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He Survived the Pickup-Artist Scene, Now He Wants to Survive the Apocalypsenew
Neil Strauss' own press materials call him "the world's most legendary pickup artist," but his new game is all about learning to survive not dating disasters but actual life-threatening, end-days disasters, an obsession that brings plenty of its own worries.
L.A. Weekly |
Gendy Alimurung |
03-20-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Memoirist Robert Goolrick Tackles the Novelnew
Robert Goolrick, a former advertising exec turned writer, explores the difficulties of "simple" married life and the dark family landscape within which it exists in his new novel. He talks here about writing fiction, the appeal of Wisconsin and where his writing career is headed.
New York Press |
Stephanie Lee |
03-19-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Quincy Jones Can't Help But Look Back on His Life and Legacynew
Jones' mesmerizing coffee-table history is cobbled together from the scraps of a life collected by his sister-in-law Gloria and bookended by a Maya Angelou preface, a Clint Eastwood foreword, a Bono introduction and a Sidney Poitier afterword.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
03-16-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
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Unlike Brad Warner's previous two published books (he’s also written three unpublished science-fiction novels, one of which he thinks is pretty good), Zen Wrapped in Karma is more a memoir than a spiritual manual.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
An Author With a Major New Novel Rises Quietly From the Workaday Motor Citynew
Michael Zadoorian is a writer who has a true love of his hometown (as you'll read) and the kind of 24-7, "why not?" work ethic that has defined Detroit artists from Berry Gordy to Elmore Leonard, Glenn Barr to Eminem.
Metro Times |
Chris Handyside |
02-24-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
David Thomson's Memoir Invokes '50s London, Fave Films and an Absent Fathernew
Born in London during World War II, Thomson grew up in its rubble-strewn aftermath, a time and place when "people were steadily unwell in ways that made illness seem the norm," he remembers in his new memoir Try to Tell the Story.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
02-18-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Death Threats Be Damned, an Undercover Cop Isn't Running Anymorenew
At 47, his house gone from an arsonist's match, his family badly shaken by their 3 a.m. escape, undercover cop Jay Dobyns is watching his back against outlaws sworn to kill him.
Tucson Weekly |
Leo W, Banks |
02-05-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
How FreeDarko Saved the Sport of Basketballnew
The head of the FreeDarko collective, Bethlehem Shoals (the ridiculous nom de plume of Seattle resident Nathaniel Friedman), took time to discuss turning a blog into a book and the long-lost record collection of former Blazers/Sonics player -- and flattop enthusiast -- Detlef Schrempf.
The Portland Mercury |
Ezra Ace Caraeff |
02-05-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Liberals Drink Here: An Interview with Richard Lingemannew
About 10 years ago, Richard Lingeman, The Nation’s senior editor and longtime executive editor, came up with the idea of providing readers with a way to connect with the history of the left, as well as with other like-minded Americans.
Weekly Alibi |
Erin Adair-Hodges |
02-03-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Music, Myth and the Spiritual in the Poetry of Kim Hunternew
Detroiter Kim Hunter's new collection of poems, edge of the time zone, is a winding road lined with imagery, political thought and courageous dreaming. That beautiful stretch of imagination parallels a real-life journey.
Metro Times |
Norene Smith |
02-03-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
White Out: Canadian Unwittingly Writes How-To Guide for Living in Bouldernew
Is it a crime to want your children to be multilingual? What about driving a Prius, or eating only hormone-free ice cream? Are these inherently white, hopelessly misguided choices, too? Isn’t at least free-trade gourmet coffee a white-people win-win?
Boulder Weekly |
Jim Lillie |
02-02-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Legal Inquiry: Ralph Cipriano Was Therenew
Ball-busting reporter Ralph Cipriano has written a new book about fearless attorney Jim Beasley, who helped him sue the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Mike Newall |
01-27-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Sci-Fi Icon Extends a Hand Across the Author-Audience Dividenew
The American Tolkien demonstrates how science fiction fandom presaged the social networking age.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Dylan Otto Krider |
01-23-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Family Jewels: Debut Novel From the Owner of Greenville Music Clubnew
Greenville club owner John Jeter releases his debut novel -- a fictional work about fading Southern culture and family legacy told through the eyes of cynical wheel-chair bound music columnist Randol Duncan.
Mountain Xpress |
Alli Marshall |
01-22-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
