AltWeeklies Wire
What Henry Rollins Seesnew
The renaissance man adds "photojournalist" to his C.V.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
10-19-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Henry Rollins
Reading in the Slow Lane at University Press Booksnew
With Slow Reading Dinners, the Berkeley bookstore applies tenets of the slow-food movement to books.
East Bay Express |
Ellen Cushing |
10-17-2011 |
Books
Borders and Bridgesnew
Peter Laufer makes the case that the border wall is too much like the Berlin Wall.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Hull |
10-17-2011 |
Nonfiction
A talk with investigative journalist Arnold Mann about mold, environmental illness, and MCSnew
I was struck when I opened this book for the first time by how much San Antonio is in it. You really got into this story [of environmental illness] with this group of employees from the Southwest Airlines ticketing center.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
10-14-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Poor, Minorities Magnets for Industrial 'Sacrifice Zones'new
Grappling with how to own up to the toxic legacy of uranium mining and nuclear weapons processing in the United States, government officials coined the cold term "sacrifice zones" in the 1980s.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
10-12-2011 |
Nonfiction
Tags: steve lerner
A Rather Regal Peter S. Beaglenew
The World Fantasy Lifetime Achiever and The Last Unicorn author settles into Oakland.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
10-06-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Sour Bird of Youthnew
Russell Banks goes dark in Lost Memory of Skin.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
10-06-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
In his new novel, Nightwoods, Charles Frazier returns to the Appalachians for inspirationnew
Frazier has a natural dramatic instinct, and Nightwoods is a shrewd piece of writing—shrewder still for its I-see-what-you-did-there literary and cultural references.
Kin Carenew
Beth Alvarado's memoir tenderly examines her cross-cultural family
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
09-29-2011 |
Books
Jeff Sharlet's Moving Study of Religious Experiencenew
This elegantly written collection of stories features characters such as philosopher Cornel West, fundamentalist Christians, anarchists, a New Age healer and a Jewish author and Holocaust survivor. In his portrayals of imperfect, even broken people, Jeff Sharlet toes the fault lines of religious or quasi-religious experience.
Tags: Jeff Sharlet
Vanessa Diffenbaugh's Love Letter to Humanitynew
The author's first novel reminds us of what's forgotten.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
09-28-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Naked Winenew
Alice Feiring wants to convince you that "naked wine" is better.
Metro Pulse |
Cari Wade Gervin |
09-28-2011 |
Nonfiction
What Comes After Black?new
Cultural critic and author Touré explores the concept of post-blackness in his new book.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Wyatt Williams |
09-26-2011 |
Nonfiction
A Fracking Messnew
In his new mystery novel, longtime journalist Mark Stevens tackles murder alongside oil and gas mayhem.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kirsten Akens |
09-22-2011 |
Books
Social Insecuritynew
In 2001, Nickel and Dimed got rapturous reviews for its exposure of the invisible poor; 10 years later, the groundbreaking investigation feels like usiness as usual.
Orlando Weekly |
Seth Kubersky |
09-22-2011 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Barbara Ehrenreich
