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'Mississippi is Mine'new
What James Meredith did not only changed a university, but also a state and a nation.
Jackson Free Press |
Joe Atkins |
09-16-2012 |
Nonfiction
Junot Díaz's Cheating Heartnew
Pulitzer Prize-winning author continues the tale of Yunior's rise and fall.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andrew Alexander |
09-12-2012 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Good Election-Year Readsnew
Let's get political.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
09-11-2012 |
Books
Arizona's Progressive Daysnew
A retired Arizona State University professor looks back at Arizona's populist roots.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Hull |
09-10-2012 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Labor
Imagery and Colornew
Janet McAdams' debut novel offers poetic flourishes, but it still reads like a debut novel
Tucson Weekly |
Nick Depascal |
09-05-2012 |
Fiction
A Personal Odyssey To The Land Down Undernew
Southern California cultural arts thinker and writer Lionel Rolfe reflects on his time in Australia with Kron Nicolas and his wife as he recovers from the emotional strain of divorce.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
08-30-2012 |
Original Work
Lee on Literature: Atlas Shruggednew
Ayn Rand's 1957 novel, Atlas Shrugged, articulates an essential, underlying divergence in philosophy between Democrats and Republicans and helps explain the current, bitter political disharmony.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Lee Miller |
08-30-2012 |
Fiction
Tags: Ayn Rand
Benefits of Locally Sourced Foods Short-Sold by '10,000-Mile Diet' championsnew
"If our modern food system is so bad for us, why do we now enjoy dramatically longer and healthier lives than our ancestors?"
San Antonio Current |
Ari Levaux |
08-23-2012 |
Books
Apocalypse How?new
Young adult sci-fi is supposed to make us question society. Is the current crop of young adult dystopian lit holding up its end of the bargain?
Orlando Weekly |
Ashley Belanger |
08-22-2012 |
Fiction
Back to the beach with these smart paperback mysteriesnew
Reviews of books by Gillian Flynn, James Lee Burke and Bruce DeSilva.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
08-21-2012 |
Fiction
Brutal and Poeticnew
Author of numerous non-fiction books, award-winning author Peter Heller's first foray into fiction gives readers an unusual look at one possible future.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
08-16-2012 |
Fiction
Critical Affectionnew
In his welcome debut, Rene S. Perez II tells stories about his hometown of Corpus Christi, Texas.
Tucson Weekly |
Christine Wald-Hopkins |
08-16-2012 |
Books
Enemies Foreign and Domesticnew
Dave Eggers and Ben Fountain have written two of the best novels of the year (so far).
The Stranger |
Paul Constant |
08-08-2012 |
Fiction
Gore Vidal: Oct 3, 1925 — July 31, 2012new
They say it was complications of pneumonia. I have no doubt he would have preferred something far more spectacular, an ailment with a fantastic name, a bizarre accident or at least a mystery illness, just something more fitting a life so big as his. He would have told you he deserved it.
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Dyer |
08-02-2012 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Sugar, spice, and gender coalesce in trio of bilingual kids' booksnew
I have a surprise for you, I tell my four-year-old daughter when I pick her up from preschool. Three surprises, actually.
San Antonio Current |
Marisol Cortez |
08-02-2012 |
Fiction
