AltWeeklies Wire
Death Trapnew
A Vermont reporter-turned-advocate spreads the gospel of dying well.
Seven Days |
Ken Pircard |
11-09-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Inside the Boxnew
Author Stacy Mitchell tackles America's chain retailers and the grassroots efforts to fight them.
Portland Phoenix |
Sara Donnelly |
11-09-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Big-Box Swindle, Stacy Mitchell
Written Prescriptionnew
Not every Portland writer is a 25-year-old hipster -- a local nonprofit gives local drug addicts, abused spouses and the elderly some pen power.
Willamette Week |
Paige Richmond |
11-08-2006 |
Books
Skin Deepnew
While denying that all thoughts are worthy of equal respect, Michaels makes a rankling contribution to the diversity of contemporary thought.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
11-08-2006 |
Nonfiction
The Salacious Hostessnew
Sedaris lovingly instructs readers on matters of ettiquette.
Dig Boston |
Rachael Rosner |
11-08-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Genius in the Cornfieldnew
Powers discusses his National Book Award-nominated ninth novel.
Chicago Reader |
Stephen J. Lyons |
11-06-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Richard Powers, The Echo Maker
How to Draw a Funnynew
The debut Best American Comics entry is straddled by its literary slant.
Baltimore City Paper |
Jess Harvell |
11-03-2006 |
Fiction
Hell for Dummiesnew
The Vice Guide to Travel takes you to Chernobyl, the Congo, the worst slums of Rio and other places you'll likely never go.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
11-03-2006 |
Nonfiction
Holy Baloneynew
The God Delusion crucifies religion and the religious.
Montreal Mirror |
Patrick Lejtenyi |
11-03-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion
Nothing Up His Sleevenew
In his latest novel, the cartoonist and novelist shows too little imagination in his appropriations of Southern history and literature.
Tags: Doug Marlette, Magic Time
Happy Harrynew
Shearer talks about his new comic novel.
NUVO |
Marc D. Allan |
11-02-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Harry Shearer, Not Enough Indians
Erudite and Wittynew
It's especially nice to see that someone who's part of the landed gentry is still willing to look at our country honestly and tackle its worst demons head-on.
New York Press |
Christopher Atamian |
11-02-2006 |
Nonfiction
On Absurditynew
The New York Times columnist links Bush, politics and theater.
Willamette Week |
Brittany Schaeffer |
11-01-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Plague-Daemonnew
I shall never forget that hideous summer sixteen years ago, when like a noxious afrite from the halls of Eblis typhoid stalked leeringly through Arkham.
Weekly Alibi |
H.P. Lovecraft |
10-31-2006 |
Excerpts
Plucked Outnew
The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game would be a dreadful work of fiction, a Disneyfied, feel-good failure. But Michael Lewis writes nonfiction, and hilarity, for the most part, doesn’t ensue.
Washington City Paper |
Ryan Grim |
10-27-2006 |
Nonfiction
