AltWeeklies Wire
'Wicked Bugs' Gets Under Your Skinnew
Amy Stewart's new book covers the creepiest of crawlers.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
06-10-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Amy Stewart, Wicked Bugs
Small Presses Push On, Despite Economic Hardshipsnew
“I regularly get these pathetic letters from kids all over Texas asking if Wings Press can donate books to their classrooms or libraries. ... I give away a lot of books, but those letters I just forward to Rick Perry.”
San Antonio Current |
Roberto Ontiveros |
06-09-2011 |
Books
David Berkeley Does Berkeleynew
Bay Area musician and author tells tales of Corsica on Fourth Street.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
06-02-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Books Inc., David Berkeley
Bleak Frames and Guiltnew
David Lester depicts the shadowy relationship between words and actions in the graphic novel, The Listener.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Nicole Gluckstern |
05-27-2011 |
Fiction
Judith Adamson Gets into the Hive Mindnew
Oakland, Calif. author celebrates backyard beekeeping.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
05-23-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
A Glorified Nobodynew
In his entertaining new book, Jeff Guinn makes it clear that he's no fan of Wyatt Earp.
Tucson Weekly |
Leo W. Banks |
05-19-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Arizona History Museum, Jeff Guinn
New Poetry by Lou Lipsitznew
If this world falls apart (the winner of the 2010 Blue Lynx Prize) consistently brings the reader to a dark place and then pulls back.
Tags: Lou Lipsitz
Paging Of Montrealnew
What's Weird? chronicles the Athens band's idiosyncratic look.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris Hassiotis |
05-16-2011 |
Books
Susi Wyss Gets Civilizednew
Her new collection of short stories examines the ties that bind five different women.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
05-16-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Nathan Larson's Post-Apocalyptic Noirnew
The composer, musician, and new author delves into Dewey Decimal.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
05-10-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Rise of Phoenixnew
'Desert Visions' may be the definitive history of Arizona's capital city.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Hull |
05-04-2011 |
Nonfiction
Hope, But Not Without Historynew
Lynne Bryant interprets the South of her childhood in Catfish Alley.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Claire Swinford |
04-28-2011 |
Books
Behind the Controversial Anthology of Rapnew
Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. called The Anthology of Rap "an essential contribution to our living literary tradition," while Chuck D said it "might just break the commercial trance that's had rap in a chokehold for the past several years." But it's also the hip-hop tale of AWOL fathers and fractured identities, of bitter duels and fiery smackdowns.
Riparian Revival?new
Ken Lamberton shows the oft-maligned Santa Cruz River some much-deserved love.
Tucson Weekly |
Paul Wine |
04-25-2011 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Ken Lamberton, Santa Cruz River
