AltWeeklies Wire
Literary Hideawaynew
Legendary New York editor Gary Fisketjon searches for the Great American Novel -- from a farmhouse in Tennessee.
Nashville Scene |
Clay Risen |
12-11-2006 |
Books
Clever and Stupidnew
Vaughan broadens an already somewhat loose definition of MacGyverism to encompass "acts of improvised genius, period."
Washington City Paper |
Joe Dempsey |
12-08-2006 |
Nonfiction
Those Who Win the Gamenew
Jance turns past pain into literary gain.
Tucson Weekly |
Tom Danehy |
12-08-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: J.A. Jance, Web of Evil
Yule Logs: Holiday Book Gift Guidenew
Reviews of some smart books for smart people -- fiction and nonfiction from Virgil to Cowboy Kate.
Boston Phoenix |
Phoenix Staff and Stringers |
12-08-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: 2006gift
A Darker Alliancenew
The OC Weekly reporter discusses CIA cocaine connections, media cowardice and the persecution of Gary Webb.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Jade Werner |
12-08-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kill the Messenger, Nick Schou
The Permanent Periodnew
Ford discusses his life phases, writing satisfaction and the best books of the year.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
12-08-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Richard Ford, The Lay of the Land
Read the Novel, Then Update the Wikinew
Meet the man in charge of the effort to decode all the hidden signs and clues in Thomas Pynchon's latest.
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
12-08-2006 |
Books
Bead to Blingnew
Far from sapping your will to bead with dry prose and unintelligible diagrams, this book actually inspires the beader within.
NUVO |
Lisa Gauthier |
12-07-2006 |
Nonfiction
Catholic School Girls Rulenew
McGarry's latest novel follows the intellectual awakening of a prim, proper, and spoiled 1960s young woman.
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Glaze |
12-07-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Edwards' Empathynew
In a candid memoir, Elizabeth Edwards writes of the private pain behind the public career.
INDY Week |
Christy Hardin Smith |
12-07-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Elizabeth Edwards, Saving Graces
Magnificent Solipsismnew
Vidal's second memoir is pompous, flip, arrogant, and somewhat irresistable.
San Antonio Current |
John Dicker |
12-07-2006 |
Nonfiction
Dominion Over Politicsnew
Goldberg warns that while the religious movement may seem down and out, there's no better political organizing force in the U.S. today.
San Antonio Current |
Ed Conroy |
12-07-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kingdom Coming, Michelle Goldberg
Telegraphing Murdernew
Larson's new novel is in all ways a conceptual sequel to its predecessor, The Devil in the White City.
Dig Boston |
Stewart Mason |
12-06-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Erik Larson, Thunderstruck
The Art of Disagreeingnew
Writer Fernando Garavito was given refuge in the U.S. by Cities of Asylum.
Weekly Alibi |
Abi Blueher |
12-05-2006 |
Books
Here As I Amnew
Stefanko's new photo anthology is pretty in Patti.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Frank Stefanko |
12-05-2006 |
Nonfiction
