AltWeeklies Wire
The Truth Has Set Her Freenew

What Oregon's "resident contrarian" says about politics, race and battling depression. An excerpt from Avel Gordly's memoir.
Willamette Week |
Avel Gordly |
03-30-2011 |
Excerpts
Tags: Avel Gordly
It Happened on the Way to Warnew

Rye Barcott's book about his work with the Kibera slum in Kenya.
INDY Week |
Adam Sobsey |
03-29-2011 |
Nonfiction
Sipping in Sicily with Robert Camutonew

A travel writer pays homage to an ancient island's wines.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
03-25-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Deadly Currents: Full Speed Aheadnew

Author Beth Groundwater dishes on her new novel, Deadly Currents, and steering a course in the writing biz.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Claire Swinford |
03-21-2011 |
Books
Tags: Beth Groundwater, Deadly Currents
Trekking the Mediterraneannew

Joel Stratte-McClure walks around the Mediterranean Sea.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
03-21-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Storytellernew

Jane Eppinga tells tales about everything from an Aztec princess to Arizona's museums.
Tucson Weekly |
Dave Devine |
03-11-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jane Eppinga
Wandering Spiritnew

ASU's Cynthia Hogue is haunted--and inspired--by time spent in New Orleans.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
03-09-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Media Mattersnew
Will eBooks and audio books eventually replace print on paper?
Tucson Weekly |
Jonathan Lowe |
03-09-2011 |
Books
In-Betweennew

Jim Kristofic's biographical essays detail his life as a white kid in the Navajo Nation.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Hull |
03-03-2011 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Jim Kristofic, Navajos Wear Nikes
Bear With Itnew

William W. Johnstone's latest Western is like 'Jaws' -- only with fur, claws and wagon trains.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
02-28-2011 |
Fiction
Pondering Parenting with Summer Woodnew

Her novel Wrecker takes a tender look at a troubled child.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
02-28-2011 |
Fiction
Tags: Summer Wood, Wrecker
Tulia Besiegednew

'Taking our the Trash in Tulia, Texas'
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
02-24-2011 |
Nonfiction
Interrogating Donald Rumsfeldnew

Published by McSweeney's, Donald imagines what would happen if the former defense secretary were abducted to a detainment center much like Guantanamo or Bagram and subjected to "enhanced interrogation."
Tags: Donald Rumsfeld, Eric Martin
Interview With Isabel Wilkerson, Author of The Warmth of Other Sunsnew

From 1915-1970, more than 6 million African-Americans fled the cruel caste system of the South, making the difficult choice to leave the land they knew for a land they had never seen.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
02-18-2011 |
Nonfiction
C'mon Baby, Light My Firenew

Author Steven Hayward tells a story of conflagrations, family and at least five Jim Morrisons in Don't Be Afraid.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Claire Swinford |
02-17-2011 |
Books