AltWeeklies Wire
Short fiction (finally) gets some respectnew
It has been a banner year for new short story collections, with impressive efforts from first time authors and veterans alike. Here’s the cream of this year’s crop.
New York Press |
David Berke |
09-03-2009 |
Books
The Revolution Is Here!: A Small Bookstore Preparesnew
More than just a bookstore, Manhattan's Revolution Books’ agenda for change is not to work within the system. It’s to prepare people with the tools of communism so that they’ll be ready when the system collapses.
New York Press |
Justin Richards |
01-22-2009 |
Books
Responding to 'Brocabulary' with Some Sheologismsnew
Maybe we could offset Brocabulary's chauvinism -- too ugly and tiresome to be funny -- with some good old-fashioned American equality. And so it began. The girls would propose a sexual phenomenon, and we would work together to invent a sheologism.
New York Press |
Justin Richards |
10-23-2008 |
Books
Gladwell Huntingnew
A Nobel Prize winner takes on Malcolm Gladwell over the origins of The Tipping Point.
New York Press |
Matt Elzweig |
04-03-2008 |
Books
Harper's Bizarrenew
Challenging Ursula Le Guin's essay that claims Americans don't read anymore.
New York Press |
Russ Smith |
01-24-2008 |
Books
James Frey, Julia Allison, & Other Writers I'd Like to Fucknew
Writers are notorious for being sexy and fuckable -- here are a few WILFs on my list.
New York Press |
Kelly Kreth |
11-01-2007 |
Books
In Defense of Lyingnew
Is James Frey our A.J. Liebling?
New York Press |
Tim Marchman |
02-02-2006 |
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