AltWeeklies Wire
Poe Ballantine Searches for Inspirationnew
"I don't recommend the writing life," declares Poe Ballantine. "At least, not the one where you move around a lot, live alone and work odd jobs."
Willamette Week |
Alastair Rockoff |
11-07-2007 |
Nonfiction
Wordstock Returnsnew
Four authors -- Peter Sagal, Janet Fitch, Shane Koyczan, Adrian Tomine -- on the eve of Portland's biggest literary weekend.
Willamette Week |
Staff |
11-07-2007 |
Books
Starbucked: A Double Tall Tale of Caffeine, Commerce, and Culturenew
After someone attempted a firebombing at a new Starbucks in Southeast Portland, Taylor Clark, then a staff writer for Willamette Week, wrote a cover story about the Seattle-based coffee giant. The article generated grande buzz and lead to this book.
Willamette Week |
Taylor Clark |
11-07-2007 |
Excerpts
Ha Jin's American Dreamsnew
In his mammoth new novel, A Free Life, he deploys the elements of his own powerful journey in an epic tale about a young couple at sea in America in the early '90s.
Weekly Alibi |
John Freeman |
11-06-2007 |
Fiction
The Miami Book Fair: A Page Turnernew
Proving yet again that we really do love us some book.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Frank Houston |
11-06-2007 |
Books
Civil Soulsnew
Michael White's new novel brings interracial romance to a slave-catching saga.
New Haven Advocate |
Christopher Arnott |
11-06-2007 |
Fiction
The Dirtiest Copnew
How the East Side, the West Side, and 42nd Street corrupted the 20th century.
Boston Phoenix |
Clif Garboden |
11-05-2007 |
Nonfiction
Why John Leland Doesn't Matternew
Leland's Why Kerouac Matters doesn't attempt to defend On the Road so much as outline what Kerouac actually meant. And Leland tells most everyone that their readings are, more or less, wrong.
Shepherd Express |
Todd Lazarski |
11-05-2007 |
Nonfiction
A Mexican Steinbeck's Work Resurfacesnew
More than 80 years after it originally appeared, this novel's themes resonate, for then as now, the United States and Mexico are wrestling with the consequences of record migration under a system that marginalizes the lowest-skilled workers.
The Texas Observer |
Michele Wucker |
11-05-2007 |
Books
'The Dangerous Book for Boys' Strolls Down Memory Lanenew
Authors/brothers Conn and Hal Iggulden have created what can only be described as a young boy's companion guide to, well, basically everything of interest to listless and/or adventurous young men. But it's also a treat for a nostalgic adult.
NOW Magazine |
Evan Davies |
11-05-2007 |
Fiction
Studs on Studsnew
This is a book about the working life of a man who has defined his long life by his success at getting other people to tell their stories.
The Texas Observer |
Steven G. Kellman |
11-05-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Love and Blood': Tough Lovenew
Why soccer superfan Jamie Trecker is U.S. Soccer’s harshest critic.
Chicago Reader |
Scott Eden |
11-05-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Selling Ain't Wrongnew
What punk still doesn't get about capitalism.
Chicago Reader |
Harold Henderson |
11-05-2007 |
Nonfiction
'See You in Court' Makes the Case for More Democracynew
What starts as an argument that Republicans are responsible for out-of-control litigation ends up as a sharp critique of the entire American system.
Chicago Reader |
Noah Berlatsky |
11-05-2007 |
Nonfiction
I've Grown Attached to My Embryosnew
In vitro fertilization gave Beth Kohl a new perspective on reproductive rights and religion.
Chicago Reader |
Julia Thiel |
11-05-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
