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The Shaping of a Presidentnew
David Maraniss chronicles Barack Obama's early years.
Tags: Barack Obama, David Maraniss
Madison Author Offers Guidebook to "Heavenly" Foodnew
UW-Madison grad Madeline Scherb has assembled 'A Taste of Heaven,' a guide to monasteries with food operations that's part travel guide, part journalism, part cookbook.
Isthmus |
Linda Falkenstein |
08-04-2009 |
Nonfiction
A Resort Town Holds Out Hope in Kevin Henkes' New Novelnew
If topics like divorce and death sound heavy, Henkes' new young-adult novel, Bird Lake Moon, wears them surprisingly gently.
Chris Farley Biography Spotlights Comedy, Addiction & Celebritynew
This new oral biography is a collection of reminiscences by everyone from Farley's family and high school friends to David Spade, John Goodman, Al Franken and Lorne Michaels.
Isthmus |
Linda Falkenstein |
03-18-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Enter Rothnew
Philip Roth discusses his alter ego Nathan Zuckerman, the appeal of biography, and the perils of age.
Isthmus |
Steve Paulson |
12-17-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Exit Ghost, Philip Roth
Farley and Me: Discovering the Great Canadian Writernew
Bill's essay explores what attracts him in the fine work of Canadian author Farley Mowat.
Tags: Farley Mowat, Fiction Reviews
On Granta's Best Young American Novelist Picksnew
An exciting shift is afoot in American fiction, as evidenced by the works of young novelists chosen by Granta for its recent "Best of the Young Novelists" issue.
Yes, Virginia, There Is an American Dream
C.J. Hribal's sweeping new novel, The Company Car, follows one family's 50-year pursuit of the American Dream. But does the American Dream still exist? If so, is it still worth pursuing? Hribal addresses these and other questions about our social landscape in an interview.
Isthmus |
David Medaris |
10-14-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Exhilaration of Being Published
Rebecca Meacham, author of the acclaimed debut story collection Let's Do, admits to feeling the pressure to perform with her forthcoming second book, but extolls the enormous pleasures of her craft -- such as inscribing a copy of Let's Do for her elementary-school choir teacher.
Isthmus |
David Medaris |
10-14-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Power of Sisterhood
The Wisconsin writer's upcoming book is about a woman who died too soon and whose funeral honors all women who have loved and lost, and who grieve and still need to live.
Isthmus |
David Medaris |
10-13-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Another Look at Frailty
In an email interview, Bee Season author Myla Goldberg discusses her new novel set during the flu pandemic of 1918, her musical and spelling prowess, and her fondness for "the full spectrum of language."
Isthmus |
David Medaris |
10-13-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Burdens of Being the FOUND Guy
The creator of FOUND magazine has a collection of short fiction out, and he says he had to urge Simon & Schuster not to publish it in a flushable format.
Isthmus |
David Medaris |
10-13-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Love, Death and the Paranormal
It took art professor Audrey Niffenegger 14 years to complete her latest book, and she hopes readers of her best-selling The Time Traveler's Wife "will not be so startled" by her new illustrated novel "that they choke on their coffee."
Isthmus |
David Medaris |
10-13-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Words Return: The Best of 9/11 Fiction
Maureen Leary sees the birth of a genre as she surveys the best of the current crop of 9/11-related fiction.
Q&A with Nell Freudenberger
The author explains the geographical and thematic focus in her collection of five short novellas; and identifies the book from her childhood that left the most lasting impression on her.
Isthmus |
David Medaris |
10-06-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
