes that biking is faster and more convenient and that it feels good. And Byrne makes clear he is not a fanatic. "When I sit down at dinner with people, it's not like I only talk about bicycles," he says.
NOW Magazine |
Paul Terefenko |
10-26-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Critical Mass Guru Chris Carlsson Lives to Overthrow Moneynew
His new book, Nowtopia: How Pirate Programmers, Outlaw Bicyclists And Vacant-Lot Gardeners Are Inventing The Future Today, looks at "work that matters and is done well."
NOW Magazine |
Mike Smith |
10-17-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Photographer Peter Beste on Black Metalnew
Partly for his love of metal and partly because he's fascinated by the violent history and extreme nature of the Norwegian black metal scene, Beste spent close to seven years hopping back and forth to Norway in order to shoot some of the scene's most influential and interesting personalities.
NOW Magazine |
Evan Davies |
06-23-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Nikita Lalwani on Being a Booker Long-Listernew
Her edgy debut looks at the devastating conflict in an immigrant family between a child math prodigy and her demanding parents.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
10-19-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gifted, Nikita Lalwani
One Wickedly Witty Authornew

One half of How Happy To Be is a toxic-toned critique of the public's insatiable desire for insider gossip,while the other tracks a child brought up by an emotionally absent father.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
09-22-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: How Happy To Be, Katrina Onstad