AltWeeklies Wire
Out With the Book Tour?new
Powell's Books is trying out an alternative to the traditional author's book-reading event to promote a new release.
Portland Phoenix |
Christopher Gray |
06-08-2007 |
Books
Tags: Ian McEwan, On Chesil Beach
Lit 50: Who Really Books in Chicagonew
The 2007 Lit 50 once again looks less at the familiar faces gathering dust on the book jackets, and more at the often behind-the-shelves movers and shakers who keep the books in the stores and in our minds.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch and Stephanie Ratanas |
06-06-2007 |
Books
The Improbable Success of Chicago Review Press, Inc.new
One man's niche is another man's treasure.
Chicago Reader |
Scott Eden |
06-04-2007 |
Books
A Little Secret About 'The Secret'new
The best-selling self-help book Oprah's thrown her muscle behind appears to contain at least one fabrication.
Chicago Reader |
Julia Rickert |
06-04-2007 |
Books
Tags: Rhonda Byrne, The Secret
Queen of Steamnew
Tina Engler built a book empire from raw romance.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
06-01-2007 |
Books
This Town is Noir Townnew
New York's Akashic Books has made its way across a crime-ridden country with titles such as Baltimore Noir.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Lynn Rapoport |
05-30-2007 |
Books
'Writing While Arab'new
The Radius of Arab American Writers (RAWI), with a membership of 215 poets, fiction writers, playwrights, bloggers, filmmakers and others, holds its conference in Dearborn, Mich.
Metro Times |
Lolita Hernandez |
05-22-2007 |
Books
Romance Writers Find Power in Numbersnew
Inside a meeting of the Greater Seattle Romance Writers of America.
Seattle Weekly |
Karla Starr |
05-21-2007 |
Books
Hot Type: Summer Book Reviewsnew
Sailing the seas of summer reading.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Anthony Miller |
05-18-2007 |
Books
Inside L.A.'s Indie Booksellersnew
Like Darwin's finches, the city's booksellers have found niches and creative ways to stay alive in a tough business and an even tougher town.
L.A. Weekly |
Gendy Alimurung |
05-18-2007 |
Books
Mark Twain's Wild Ridenew
How his down-and-out days in California's Central Valley gave the great writer his voice -- and made him famous.
Sacramento News & Review |
Scott Thomas Anderson |
05-17-2007 |
Books
Howard Zinn: Where Are Book Reviews?new
The prominent historian on the disappearance of book reviews from American newspapers.
San Antonio Current |
John Freeman |
05-16-2007 |
Books
The Death of the Books Sectionnew
Book reviews are conversation that constitutes a culture -- when we are silent about William Gass and J. M. Coetzee our culture is in crisis.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
05-09-2007 |
Books
2007 Texas Books Issuenew
Eleven Texas releases reviewed, with works by Stephanie Elizondo Griest and Taddy McAllister.
San Antonio Current |
Staff |
05-09-2007 |
Books
Reading Greennew
Ten books to help understand and save the environment.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Laura Paskus |
05-03-2007 |
Books
