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Calendario Girlsnew
Angela Villalba tracks the chicas calientes of Mexican calendars.
OC Weekly |
Gustavo Arellano |
04-03-2007 |
Nonfiction
Farm Girl Makes Goodnew
Lutz talks about her move from L.A. to Seattle, her aversion to pets and plants, and temping.
Seattle Weekly |
Karla Starr |
04-02-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lisa Lutz, The Spellman Files
Sci-fi Geeks Battle Comics Dorksnew
A sci-fi legend declares war on scrappy local publisher Fantagraphics -- but in the battle of comix versus futurists, who's the bigger bully?
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
04-02-2007 |
Books
One Man's Warnew
Tale is told so plainly, forthrightly, and with such unveiled disclosure that it carries an indisputable moral authority that most of the political and media discourse surrounding this war lacks.
Baltimore City Paper |
Raymond Cummings |
04-02-2007 |
Nonfiction
Authenticity's Impossibilitiesnew
Faking It doesn't answer all the questions it raises but it's certain to inspire some awesome conversations among readers.
Baltimore City Paper |
Raymond Cummings |
04-02-2007 |
Nonfiction
Tell Me Lessnew
Rebecca Walker's Baby Love and Anne Lamott's Grace (Eventually) prove they don't understand that some thoughts are best kept private.
Chicago Reader |
Jessica Hopper |
04-02-2007 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Nonfiction Reviews
Into the Light, Fantasticnew
A bit of a meditative melange, yet also a compact guide to the highlights of American medical innovations.
Washington City Paper |
Eve Ottenberg |
03-30-2007 |
Nonfiction
Entrepreneurial Spiritnew
Ben Casnocha has founded a company, written a book and is on the lecture circuit -- at only 19 years old.
Tucson Weekly |
Irene Messina |
03-30-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Jackson's Conclusions are Nothing Short of Astonishingnew
Half Life is a labyrinth of plot twists embedded with the history of twofer culture, tied together by Jackson's darkly humorous language play that mines the possibilities of campy twin culture.
Tags: Half Life, Shelley Jackson
(Borrowed From) Here, There and Everywherenew
Lethem's latest feels like a bit of literary tourism.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
03-29-2007 |
Fiction
Carefully Written, but Hard To Relate Tonew
A lost manuscript reveals a fantastical world of books in The Secret of Lost Things.
Willamette Week |
Lisa Hoashi |
03-29-2007 |
Fiction
The Giant Who Changed Illinois Politicsnew
Arrington pushed the Statehouse into the modern era.
Illinois Times |
Bob Hartley |
03-29-2007 |
Nonfiction
Texas Coup d'Etatnew
An election-law attorney details Tom DeLay's GOP engineering.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
03-29-2007 |
Nonfiction
Lethem is More Emo Than Younew
Especially coming after the arresting, atmospheric Motherless Brooklyn and the genuinely great coming-of-age story The Fortress of Solitude, Lethem's latest feels irksomely insubstantial -- but I can't write it off completely.
Dig Boston |
Stewart Mason |
03-28-2007 |
Fiction
Dan Walker Tells His Storynew
His memoir recalls an exciting yet disappointing chapter in Illinois politics.
Illinois Times |
Fletcher Farrar |
03-28-2007 |
Nonfiction
