AltWeeklies Wire
Around the World in 1,085 Pagesnew
Round one with Pynchon's longest and busiest novel.
Chicago Reader |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
12-04-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Against the Day, Thomas Pynchon
Still Going Strongnew
The three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist talks about his father, the future of the L.A. Times and "the bad guy" in control.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Nikki Bazar |
12-01-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: I, Con, Paul Conrad
Making Nicenew
Richard Ford lightens up in the third act.
Missoula Independent |
Joe Campana |
11-30-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Richard Ford, The Lay of the Land
Don't Throw Away the Keynew
Do you want to know a secret about sexual psychopaths? They're not the ones committing most of the sex crimes.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Beth Hawkins |
11-30-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Eric Janus, Failure to Protect
Sketches of Painnew
Miles Davis' estranged firstborn son speaks, softly but angrily.
The Village Voice |
Rob Harvilla |
11-30-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Framednew
We've got holiday gifts for everyone (who loves books with pictures).
San Antonio Current |
John Defore |
11-29-2006 |
Books
Tags: 2006gift
Blasts From the Pastnew
Celebrate the shelf life of good books this holiday season.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Michelle Tea |
11-29-2006 |
Books
Tags: 2006gift
The Other Superpowernew
Traub documents the post-cold war careers of the United Nations and Kofi Annan.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tom Gallagher |
11-29-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: James Traub, The Best Intentions
Sweet Berrynew
Bidulka is no slouch when it comes to snappy dialogue and campy one-liners that more than tip the hat to classic noir, and his leading man is the kind of guy anyone would want for a best friend.
NOW Magazine |
Lesley McAllister |
11-28-2006 |
Fiction
Do You Haiku?new
We celebrate Siobhan Adcock's Hipster Haiku with one of our own.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Natlie Nichols |
11-28-2006 |
Books
Save It Nownew
It's now or never to save the Earth, E.O. Wilson writes in a new book, addressed to an imagined Southern Baptist minister.
Sacramento News & Review |
Melinda Welsh |
11-24-2006 |
Nonfiction
Our Real Founding Father?new
It's too bad John Cooke is not around anymore -- the 17th-century English lawyer who turned the divine right of kings to rule unquestioned into a crime punishable by death would be welcome here in our waning democracy.
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
11-22-2006 |
Nonfiction
Cheesier Than Velveeta's Factorynew
Schorr gives Portland the suspense thriller it never knew it wanted.
Willamette Week |
Michael Byrne |
11-22-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Borderline, Mark Schorr
Intensive TMInew
If you don't really want to know what the boot-in-bush ritual is (hint: yes, it's exactly what you think), then this isn't the book for you.
Dig Boston |
Mason Stewart |
11-22-2006 |
Nonfiction
A Daydream Nationnew
Marcus is nostalgic for an America that was never more than a fantasy.
Chicago Reader |
Jessica Hopper |
11-22-2006 |
Nonfiction
