AltWeeklies Wire
Indie-Lit Treasuresnew
A list of indie-publisher books to consider for the last-minute shopper.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
12-13-2007 |
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Agree, or Don'tnew
Our book critics pick their best of 2007. Feel free to argue.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer, Kel Munger and Melinda Welsh |
12-06-2007 |
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Endpapersnew
What's new in books? Coward in letters and Borat in the U.S. and A.; plus a latke on the run, Cleopatra's nose, and the conscience of a liberal.
The Memphis Flyer |
Staff |
11-30-2007 |
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His Last Scorenew
After years of fighting the feds, James Earl Ray's brother banks on a new book to settle his account.
Illinois Times |
C.D. Stelzer |
11-29-2007 |
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MAD Magazine Heads to the Librarynew
If only they'd had crystal balls, the juvenile delinquents who read MAD Magazine in the '50s could have blown the ever-lovin' minds of the moms who begged them to stop: "Ma," they'd taunt, "Someday this stuff is gonna be bound up in hardback and shelved in college libraries!"
San Antonio Current |
John DeFore |
11-28-2007 |
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Shelf Helpnew
Books to get you through the holidays -- and ready for a new year.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Davidson |
11-28-2007 |
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Reading Between the Ancient Linesnew
William Noel oversees a collection of thousands of books, including some 850 medieval manuscripts and 1,500 of the earliest printed books, but one in particular has been monopolizing his time since its arrival in 1999 -- a one-of-a-kind copy of the work of Archimedes.
Baltimore City Paper |
Chris Landers |
11-27-2007 |
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Bukowski's Ruin?new
Claim that the author was a Nazi sympathizer delays effort to save his bungalow.
L.A. Weekly |
Matthew Fleischer |
11-26-2007 |
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Novel Ideas: Gifts for a Literary Holidaynew
For every personality, every reading level, there's a book out there waiting to provide that lucky Christmas or Chanukah or Kwanza celebrant with a few hours -- maybe a few weeks -- of pleasure.
Weekly Alibi |
John Freeman |
11-20-2007 |
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A History of the Nation's First Order of Black Nunsnew
The Oblate Sisters have published a beautiful pictorial history of their order that serves not only as a handsome souvenir for a religious organization that is approaching its 200th year but also a treasury of rare and fascinating images of African-American history in Baltimore.
Baltimore City Paper |
Robbie Whelan |
11-20-2007 |
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Typing in Neonnew
One author's determination to publish and be damned (maybe for eternity).
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
11-19-2007 |
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The Cuban Enigmanew
Ismaelillo, Before Fidel: The Cuba I Remember, and Closed For Repairs plot a trajectory in the tormented life of Cuba, the island at our back door and one of the great enigmas of the American political imagination.
The Texas Observer |
Paul Christensen |
11-19-2007 |
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Norman Mailer: Death of a Titannew
Norman Mailer, one of the last surviving 20th-century literary lions, is dead.
San Antonio Current |
Gregg Barrios |
11-14-2007 |
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Solar Publishing Brings Environmental Issues to Children's Booksnew
"We want to introduce holistic living in subtle and fun ways to children who typically don't get exposure to different aspects of holistic living, such as vegetarianism, yoga, just being out in nature,"says Robyn Ringgold.
Baltimore City Paper |
Petula Caesar |
11-13-2007 |
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Meet Jayne Ann Krentz, Seattle's Best-Selling Authornew
Apart from her obvious productivity, her sales also derive from a willingness to change and adapt old romance genres, which she sees as key to the industry's resurgence.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
11-12-2007 |
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