AltWeeklies Wire
Sandra Cisneros' Impact on Latino literaturenew
As nearly everyone now knows, Sandra Cisneros — the oft-times indigenously attired author who founded the Macondo Writers' Workshop here in 1998 and the Alfredo Cisneros del Moral Foundation two years later — is done with San Antonio.
San Antonio Current |
Roberto Ontiveros |
02-16-2012 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Photog Attempts to Sidestep Gun Advocacynew
"My art world friends really thought this project was misguided on my part," said New York-based photographer Lindsay McCrum. "But I think that if you have a curiosity about something, you should pursue it."
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
12-23-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
El Paso Author Welcomes Your Criticismnew
The biggest threat to the literary arts, according to El Paso-born author Sergio Troncoso, is the “money culture in publishing.”
San Antonio Current |
Roberto Ontiveros |
10-19-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
A talk with investigative journalist Arnold Mann about mold, environmental illness, and MCSnew
I was struck when I opened this book for the first time by how much San Antonio is in it. You really got into this story [of environmental illness] with this group of employees from the Southwest Airlines ticketing center.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
10-14-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Reality Bites Backnew
Jennifer Pozner delivers demanding case for deeper TV viewing.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
02-11-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Reality TV, Jennifer Pozner
The Possibilities of William S. Burroughsnew
Godfather of Beat: from Pharr pot field to talking assholes.
San Antonio Current |
Roberto Ontiveros |
01-07-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch
The Poetic Radiance of Elizabeth Alexandernew
An interview with poet Elizabeth Alexander, who is also a playwright, essayist, teacher, and current chair of the African American Studies Department at Yale.
San Antonio Current |
Gregg Barrios |
10-07-2010 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Poetry, Elizabeth Alexander
So Close to the Alamo, So Far from Godnew
Them vaunted Tennessee volunteers of our high-school Alamobotomies are Rachel Jennings' kin. And as kinfolk go, she knows that each time they "hem and haw" about their heroism, they're just covering up shit.
San Antonio Current |
B.V. Olguin |
03-04-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Zero Defex Bassist Says Zen Can Stop You From Being a Dicknew
Unlike Brad Warner's previous two published books (he’s also written three unpublished science-fiction novels, one of which he thinks is pretty good), Zen Wrapped in Karma is more a memoir than a spiritual manual. If you’re not into punk rock, meditation or Ultraman, it’s definitely the most accessible.
San Antonio Current |
D.X. Ferris |
02-25-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Digging a Poet-gardenernew
Jesse Castro likes to refer to himself as a poet-gardener, which is why it comes as no surprise that his latest work, I Have Walked This Path Before, is a collection of poems worn by real people.
San Antonio Current |
Sonya Harvey |
04-09-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Book of Sikunew
"Okay, let's do this again" are the first words printed in the Manga Bible, an adaptation of the Holy Bible in Japanese graphic-novel form.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
03-19-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Vijay Vaitheeswaran on the Car of the Futurenew
In Zoom, Vaitheeswaran and Iain Carson argue that the solution is to clean cars up, not scrap them, and use technological innovation to end Detroit's steel grip on U.S. transportation policy.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
10-31-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
John Dean Talks Fundamentals and Fundamentalistsnew
The former counsel to President Nixon turned Watergate prosecution witness has produced a third volume in his campaign against the modern Republican party.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
09-20-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'Snapshot': Beat it, Twixtersnew
Ryan O'Reilly tells 20-somethings to hit the (metaphorical) road.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
08-15-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ryan O'Reilly, Snapshot
It's a Chica Thingnew
Julia Alvarez talks about how time and Americanization are changing the quinceanera.
San Antonio Current |
Jessica Ramos |
08-08-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
