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Daniel Clowes' Oakland Is for Damaged Loversnew
His comics let romance take center stage -- sort of.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
04-21-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Joyce Carol Oates' Journey of Grief and Gardeningnew
The legendary American novelist tells a tale of heartbreaking loss.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
04-18-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Joyce Carol Oates, Mrs. Dalloway's
'Green Gone Wrong' Uncovers Which Climate Change 'Solutions' are Part of the Problemnew
If you think you're saving the planet by buying compact-fluorescent bulbs and organic, fair trade coffee beans, Heather Rogers' new book might wipe the smug off your face.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
04-15-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Lamenting Lithuania with Ruta Sepetysnew
Inspired by her own father's childhood experiences, Sepetys' debut novel Between Shades of Gray tells the tale of a Lithuanian teen deported over the Arctic Circle to Siberia in 1941.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
04-11-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'Curveball' Tells the Story of Toni Stone, the First Female Negro League Baseball Playernew
Stone's life and career -- from neighborhood pickup game to cross-country barnstorming to obscurity in retirement -- are aptly recounted in Martha Ackmann's Curveball: The Remarkable Story of Toni Stone, the First Woman to Play Professional Baseball in the Negro League.
Metro Times |
Sandra Svoboda |
04-11-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Remembering the Reagan Assassination Attempt with Del Quentin Wilbernew
Drawing on never-before-seen documents, exclusive interviews, and well-guarded recordings, Rawhide Down: The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan tells the story its own author once yearned to read.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
04-07-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Del Quentin Wilber
Caleb Neelon Traces Graffiti's Hidden History in New Booknew
In a proliferating library of graffiti books, the 410-page The History of American Graffiti stakes a major claim at being the definitive history of the art form. And it's astonishingly illustrated by hundreds of snapshots, mostly by the artists themselves.
Boston Phoenix |
Greg Cook |
04-06-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Angela Davis-Gardner Talks About Her New Novel, 'Butterfly's Child'new
Puccini's classic opera Madame Butterfly ends with the title character's love agreeing to raise their child with his American wife. Raleigh resident Davis-Gardner's fourth novel asks, "What happened next?"
INDY Week |
Zack Smith |
04-05-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Chuck Klosterman's Unusual Place in the Literary Worldnew
Chuck Klosterman occupies an unusual place in the literary world. His popular essays are neither purely journalistic nor academic nor critical.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Wyatt Williams |
10-12-2010 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Chuck Klosterman
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
Stairway to Cleveland: My Dinner with Harvey Pekarnew
My dinner with Harvey Pekar -- three weeks ago
Austin Chronicle |
Raoul Hernandez |
07-19-2010 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Harvey Pekar
In a New Memoir, Attorney Offers a Glimpse Inside Texas’ Death Penalty Machinenew
A law professor at the University of Houston and a death penalty lawyer with the nonprofit Texas Defender Service, David Dow has for two decades represented inmates facing execution. His memoir, The Autobiography of an Execution, is a revelation, even for people who follow criminal justice issues.
The Texas Observer |
Dave Mann |
04-21-2010 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Q&A With PostSecret Author Frank Warrennew
Frank Warren is a savant when it comes to secrets—recalling, when prompted, many of the anonymous ones he’s published online (PostSecret.blogspot.com) and in his books.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Austen Diamond |
04-13-2010 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
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
A Writer Finds Lust for Life in the Wake of Deathnew
“Sauntering, in the best sense, is when you’re walking the ground like it’s holy, and that’s how I wanted to view Philadelphia, and I do,” says local poet CA Conrad. “It’s not perfect. I’ve seen so many people kill themselves... die of murders.”
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
03-29-2010 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
