AltWeeklies Wire
Through the Eyes of a Childnew
Without resorting to melodrama, The Syringa Tree satisfies as the tale of a young girl gradually wising up to the changing world around her.
Seattle Weekly |
Colleen Smith |
07-12-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Pamela Gien, The Syringa Tree
Marrow Go Roundnew
Hecht's third book in the Cree Black series confirms his predilection for atmospheric locales with serious historical baggage.
Seven Days |
Margot Harrison |
07-07-2006 |
Fiction
Into the Heart of Iraqnew
The veteran Middle East reporter Hadani Ditmars discusses Iraqi culture and the death of the love song called the "maqam."
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dean Kuipers |
07-07-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Little Black Booknew
Style searches for soul in The Revolution Will Be Accessorized.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
07-07-2006 |
Nonfiction
Not to Be Overlookednew
Pamuk is best known for one controversy -- his continuing campaign for recognition of the Armenian genocide has made him a pariah to many in Turkey.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
07-06-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Orhan Pamuk, The Black Book
Top Gradenew
Ivan Doig rules the Western Schoolyard.
Missoula Independent |
Joe Campana |
07-06-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Ivan Doig, The Whistling Season
Long Way to Monkey Townnew
Novelist and memoirist Swain Wolfe hunts down his haunted past.
Missoula Independent |
Azita Osanloo |
07-06-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'I Astonish Easily'new
Scott Russell Sanders discusses his new history of awe.
NUVO |
David Hoppe |
07-06-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
What If Democracy Sucked?new
All Tim Davis did was set out to photograph what politics in America looks like right now; it's not his fault the modern political landscape is a desolate place.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
07-05-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: My Life in Politics, Tim Davis
Pretty in Punknew
Boyden strikes a chord in her 80s coming-of-age novel.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
06-30-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Amanda Boyden, Pretty Little Dirty
Happy Cows?new
The former Bush speechwriter discusses working in the White House, the moral choice against factory farming, and why conservatives should join the cause.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Allison Milionis |
06-30-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
A Safe Choicenew
Considering the risky business that is fiction publishing today, it seems odd that printing a novella by an unknown author could be considered a safe move for a small, independent publisher.
Willamette Week |
Karla Starr |
06-28-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Girls in Peril, Karen Lee Boren
Natty Crednew
Bob Marley's former PR person provides fly-on-the-wall account.
The Village Voice |
Elena Oumano |
06-28-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: The Book of Exodus, Vivien Goldman
Becq to the Futurenew
The prince of perversity's new novel is the Rael thing.
The Village Voice |
David Ng |
06-28-2006 |
Fiction
Idleness and Drudgerynew
Lutz surveys more than three centuries' worth of self-doubting slackers and proud workaholics in this study of the American slacker.
Seattle Weekly |
Neal Schindler |
06-28-2006 |
Nonfiction
