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Sonny's Bluesnew

The struggles explored in James Baldwin's short story mirror those present in Trayvon Martin's killing.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Lee Miller |
07-01-2013 |
Books
Tags: James Baldwin, Trayvon Martin
Q&A: "Dirty Wars" Author Jeremy Scahillnew

Journalist and author Jeremy Scahill talks his recent book and corresponding documentary film, "Dirty Wars."
Philadelphia Weekly |
Randy LoBasso |
05-29-2013 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Joyful Noisenew
'Tales of the San Francisco Cacophony Society' takes readers to the brink.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Nicole Gluckstern |
05-24-2013 |
Nonfiction
Six Days of the Condornew
James Grady's 1974 pop thriller has some striking similarities to the Boston Marathon bombing.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Lee Miller |
05-21-2013 |
Fiction
Tags: James Grady
Making Worldsnew
In "The Kings and Queens of Roam," author Daniel Wallace illustrates the power words have to make worlds, both in the tragic whimsy of the world his words create and in the sad, scary world one character builds for another.
Jackson Free Press |
Kathleen M. Mitchell |
05-14-2013 |
Books
Lizz Winstead bites backnew

The political pundit and creator of The Daily Show discusses the feminist elite, slut-shaming, and the difference between essay and memoir
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
05-09-2013 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lizz Winstead
Criminal activity drives Terra McVoy's latest novelnew

Local young adult novelist takes a dark, illicit turn with her fifth novel
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Laura Straub |
05-02-2013 |
Fiction
Lee on Literature: The Awakeningnew
How the 1899 literary classic The Awakening by Kate Chopin relates to the reform challenges faced by the new Pope Francis I.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Lee Miller |
04-22-2013 |
Fiction
Tags: Pope Francis
Bankrupting Nature: Denying Our Planetary Boundariesnew
Global warming is but one of nine or 10 different ways in which human civilization is threatening to cross boundaries of over-consumption and overuse. These, will undermine the natural foundations on which our civilization is built.
Random Lengths News |
Paul Rosenberg |
04-22-2013 |
Books
Water Worriesnew

Through interviews and essays, a father/daughter team looks at the nature of Arizona's heat island existence.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Hull |
04-11-2013 |
Books
Tear Down This Wallnew

The disruption and destruction created by the border wall is shown in photos and words.
Tucson Weekly |
Jon M. Shumaker |
04-07-2013 |
Books
Tags: Krista Schlyer
On the Road's enduring appealnew

'Behind us lay the whole of America'
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Mark Kemp |
04-03-2013 |
Books
Trussed and Tiednew
“Fifty Shades of Chicken” entertains while educating about cooking poultry.
Jackson Free Press |
Jessica Mizell |
04-01-2013 |
Books
Mad over Rachel Maddownew

How a butch in pantsuits gave liberal media its balls back.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Rodney Carmichael |
03-19-2013 |
Books
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydenew

How industrialization helped to foster the compartmentalization of "good" and "evil," a duality that continues to challenge modern figures such as James Holmes and Oscar Pistorius.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Lee Miller |
03-14-2013 |
Fiction
Tags: Robert Louis Stevenson