AltWeeklies Wire
Dumb and Dumbernew
The Occupation is one of the most concise, well-written portraits of Iraq on shelves today.
Weekly Alibi |
John Freeman |
03-20-2007 |
Nonfiction
God Is (or Rather Isn't) In the Detailsnew
Victor J. Stenger searches for evidence of a higher power in his new bestseller -- is it time to issue a theological Amber Alert?
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
03-20-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Dead Airnew
Lost City Radio follows the cleaving of three lives in the wake of civil war in an unnamed South American city.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Tremble |
03-20-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Daniel Alarcon, Lost City Radio
I Do Not Belong Herenew
Growing up gay in Mississippi.
Jackson Free Press |
Matt Saldana |
03-19-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kevin Sessums, Mississippi Sissy
Towering Falloutnew
Eisenberg rises above the "post-9/11" hangover.
Seattle Weekly |
Karla Starr |
03-19-2007 |
Fiction
9/11 Explainednew
This brilliant examination of the decades leading up to 9/11 tells a story so improbable, savage and sad, it still seems impossible that it happened.
NOW Magazine |
Howard Goldenthal |
03-16-2007 |
Nonfiction
Snake Charmernew
Jim Harrison pens a companionable narrative.
Missoula Independent |
Joe Campana |
03-15-2007 |
Fiction
An Original and Incisive Essay Collectionnew
A book by a poet about poetry should, above all, excite readers about poems, and that's what The Napkin Manuscripts does best.
INDY Week |
Adam Sobsey |
03-15-2007 |
Nonfiction
War and Redemptionnew
An interview with poet Kevin Young, whose newest collection, For the Confederate Dead, tackles American history, grief and redemption.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
03-15-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Sea Around Hernew
This succinct volume traces Silent Spring author Rachel Carson's life, from her birth near Pittsburgh in 1907 to her death in Maryland in 1964.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
03-14-2007 |
Nonfiction
A Reductionist Take on Media Reformnew
What bothers me so much about Chester is that I share his passion for issues of media choice and personal privacy, but he makes enormous logical leaps and engages in gross oversimplification and ad-hominem attacks.
San Antonio Current |
Aaron Delwiche |
03-14-2007 |
Nonfiction
The Working Lifenew
Gonzalez examines roots of our love affair with Mexican labor.
OC Weekly |
Gustavo Arellano |
03-14-2007 |
Nonfiction
Making the Listnew
Granta once again examines the best and brightest of a new generation.
Weekly Alibi |
John Freeman |
03-13-2007 |
Books
'Ace' in the Holenew
David Matthews interweaves tales of Baltimore blacks, Jews and blues in his memoir.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
03-12-2007 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Ace of Spades, David Matthews
Hey -- You Can't Draw That!new
David Wallis finds a Fourth-rate Estate in his new book, which contains nearly 100 editorial cartoons and other works of art that American newspaper editors have refused to publish.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
03-12-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
