AltWeeklies Wire
Good Election-Year Readsnew
Let's get political.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
09-11-2012 |
Books
Benefits of Locally Sourced Foods Short-Sold by '10,000-Mile Diet' championsnew
"If our modern food system is so bad for us, why do we now enjoy dramatically longer and healthier lives than our ancestors?"
San Antonio Current |
Ari Levaux |
08-23-2012 |
Books
Critical Affectionnew
In his welcome debut, Rene S. Perez II tells stories about his hometown of Corpus Christi, Texas.
Tucson Weekly |
Christine Wald-Hopkins |
08-16-2012 |
Books
Beach Reading with a Beatnew
Including Rob Reid's Year Zero, more.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
07-31-2012 |
Books
Tags: Rob Reid
The Shaping of a Presidentnew
David Maraniss chronicles Barack Obama's early years.
Tags: Barack Obama, David Maraniss
The Wild Onenew
Cheryl Strayed lived on the edge, wrote it all down—and then Oprah came calling.
North Bay Bohemian |
Leilani Clark |
06-27-2012 |
Books
Frank Deford's memoir of the sportswriting high lifenew
Frank Deford is one of America's greatest sportswriters, and although his new memoir, Over Time, probably isn't the place to discover why, it's an engaging, raffish ramble through his 50 years in the peculiar business of writing about sports.
Tags: Frank Deford
A Summer Reading List for 2012new
New books from Richard Ford, Padgett Powell, Jess Walter, and others round out these beach read picks.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Wyatt Williams |
05-15-2012 |
Books
Moshe Kasher Comes Homenew
The comedian's new memoir is part of a growing literary canon that features Oakland as a character—and a muse.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
04-02-2012 |
Books
E-Books Create Challenges for Librariesnew
The growing popularity of checking out e-books at libraries is making it more difficult to actually do it.
East Bay Express |
Holly McDede |
03-31-2012 |
Books
Tags: Random House, Penguin, HarperCollins, Kindle, E-books, Alameda County Library, Alameda Free Public Library, American Library Association, Andy Ross, Annemarie Meyer, Association American of Publishers, Jane Chisaki, Molly Raphael, Oakland Public Library, Overdrive, San Rafael Public Library, Sarah Houghton, Susan Fisher
Life Between the Coversnew
Southern Arizona library expert David Laird contemplates the future of reading.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
03-09-2012 |
Books
How to Save Books
You may remember such classics as "How the Internet Slaughtered Newspapers" and "How Napster Decimated the Music Business." It's always the same story: Digitalization destroys profits. Whether it's newspapers, magazines, CDs or books ("pBooks," they call them now), the electronic assault on tangible media follows a familiar pattern.
The Three Most Absorbing Books of 2011new
Wyatt Williams lists his most compelling reads of the year.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Wyatt Williams |
12-28-2011 |
Books
Alternative, Indeednew
The East Bay Alternative Press Book Fair is a celebration of DIY culture and a substitute for standard holiday shopping.
East Bay Express |
Ellen Cushing |
12-11-2011 |
Books
Endpapers: Winter Readingnew
Some cool books for the coming season.
The Memphis Flyer |
The Flyer Staff |
12-01-2011 |
Books
