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Clyde Edgerton's new novel, The Night Train, is his best in yearsnew
The Night Train is very much about the slow, pained shift in race relations during one important moment, but its 200 pages speak to life, not laws.
Tags: Clyde Edgerton
Edie Meidav and the Two Lolasnew
Lola, California addresses choice, friendship, and cellular imperatives.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
07-29-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Edie Meidav, Norman O. Brown
The Sierra God Machinenew
This is an excerpt from Lionel Rolfe’s unpublished novel, “The Misadventures of Ari Mendelsohn,” a novel of the ‘60s.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
07-29-2011 |
Excerpts
Elizabeth Brundage's Stranger in a Strange Noirnew
The New York author turns the genre on its head.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
07-28-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Elizabeth Brundage
Teacher's Pedagogynew
'Here I Am a Writer' will inspire the most jaded educator.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
07-28-2011 |
Books
Strange Fruitnew
Barry Estabrook on the high cost of cheap tomatoes.
Orlando Weekly |
Megan Peck |
07-28-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Comic review: 50 Girls 50new
Famed artist Frank Cho teams with writer Doug Murray to co-script this brand-new sci-fi property.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Carlton Hargro |
07-20-2011 |
Fiction
Nothin' but a Hound Dognew
Boulder author Esri Allbritten concocts Manitou mutt mystery.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kirsten Akens |
07-14-2011 |
Books
Endpapers: Summer Readingnew
What’s new? Supergods, a Swedish whodunit, and a shocking good time.
The Memphis Flyer |
Flyer Staff |
07-07-2011 |
Books
You Must Go and Win
Black Soviet humor pervades this collection of essays by struggling musician Alina Simone.
Orlando Weekly |
Jessica Bryce Young |
07-06-2011 |
Nonfiction
Ten Thousand Saints
The power of "Ten Thousand Saints" may not be in its plot but in its cultural locus.
Orlando Weekly |
Jessica Bryce Young |
07-06-2011 |
Fiction
Sonic Warfare: Sound, Affect, and the Ecology of Fear
Author Steve Goodman could be the Lon Chaney of underground electronic music.
Orlando Weekly |
Matt Gorney |
07-06-2011 |
Nonfiction
Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain's Visionary Music
Scratch the surface of all that faeries-and-druids stuff that tinges '70s folk-rock, and you'll find some deeply twisted, "Wicker Man"-type weirdness.
Orlando Weekly |
Jessica Bryce Young |
07-06-2011 |
Nonfiction
Oscar Hijuelos Sings Songs of Himselfnew
Cuban Pulitzer Prize-winner tries his hand at memoir.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
06-20-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cuba, Oscar Hijuelos
Dirty South Examines Impact of Southern Rapnew
In scores of interviews with key players — some requiring classic shoe-leather man-hunting — Westhoff pins the genre’s roots to 2 Live Crew.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Coronado |
06-17-2011 |
Nonfiction
