AltWeeklies Wire
Holocaust Hauntsnew
By piecing together her past in drawings and words, Eisenstein begins to understand how being a child of Holocaust survivors has made her the person she is.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
05-18-2006 |
Nonfiction
Crazed Catholicsnew
Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code is a work of fiction, but it makes sense of an absurd and chaotic world -- people like that, and they respond.
L.A. Weekly |
Greg Burk |
05-18-2006 |
Books
Postmarked 'Gimmickville'new
Almond throws a blast of cold water on his latest literary masterpiece, Which Brings Me To You.
Dig Boston |
Steve Almond |
05-17-2006 |
Fiction
Anything But Smooth Sailingnew
Schama drowns the American Revolution.
Willamette Week |
Matt Buckingham |
05-17-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Rough Crossings, Simon Schama
The Many Faces of Fact and Fictionnew
One progenitor of New Journalism tells it like it is -- or should be.
Willamette Week |
Karla Starr |
05-17-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: A Writer's Life, Gay Talese
The Passion of Dan Brownnew
The Da Vinci Code: crap or fiction?
San Antonio Current |
Cole Haddon |
05-17-2006 |
Books
From Russia With Love Handlesnew
Shteyngart's follow-up to The Russian Debutante's Handbook is less than appetizing.
The Village Voice |
Carla Blumenkranz |
05-17-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Absurdistan, Gary Shteyngart
Unlocking Levelsnew
"This book is kind of a gamble -- it's flat-out irony; there's no respite."
The Georgia Straight |
John Burns |
05-15-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Talkin' 'Bout a Revolutionnew
Markos Moulitsas discusses the new grassroots.
LEO Weekly |
Marty Rosen |
05-15-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Macaroni and Pearlsnew
This is a compilation of Fennelly's real-life letters to Kathleen, former student, friend and young mother to be.
Jackson Free Press |
Margaret Cahoon |
05-13-2006 |
Fiction
Ya Ya Ya!new
In the wake of the Kaavya Viswanathan scandal and other bad press, Castellucci stands up for
young adult fiction.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
05-12-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cecil Castellucci, Queen of Cool
Bride of Frankensteinnew
Harvard student Kaavya Viswanathan committed plagiarism with the help of an invisible and ruthless marketing machine.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumbel |
05-12-2006 |
Books
Mean Snacks and Monkey Shitnew
We talk bananas with George Saunders.
L.A. Weekly |
Alec Hanley Bemis |
05-11-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Seedy, Needy, and Neuroticnew
This series of vignettes involves characters in offensive TV commercials who have their dignity and humanity robbed from them in service of the sale.
Dig Boston |
Joe Keohane |
05-10-2006 |
Fiction
Chewing the Fatnew
Schlosser discusses adapting the muckraking classic Fast Food Nation for readers as young as 11.
Willamette Week |
Karla Starr |
05-10-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Chew on This, Eric Schlosser
