AltWeeklies Wire
Flying With Scissorsnew
True confessions from the super set.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
06-22-2007 |
Fiction
That's So Gay! (And Lesbian, and Bi, and Trans ... )new
Young adult books for Pride Month -- and all year long.
Eugene Weekly |
Suzi Steffen |
06-21-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Fiction Reviews
Up, Up and Awaynew
Austin Grossman's debut novel gets inside the heads of some pretty powerful people.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kirsten Akens |
06-21-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Queers Who Came in from the Coldnew
Over the past generation, being gay seems to have lost much of the social radioactivity that exacted terrible human costs, but also generated excitement and gave writers a subject to write about.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Paul Reidinger |
06-21-2007 |
Books
Kate Schatz Goes Into the Woodsnew
Continuum's 33 1/3 series enters PJ Harvey terrain with the fictional Rid of Me.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Davidson |
06-21-2007 |
Fiction
In Gurba's Gardennew
Dahlia Season tells true-to-life tales of bathroom cruisers, trans gangsters, and freak-magnet teenage baby dyke death rockers in her debut short-story collection
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Michelle Tea |
06-21-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dahlia Season, Myriam Gurba
The Pros and Cons of the Superhero Lifenew
Soon I Will Be Invincible is an entertaining mash-up of superhero antics and literary ethos -- too bad the magic wears off.
Willamette Week |
Wayne Bund |
06-21-2007 |
Fiction
Professional But Poor in Americanew
New book resets the middle class trap.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Doron Taussig |
06-20-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Authors Train Their Sights on Siblingsnew
This is the year authors ran out of stuff to say about themselves and started in on the next best thing: siblings.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
06-20-2007 |
Books
Hosseini Might Stick to This 'Writing Thing' for Awhilenew
The best-selling author talks Afghanistan, film adaptation and his future.
San Diego CityBeat |
Tina Safi |
06-20-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Writers & Poets Flock to New Orleans in Drovesnew
They are drawing inspiration -- and the usual assortment of unique characters -- from Hurricane Katrina's sad aftermath.
'Black on the Block': The Mixed-Income Mythnew
Northwestern prof Mary Pattillo on why even the black middle-class can't save a poor black neighborhood in Chicago.
Chicago Reader |
Harold Henderson |
06-19-2007 |
Nonfiction
Let There Be Lightnew
From Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion to Christopher Hitchens' God Is Not Great, atheism sells. Here's a quick look at the leading atheist bestsellers.
Honolulu Weekly |
Chris Haire |
06-15-2007 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Nonfiction Reviews
The Real Immigration Storynew
An LA Times reporter tells the personal stories of Mexican immigrants.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Julia Goldberg |
06-14-2007 |
Nonfiction
The Gore Attacknew
Someone exceptional seems to have erupted from the trappings of the old, more conventional politician -- the new Gore 2.0 talks smart and straight, and The Assault on Reason eviscerates the Bush administration while exploring the strange new American dialogue.
Sacramento News & Review |
Melinda Welsh |
06-14-2007 |
Nonfiction
