AltWeeklies Wire
3rd Degree: Ehrhard Bahrnew
The German Literature professor on his new book, and why L.A. is a great place for modernists.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Max D. Baumgarten |
07-27-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Boy Who Lived Onnew
With tears and laughter, Harry Potter comes to an end.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Natalie Nichols |
07-27-2007 |
Fiction
'The Trap' is Shrewd and Compassionatenew
It's also unique, because it comes not from a sorrowing elder but rather from a young person with a very conservative agenda -- conservative in the sense that he wants to retrieve the gains of the New Deal.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
07-26-2007 |
Nonfiction
Don't Judge this Book by its Whimsical Covernew
Wallace's fourth novel has a grim worldview -- remember, it may be dedicated to children, yet it isn't a children's book.
'Portraits' of Historynew
More than 2,000 portraits of returning survivors, relief workers, and rebuilders recently became this self-published, glossy, hardcover oral history coffee-table book.
The Family Business: The Baldacci Writing Lineage Growsnew
An interview with Sharon Baldacci, the older sister of the bestselling novelist, David Baldacci, talks about living with MS and her novel, A Sundog Moment.
Style Weekly |
Valley Haggard |
07-25-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Lance Olsen Casts an Eye on Kafka's Insectnew
Anxious Pleasures does for The Metamorphosis what Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead did for Hamlet: furnishes a familiar story with fresh dimensionality in order to creatively re-explore it.
Willamette Week |
Mark Cunningham |
07-25-2007 |
Fiction
The Wild, Wild Questnew
Previous explorers have pretty much screwed the adventure-book genre, yet whatever inspired explorers before still inspires them, as evidenced by these books.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
07-25-2007 |
Books
Wred Fright, Zinester Novelistnew
"Wred Fright" is the nom-de-zine of Dr. Fred Wright, an English professor outside Cleveland who wrote his doctoral thesis on zine culture -- he talks about his latest novel.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
07-24-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Ocean's Unlikely Heronew
H. Bruce Franklin's latest book is a timely warning about ecological disaster at the hands of corporate greed.
Port Folio Weekly |
Jennifer C. O'Donnell |
07-23-2007 |
Nonfiction
Clay Hornik And The Chamber Of Secretsnew
At home, the bookseller stacks his beauties "on the Big Shelf that holds up the chair and the bed and the table" -- the floor.
Port Folio Weekly |
Bill Ruehlmann |
07-23-2007 |
Books
In Hot Pursuit of the Divine Sparknew
Recent lecture by author Julia Cameron at A.R.E. offered a "meditation for hyperactive Westerners," even the skeptical ones.
Port Folio Weekly |
Betsy DiJulio |
07-23-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Julia Cameron, The Artist's Way
On Death and Dyingnew
Robin Romm's bereft narrators ache for parental presence.
Eugene Weekly |
Suzi Steffen |
07-20-2007 |
Fiction
'Gym' Dandynew
Except for one, each of the 33 working novelists, short story writers and poets assembled by Clark delivers practical tips in plain English for the practicing writer.
NOW Magazine |
Andrew Dowler |
07-20-2007 |
Nonfiction
State of the Artnew
Inside punk rock's morph from close-knit community to corporate-funded commodity.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Lee Valentine Smith |
07-19-2007 |
Nonfiction
