AltWeeklies Wire
A Manual for Creating Atheists
“This book is essential for nonbelievers who want to do more than just carp about religion, but want to weaken its odious grasp on the world.”
Weekly Alibi |
Staff |
12-10-2013 |
Books
Tags: Peter Boghossian
The Whole Enchilada : ¡Ask a Mexican! columnist Gustavo Arellano talks taco shop with a restaurant criticnew
In 2006, the Weekly Alibi became the only newspaper with the cojones to take a chance on a newly syndicated column called ¡Ask a Mexican! Six years later, the racy Q & A runs weekly in 39 newspapers around the country. Gustavo Arellano has snuck into our hearts like a border-crosser in the trunk of an Impala.
To get the skinny—if there is such a thing—on Mexican food in the U.S., Alibi restaurant critic Ari LeVaux broke tortillas with Arellano about his new book, Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America.
Weekly Alibi |
Ari LeVaux |
04-13-2012 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Om My Gurunew
Two authors trace the roots of yoga in the West.
Weekly Alibi |
Patricia Sauthoff |
08-09-2010 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Yoga, Stefanie Syman
Ai, Poet Extraordinaire, Diesnew
The poet Ai, whose work was astoundingly varied and consistently forceful, passed away last week from pneumonia. She was 62. Ai was born Florence Johnson but changed her name to the Japanese word for love.
Weekly Alibi |
Erin Adair-Hodges |
03-30-2010 |
Books
Ten Years of Pulitzer Prize Winners, And What They Say About Usnew
We are a nation of many religions and races, but we're only recently comfortable with that (and sometimes, not so much). We are serious and sober and value hard work, but we also like comic books. At the end of the day, all we'd like to do is go home and have a slice of pie.
Weekly Alibi |
Erin Adair-Hodges |
01-12-2010 |
Books
Mark Rudd: Political Organizer, Ex-Federal Fugitive, Pseudo-Stepdadnew
Mark Rudd and his sort-of stepson recently chatted over crackers and hummus about Rudd's days in SDS, the Weather Underground -- and about the biggest mistakes he made along the way.
Weekly Alibi |
Simon McCormack |
06-01-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Liberals Drink Here: An Interview with Richard Lingemannew
About 10 years ago, Richard Lingeman, The Nation’s senior editor and longtime executive editor, came up with the idea of providing readers with a way to connect with the history of the left, as well as with other like-minded Americans.
Weekly Alibi |
Erin Adair-Hodges |
02-03-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Skepticism, Hume and the Burden of Proof: 'Amazing Grace'new
It’s very easy to make a claim about something, while thoroughly investigating that claim can be a difficult job.
Weekly Alibi |
Benjamin Radford |
02-03-2009 |
Nonfiction
'Pathway to the Gods' Brings to Life the World's First Chocolate Obsessionnew
For centuries, it has captivated humans and gods. It's been associated with worship, commerce, romance and comfort. But why has it so completely seduced the world? Just what's so special about chocolate? Meredith L. Dreiss and Sharon Edgar Greenhill travel back in time to Mesoamerica to answer these questions. With recipe for Mayan Hot Chocolate.
Weekly Alibi |
Maren Tarro |
01-06-2009 |
Nonfiction
McSweeney's Editor Gives Us a Quiz to the White Housenew
This is a multiple-choice review. Mimicking So You Want to Be President?, a book of political humor from John Warner (editor of the literature and humor site McSweeney's Internet Tendency), your knowledge of the presidency will be tried. Even if you fail, you'll still know enough to be vice president.
Weekly Alibi |
Tom Gibbons |
11-18-2008 |
Nonfiction
Eric Nuzum Becomes the Vampire in 'The Dead Travel Fast'new
In The Dead Travel Fast, the pop culture critic documents his epic, and naively hilarious, quest to single-handedly sort out the history and peculiar grip vampires hold on modern culture.
Weekly Alibi |
Steven Nery |
10-28-2008 |
Nonfiction
A Brief and Wondrous Interview with Junot Diaznew
Diaz is the "It Kid" in literature today. The author of the 1996 short story collection Drown, he was awarded this year's Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his first novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.
Weekly Alibi |
Erin Adair-Hodges |
09-23-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Pulitzer Prize, Junot Diaz
Valerie Plame Wilson Discusses Her Memoir, FISA and Her Move to New Mexiconew
Valerie Plame Wilson's identity is no longer a secret. Five years and two lawsuits later, neither is her story. In her October 2007 memoir, Fair Game: How a Top CIA Agent Was Betrayed by Her Own Government, former agent Wilson chronicles how her life shifted from serving her country to suing her country.
Weekly Alibi |
Aeriel Emig |
07-29-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Salman Rushdie Creates an Engrossing East-Meets-West Novelnew
The bridge between these two worlds is the enchantress of the book's title, an Indian princess so beautiful and beguiling, Rushdie keeps her from the reader for more than half of the book--as if we, too, could not bear the full power of her charms.
Weekly Alibi |
John Freeman |
07-22-2008 |
Fiction
Red, White and Blackwater: An Interview with Jeremy Scahillnew
As media coverage is slipping, Scahill, who has reported from Iraq in both the Clinton and Bush administrations, is releasing an update to his book. The new version includes a thorough account of that infamous day at Nisour Square, along with details on the Blackwater operative who shot and killed the Iraqi vice president’s bodyguard on Christmas Eve of 2006.
Weekly Alibi |
Christie Chisholm |
07-01-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
