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Roll Over Leonard Bernsteinnew
Classical faces the music?
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
05-21-2007 |
Nonfiction
Zine Hero Dishwasher Pete Dishes on His New Booknew
By the late 90s, the "Dishwasher" zine was a cult phenomenon, and Dishwasher Pete himself a folk hero and contributor to radio's This American Life -- now Harper Perennial has published a one-volume rewrite.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
05-21-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Hot Type: Summer Book Reviewsnew
Sailing the seas of summer reading.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Anthony Miller |
05-18-2007 |
Books
A Quartet of Poetsnew
Everyday takes a cool turn in new works by Nathaniel G. Moore, Shane Rhodes, Emily Schultz, and Rachel Zolf.
The Georgia Straight |
Jacqueline Turner |
05-18-2007 |
Poetry
Tags: Poetry Reviews
Mercenary Mightnew
Journalist Jeremy Scahill manages to lift the curtain on this secretive, highly armed group of freebooting mercenaries and in the process shows an even uglier side of a very ugly war.
NOW Magazine |
Howard Goldenthal |
05-18-2007 |
Nonfiction
Daddy's Girlsnew
You might pick up this book expecting some of Canada's best-known female writers to deliver accounts of trauma and brutalization at the hands of their fathers -- forget about it; these dads are for the most part inspiring or benign.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
05-18-2007 |
Nonfiction
Inside L.A.'s Indie Booksellersnew
Like Darwin's finches, the city's booksellers have found niches and creative ways to stay alive in a tough business and an even tougher town.
L.A. Weekly |
Gendy Alimurung |
05-18-2007 |
Books
A Sassy Historynew
From Cute Band Alert to closing time.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
05-17-2007 |
Nonfiction
Mark Twain's Wild Ridenew
How his down-and-out days in California's Central Valley gave the great writer his voice -- and made him famous.
Sacramento News & Review |
Scott Thomas Anderson |
05-17-2007 |
Books
Howard Zinn: Where Are Book Reviews?new
The prominent historian on the disappearance of book reviews from American newspapers.
San Antonio Current |
John Freeman |
05-16-2007 |
Books
How 'Sassy' Changed My Lifenew
Two writers pen a mash note to the mag that made them the women they are now.
Willamette Week |
Claire Evans |
05-16-2007 |
Nonfiction
Janine Latus: Speaking the Unspeakablenew
While she was able to leave an abusive relationship, her sister wasn't so lucky -- now Latus is telling their story and hoping to protect other women with her words.
Port Folio Weekly |
Kristen De Deyn Kirk |
05-16-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'My So-Called Punk' News and Analysisnew
Green Day, Operation Ivy, and Rancid's place in Matt Diehl's new CliffsNotes of Punk.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
05-16-2007 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Matt Diehl, My So-Called Punk
Rave On, Anonnew
The new art book The 1000 Journals Project is a chain message in a bottle.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
05-16-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Someguy, The 1000 Journals Project
Leonard Part 41new
Talking with Elmore Leonard on the release of his 41st(!) novel.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Duane Swierczynski |
05-15-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Elmore Leonard, Up in Honey's Room
