AltWeeklies Wire
Watching Me, Watching Younew
Security means scrutiny in Jonathan Raban's novel of post-9/11 anxieties.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Witherell |
03-28-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: surveillance, Jonathan Raban
The Shape of Differencenew
A conversation with poet, writer and indie-culture hero Eileen Myles.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Michelle Tea |
03-28-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Eileen Myles, Sorry, Tree
A Careful Readernew
A collection of Susan Sontag's later work highlights the writer's unswerving attention to morality.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Max Goldberg |
03-28-2007 |
Nonfiction
Spring 2007's New Book Roundupnew
The season's most notable releases.
Weekly Alibi |
By John Freeman |
03-27-2007 |
Books
Genre-Bendernew
Jonathan Lethem writes chick lit, with occasional kangaroos.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Will Dean |
03-27-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Satanic Snot Rags and Potbellied Dinosaursnew
Here's a spring reading list to thaw your brain, spleen and heart.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Willa Rohrer |
03-26-2007 |
Books
Concerned About Racenew
Joyce Carol Oates in black and white.
Shepherd Express |
Judith Ann Moriarty |
03-26-2007 |
Fiction
Does Plagiarism Exist?new
Jonathan Lethem and Richard Posner butt heads over the question at a panel discussion.
Chicago Reader |
Harold Henderson |
03-26-2007 |
Books
America's Great Lost Songwriternew
John Kruth talks about tackling the life of Townes Van Zandt in his new biography.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
03-26-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: John Kruth, To Live's to Fly
A Burmese Trianglenew
Despite Connelly's clear emotional affinity for the struggle of Burmese democracy activists, she steers clear of didacticism, expertly balancing a sense of the larger political picture with details of the personal struggles of the protagonists.
Washington City Paper |
Rayyan Al-Shawaf |
03-23-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Karen Connelly, The Lizard Cage
Between the Lost and the Foundnew
Daniel Alarcon and his novel of the disappeared.
L.A. Weekly |
Daniel Hernandez |
03-23-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Daniel Alarcon, Lost City Radio
Child Soldiernew
If you were put off by the Caucasian self-obsession of Blood Diamond, A Long Way Gone serves as a refreshing correction.
Jackson Free Press |
John Dicker |
03-22-2007 |
Nonfiction
Needs Less Joyce and More Noirnew
A Booker Prize winner writes a smart, if predictable, crime novel.
Willamette Week |
Matt Buckingham |
03-22-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Benjamin Black, Christine Falls
Small Town Successnew
Sheppard travels the long and gritty road to publication.
Cleveland Free Times |
Small Town Success |
03-21-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: John Sheppard, Small Town Punk
Who's Your Baghdaddy?new
The Washington Post reporter's examination of the Green Zone tells us a lot about how Iraq fell apart.
Weekly Alibi |
John Freeman |
03-20-2007 |
Nonfiction
