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John Dean Talks Fundamentals and Fundamentalistsnew

The former counsel to President Nixon turned Watergate prosecution witness has produced a third volume in his campaign against the modern Republican party.

San Antonio Current | Elaine Wolff | 09-20-2007 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Bush administration, Broken Government, John Dean, GOP

Philip Lam's Novel Shows the Human Side of Doctorsnew

The book's title hints that our understanding of medicine is in flux: Doctors are no longer seen to possess mystical knowledge, as of old, but neither is the science of medicine as coldly rational and exacting as the 20th century would have us think.

Willamette Week | Hanna Neuschwander | 09-19-2007 | Fiction

Tags: Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures, Philip Lam, Fiction Reviews

'Dukecity Sign*' Captures the Soul of Alburquerquenew

How a strange, self-published book of awful, full-color photographs of signs became an astonishingly original homage to the true soul of a city.

Weekly Alibi | Steven Robert Allen | 09-18-2007 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Ben Adams, Dukecity Sign*

Why Our Harry Potter Pales Next to His Brit Doppelgangernew

It's illegal to sell U.K. Potters in the U.S., but readers are well-advised to seek out the Brits, not just for textual authenticity but to avoid reported incidents of repulsion and nausea resulting from inadvertent or prolonged visual contact with Mary GrandPre's American covers and illustrations.

Philadelphia City Paper | Robin Rice | 09-18-2007 | Books

Bukowski Home Threatenednew

Activists in Los Angeles are calling on artists, writers, historic preservationists and concerned citizens to help save the onetime Hollywood home of poet and novelist Charles Bukowski from possible demolition.

Pasadena Weekly | Joe Piasecki | 09-18-2007 | Books

Comic Reviews:Brit No. 1 and Thor No. 3.new

Hargro addresses the artwork and storylines of the new Brit and the recently revived Thor.

Creative Loafing (Charlotte) | Carlton Hargro | 09-14-2007 | Fiction

Tags: Carlton Hargro, Comic Proportions, Fiction Reviews

Farley and Me: Discovering the Great Canadian Writernew

Bill's essay explores what attracts him in the fine work of Canadian author Farley Mowat.

Isthmus | Bill Lueders | 09-14-2007 | Fiction

Tags: Farley Mowat, Fiction Reviews

'The Waltzing Senator' Artist Tom Foster Dishes on Artnew

For the last 40-odd years, Foster has sketched courtroom trials, painted artwork for movie and theater sets, and designed flyers and album art for bands ranging from Big Star to the North Mississippi Allstars.

The Memphis Flyer | Andria Lisle | 09-14-2007 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Tags: The Waltzing Senator, Tom Foster

'The Shock Doctrine' Deliversnew

Klein may be called a conspiracy theorist because she argues that greedy multinational corporations, rightist think tanks and neo-liberal governments are the designers of many international economic disasters, but even skeptics will be impressed by the weight of statistics, documentation and first-hand quotes she assembles to make her case.

NOW Magazine | Howard Goldenthal | 09-14-2007 | Nonfiction

Tags: Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, Nonfiction Reviews