AltWeeklies Wire
The Midwest's First Celebration of all Things Yaoi: Where the Screaming Never Stopsnew
Yaoi (pronounced "yowee") is stories of beautiful, deeply emotional boys who are desperately in love with each other. One can find these erotic tales in Japanese comic books or watch the animated versions on DVDs that are sold at mainstream bookstores.
Riverfront Times |
Aimee Levitt |
12-11-2009 |
Books
Laurell K. Hamilton, the Mistress of Horrornew
Nobody writes vampire novels the way the St. Louis author does -- and yes, there's lots of sex.
Riverfront Times |
Aimee Levitt |
11-21-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Poet Pens Subversive Detective Stories Set in Chinanew
Qiu Xiaolong's creative and personal life has long been shaped by the politics of his communist homeland. It was politics that first pushed him to write and study poetry, and later induced him to immigrate to the United States.
Riverfront Times |
Malcolm Gay |
09-24-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Qiu Xiaolong, Red Mandarin Dress
Steal Das Booknew
Rod Shene paid a paltry few grand for a volume worth $500,000 or more -- only one hitch: The German government wants it back.
Riverfront Times |
Kathleen McLaughlin |
07-13-2007 |
Books
Hillbilly Noirnew
The literary world is abuzz over Daniel Woodrell, bard of the Ozarks.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
12-11-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Daniel Woodrell
Chapter & Versenew
Gentle but piercing, indirect but intimate, languorous but lusty -- Carl Phillips is a lot like his poetry.
Riverfront Times |
Malcolm Gay |
05-22-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Carl Phillips
