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Peaceful Warrior Empire Strikes Backnew

The first book of Dan Millman's Peaceful Warrior saga is now a feature film starring Nick Nolte.
Pacific Sun  |  Jill Kramer  |  05-25-2006  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

It's Baker, Not Rovenew

Palast knows who stole 2000 and 2004 -- and how they'll take 2008, too.
San Antonio Current  |  Elaine Wolff  |  05-24-2006  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

Chapter & Versenew

Gentle but piercing, indirect but intimate, languorous but lusty -- Carl Phillips is a lot like his poetry.
Riverfront Times  |  Malcolm Gay  |  05-22-2006  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

Unlocking Levelsnew

"This book is kind of a gamble -- it's flat-out irony; there's no respite."
The Georgia Straight  |  John Burns  |  05-15-2006  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

Talkin' 'Bout a Revolutionnew

Markos Moulitsas discusses the new grassroots.
LEO Weekly  |  Marty Rosen  |  05-15-2006  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

Ya Ya Ya!new

In the wake of the Kaavya Viswanathan scandal and other bad press, Castellucci stands up for young adult fiction.
Montreal Mirror  |  Juliet Waters  |  05-12-2006  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

Mean Snacks and Monkey Shitnew

We talk bananas with George Saunders.
L.A. Weekly  |  Alec Hanley Bemis  |  05-11-2006  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

Chewing the Fatnew

Schlosser discusses adapting the muckraking classic Fast Food Nation for readers as young as 11.
Willamette Week  |  Karla Starr  |  05-10-2006  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

Love and Other Catastrophesnew

Adverbs is a world of Lego blocks of unhappiness and isolation, endlessly reassembled -- plus, it's funny.
The Georgia Straight  |  John Burns  |  05-05-2006  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

An Author Crushnew

All you really need to succeed as a novelist is ... everything possible -- dammit!
Willamette Week  |  Karla Starr  |  05-03-2006  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

Other Voices, Other Roomsnew

Schlesinger's collected Voice columns make for a surreal Gotham cross-section.
The Village Voice  |  Jenny Davidson  |  05-03-2006  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

Race in Your Facenew

Algernon Austin takes liberals and conservatives to task on race and racism.
New Haven Advocate  |  Mark Oppenheimer  |  05-01-2006  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

Lick It Upnew

The strange subculture of competitive eating casts a bright light on America's appetite.
Philadelphia Weekly  |  Steve Volk  |  05-01-2006  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

Some Poetnew

In the 50 years since his first book was published, John Ashbery has led the avant garde's poetry coup d'etat.
Valley Advocate  |  Andrew Varnon  |  04-28-2006  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

Understanding Islamnew

Alsan, an Iranian-born scholar, has suddenly become something of a fashionable item, and not just because he knows how to wear a suit.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Laila Kearney  |  04-28-2006  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

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