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Paging Of Montrealnew

What's Weird? chronicles the Athens band's idiosyncratic look.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris Hassiotis |
05-16-2011 |
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Hope, But Not Without Historynew

Lynne Bryant interprets the South of her childhood in Catfish Alley.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Claire Swinford |
04-28-2011 |
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Behind the Controversial Anthology of Rapnew

Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. called The Anthology of Rap "an essential contribution to our living literary tradition," while Chuck D said it "might just break the commercial trance that's had rap in a chokehold for the past several years." But it's also the hip-hop tale of AWOL fathers and fractured identities, of bitter duels and fiery smackdowns.
Print vs. Pixels: Should Green-Minded Readers Switch to E-Books?new

I love books. I still have the paperback of Wuthering Heights I bought in 1978 for 95 cents, though I can access its complete text on my iPhone. I remember the sights and smells of all my favorite bookstores and libraries, from Burlington to Boston to Berkeley to Paris. So, why am I considering buying an e-reader?
Seven Days |
Margot Harrison |
04-15-2011 |
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Henry Rollins Ages Against the Machinenew

Henry Rollins has no problem filling two hours with talk. Taking nary a sip of water, he motored through a sold-out seated show at The Independent in San Francisco Saturday night.
East Bay Express |
George Chen |
04-14-2011 |
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Deadly Currents: Full Speed Aheadnew

Author Beth Groundwater dishes on her new novel, Deadly Currents, and steering a course in the writing biz.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Claire Swinford |
03-21-2011 |
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Tags: Beth Groundwater, Deadly Currents
Media Mattersnew
Will eBooks and audio books eventually replace print on paper?
Tucson Weekly |
Jonathan Lowe |
03-09-2011 |
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C'mon Baby, Light My Firenew

Author Steven Hayward tells a story of conflagrations, family and at least five Jim Morrisons in Don't Be Afraid.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Claire Swinford |
02-17-2011 |
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After 20 years, Atlanta's Kevin Young Publishes the Epic Ardencynew

Young's book of poems explores America through the voices of a slave ship Amistad's rebels.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Wyatt Williams |
02-14-2011 |
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20 Astoundingly Bad Romance Novel Coversnew

Moaning, groaning, and oiled-hunk-boning with Uncle Walter & Co.
Boston Phoenix |
Uncle Walter and the Wife |
02-10-2011 |
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Tags: Romance Novels
The House of Ackermannew

Forrest J. Ackerman was probably the worst’s foremost collector of fantasy film memorabilia, as well as one of its most passionate proponents.
YES! Weekly |
Mark Burger |
01-21-2011 |
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What Happened After MLK Died?new

Rebecca Burns examines the week following Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in her new book, Burial for a King.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Wyatt Williams |
01-17-2011 |
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Tags: Burial for a King
Mark Twain Minus the N-Wordnew

Can’t anybody teach anymore?
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
01-05-2011 |
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Tags: Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn
America's Most Dangerous Publishernew

For Adam Parfrey, publishing the Unabomber's book is all in a day's work.
Seattle Weekly |
Ellis E. Conklin |
11-29-2010 |
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