AltWeeklies Wire
Michael Pollan's Manifestonew
Post-Omnivore's Dilemma, the doomsday prophet of the U.S. diet lets us know what we can eat.
Willamette Week |
Ben Waterhouse |
02-06-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Long Viewnew
Long-time Boston jazz critic Bob Blumenthal avoids the relay-race theory of music history. The artists, he says, never passed the baton -- they just kept running.
Boston Phoenix |
Jon Garelick |
01-30-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Rick Perlstein's Conservative Americanew
The progressive scribe made his reputation finding the good in conservatives. Then they really started screwing up the country.
Chicago Reader |
Harold Henderson |
01-28-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
A Clinton Primary Primernew
Biographer Carl Bernstein sees two sides in candidate's run for the White House.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
01-23-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'These Are Not Fair Trials'new
John Grisham on his book, The Innocent Man, legislative efforts to aid the wrongfully convicted in Mississippi and his future plans.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
01-11-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: John Grisham, The Innocent Man
Devra Davis Discusses Carcinogens and Curesnew
In her new book, The Secret History of the War on Cancer, the head of the Center for Environmental Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh unveils the ignorance and corruption that have plagued cancer research.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Chris Young |
01-07-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Politics as Cryptographynew
Thom Hartmann cracks the code of what wins over Americans.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
J.B. Powell |
12-28-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Learning from Enriquenew
A journalist joins the immigrant trains to gain perspective on a divisive issue.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
David G. Crockett |
12-19-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Enrique's Journey, Sonia Nazario
Enter Rothnew
Philip Roth discusses his alter ego Nathan Zuckerman, the appeal of biography, and the perils of age.
Isthmus |
Steve Paulson |
12-17-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Exit Ghost, Philip Roth
Matt Taibbi on How the U.S. Is Like Ike Turnernew
Taibbi has single-handedly brought Rolling Stone to a place of political relevance not seen since the days of Hunter S. Thompson. His new book is a compendium of his best pieces since joining the magazine in 2005.
L.A. Weekly |
Matthew Fleischer |
12-14-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Mitchell Bard is Bullish on Israel's Futurenew
"If you look at all Jewish history, lots of empires tried to destroy the state," says the scholar. "Where are these empires now? Most of them are gone, but you will find the Jews and the state of Israel."
Boulder Weekly |
Wayne Laugesen |
12-10-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
You Are No Ladynew
Donald McCaig has taken on the task of channeling Margaret Mitchell's world by writing a $4.5 million sequel to Gone With the Wind. Spoiler alert! The North still wins.
Style Weekly |
Valley Haggard |
12-06-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Talk To Hernew
LaShonda Barnett has written a treasure trove of raw emotion from some of jazz and soul's greatest black scribes so bare in nature that it can pack a reality shock to devotees.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
12-06-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Sharply Drawn Journalismnew
Cumulus Press combines reportage with comics to take a look at the mining industry.
Montreal Mirror |
Christopher Hazou |
12-03-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Pressuring the Pressnew
In Reporting the War: Freedom of the Press from the American Revolution to the War on Terrorism, John Byrne Cooke tracks press influence on public opinion from the rabble rousing of the Revolutionary War–era Massachusetts Spy to anti-Bush rants of today's alt press.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
11-29-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
