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Feeding the Monsternew
From the forthcoming book: Border Patrol Nation: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Homeland Security by Todd Miller.
Tucson Weekly |
Todd Miller |
03-18-2014 |
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Tags: Border Patrol Nation, Todd Miller
An Excerpt From "Son of a Gun"new
Soon after we learned that our mother was dead, my brother and I went to a bar. We'd already worked the phones. Josh had called our grandparents, who'd been divorced for forty years but both still lived in Philadelphia...
Tucson Weekly |
Justin St. Germain |
09-03-2013 |
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Kissing Oscar Wildenew
Jade Sylvan is an award-winning poet, author, performance artist, yoga teacher, and bon vivant based in Cambridge. Or as she puts it: “Troubadour, Eschatologist, Bum.” Her latest book, Kissing Oscar Wilde: A Love Story in the City of Light is out October 3—here’s a sneak peek at the first few chapters.
Dig Boston |
Jade Sylvan |
08-14-2013 |
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Crazy Enoughnew
Getting off, snorting up and wrestling with family demons—excerpts from Storm Large’s new memoir.
Willamette Week |
Storm Large |
01-04-2012 |
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The Whore of Akronnew
A displaced Clevelander honors his hometown by stalking the man who spurned it.
Cleveland Scene |
Scott Raab |
11-09-2011 |
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The Sierra God Machinenew
This is an excerpt from Lionel Rolfe’s unpublished novel, “The Misadventures of Ari Mendelsohn,” a novel of the ‘60s.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
07-29-2011 |
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The Truth Has Set Her Freenew
What Oregon's "resident contrarian" says about politics, race and battling depression. An excerpt from Avel Gordly's memoir.
Willamette Week |
Avel Gordly |
03-30-2011 |
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How to Land the Lead in Warhol's Only Playnew
Lick Me: How I Became Cherry Vanilla, "takes us on a journey from the birth of rock to the explosion of punk . . . with memorable detours through the sexual revolution, the women's liberation movement, and the Theater of the Ridiculous."
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Cherry Vanilla |
02-01-2011 |
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Acid Christnew
Excerpts of the unauthorized biography of Ken Kesey.
Willamette Week |
Mark Christensen and Aaron Mesh |
11-10-2010 |
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The Misadventures of Ari Mendelsohnnew
This is the first chapter from the picaresque novel by noted author and journalist Lionel Rolfe, which recounts the sexual and political travails of the irascible, blacklisted title character, a reporter still harboring his besieged idealistic belief in humanity's innate goodness and America's dubious potential for good amid a reality of avarice, pragmatism, cynicism, and materialism.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
11-04-2010 |
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The Secret World of Day Laborersnew
Day laborers are among the most exploited and vulnerable workers in the American economic system, yet they perform some of the most necessary — and dirty — jobs. Dick Reavis, a veteran journalist, chronicles his experiences working as a 62-year-old day laborer.
Tags: Dick J. Reavis, Catching Out
Book Excerpt: 'Shake the Devil Off'new
In this exclusive excerpt from his new book Shake the Devil Off, Brown examines the last hours of the life of Zackery Bowen, who killed and dismembered his girlfriend, bartender Addie Hall, before leaping to his death from the top of a French Quarter hotel in October 2006.
A la Recherche du Taco Bellnew
Dinner, tonight, is the unthinkable: a Taco Bell Original Taco and Burrito Supreme, abominations that haven't profaned this chowhound's palate since I was a kid in Southern California, birthplace of fast food.
San Diego CityBeat |
Mark Dery |
10-01-2008 |
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An Excerpt From 'The Possible City' by Nathanial Popkinnew
Popkin is writer-in-residence at Philadelphia University. This is excerpted from his new book, The Possible City: Exercises in Dreaming Philadelphia, published by Camino Books in August 2008.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Nathaniel Popkin |
09-09-2008 |
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Carrie Borzillo-Vrenna's Ultimate How-To for Budding Rock Chicksnew
Mrs. Chris Vrenna has composed a tome for women who fancy their boys scrawny, not brawny.
L.A. Weekly |
LINA LECARO |
08-01-2008 |
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