AltWeeklies Wire
Augusten Burroughs Gets Personal with Santa in 'You Better Not Cry'new
While discussing Christmas (his favorite holiday), Burroughs says he sees one common thread throughout his memories, "Each one has been horrible, worse than the last." He's recounted those laughably miserable memories in his latest book, a loose collection of Christmas stories spanning from his youth until just a few years ago.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Wyatt Williams |
11-10-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Michael Chabon Discusses Children and Popular Culturenew
Chabon is the jack-of-all-trades of contemporary literature. His literate, humorous, elegiac books include everything from a Pulitzer Prize winner about comic book creators to an alternate-world mystery in a Jewish free state. Now he's got a new collection of essays, Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father and Son.
INDY Week |
Zack Smith |
10-30-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tom Cushman Revisits His Memories from Ali, Frazier, Foreman and Morenew
"It's hard to convey this, but I actually wouldn't ever have called myself a fight fan," Cushman says. "I was just fascinated with the people..."
Colorado Springs Independent |
Ralph Routon |
10-29-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Populist Carolyn Chute Disbands the 2nd Maine Militia, Turns to Revising Her Book Seriesnew
Militant populist author Carolyn Chute has disbanded the 2nd Maine Militia, which she has led for many years, to focus on revising the book series that began with School last year. After that five-volume work is complete, though, she hints that she may retire.
Portland Phoenix |
Rick Wormwood |
10-29-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Jordanian Journalist Rana Husseini Talks About Honor Killingsnew
Husseini can never forget the way the uncles of a 16-year-old murder victim dispassionately described how their niece deserved to die. "It was as if they were speaking about a sheep," she writes in her new book, Murder in the Name of Honor.
Willamette Week |
Henry Stern |
10-28-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Illustrator Chris Lane Plays Off Our Pathogen Fears in His New Graphic Novelnew
Zombies: A Record of the Year of Infection imagines a public health crisis in the year 2012 caused by a sickness that percolates through the air and gets under people's skin. By the end of the year, more than five billion people have succumbed. The idea is horrifying, but in a weirdly seductive way.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
10-28-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Philosopher Peter Singer Wants You to Give Away Your Moneynew
The premise of The Life You Can Save is simple: With so much conspicuous affluence in the world, especially in the U.S., there's no good reason for so much poverty to exist. Singer's solution? Give away a reasonable percentage of your money.
New Haven Advocate |
John Stoehr |
10-27-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
David Byrne Talks Bicycles, New York and Urbanismnew
Byrne is not the kind of cyclist out there proselytizing. He's just a guy who realizes that biking is faster and more convenient and that it feels good. And Byrne makes clear he is not a fanatic. "When I sit down at dinner with people, it's not like I only talk about bicycles," he says.
NOW Magazine |
Paul Terefenko |
10-26-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Journo Ann Louise Bardach Publishes Exposé on Castro While Feds Seek Her Testimonynew
Without Fidel cements Bardac's stature as America's best-informed and most insightful writer about Castro's 50-year reign and the fervid passions, plots, and politics of Washington and South Florida aimed at destroying it.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Jerry Roberts |
10-26-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'Egg on Mao' Praises a Truly Brave Iconoclastnew
With the publication of Egg on Mao: The Story of an Ordinary Man Who Defaced an Icon and Unmasked a Dictatorship, Denise Chong has revived interest in the moral heroism of Lu Decheng and his friends Yu Zhijian and Yu Dongyue.
The Georgia Straight |
Alexander Varty |
10-19-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
How Anna Broadway Cashed in on Being a 31-year-old Virgin and Scored a Book Dealnew
There are huge advantages to being a 31-year-old virgin, says Broadway, whose popular blog "Sexless in the City" ultimately led to a book contract with Doubleday. But there are downsides, too.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
10-14-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tom Tomorrow Creates a Kids Book! Yay!new
"I love stepping outside the world of politics, that negativity, so I can do something happy," Dan Perkins, aka Tom Tomorrow, says in a phone interview from his New Haven work studio.
New Haven Advocate |
Christopher Arnott |
10-13-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
David P. Murphy Gives Advice for Soon-to-be-Zombies in 'Zombies for Zombies'new
A spoof of the ... for Dummies series, Zombies for Zombies: Advice and Etiquette for the Living Dead explains how to be a zombie (because, hey, you've got no choice) while retaining a semblance of style.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
10-07-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Sherman Alexie, the Performernew
"Why would someone expect a writer of a book to be boring?" Alexie says. "I just try to be as interesting as my books are. And I would expect every writer to want that. And some don't. I have friends who hate performing."
Boulder Weekly |
David Accomazzo |
10-05-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: War Dances, Sherman Alexie
Jane Goodall on Her New Book, North Korea and Bible-Thumping Conservativesnew
The good news is, to break the doom-and-gloom cycle of cynicism, we have Dr. Jane Goodall whose optimistic new book, Hope for Animals and Their World details how a variety of endangered species have been rescued from the brink of extinction.
Boston Phoenix |
Lance Gould |
10-01-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
