AltWeeklies Wire
Merging A Public and Private Lifenew
Leopold comes off like a self-centered, screwed-up kid who somehow manages to climb back into the ring each time he gets knocked out.
New York Press |
Christopher Atamian |
10-19-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Jason Leopold, News Junkie
The Michael Oher Storynew
As in Moneyball, his previous book on baseball strategy, Lewis shows how a single moment in sports history embodies an enormous shift in how that game is played.
Weekly Alibi |
John Freeman |
10-17-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Michael Lewis, The Blind Side
The 'Bedroom Secrets' of Irvine Welshnew
The Scottish novelist holds forth on drugs, politics, love and old people in Seattle.
Pasadena Weekly |
Justin Chapman |
10-13-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Reasserting the Power of Creeley's Versenew
Why has a poet with such depth of feeling, technical virtuosity and an oft-imitated style elicited such a critical backlash? Most of it has nothing to do with the work itself.
Born to Runnew
Six Days of the Condor author James Grady cuts the lunatics loose.
Missoula Independent |
Joe Campana |
10-12-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: James Grady, Mad Dogs
Close to Memoirnew
This collection is teeming with violent sexual encounters and damaged characters while maintaining a curious level of sentimentality.
New York Press |
Doug Black |
10-12-2006 |
Fiction
Paris Revisitednew
Thompson's tiny novel is packed with high style.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
10-12-2006 |
Fiction
Warm Mountainnew
Frazier's long-awaited second book is in many respects the natural successor to his wildly successful debut Cold Mountain, but it is simultaneously a more and less satisfying accomplishment.
L.A. Weekly |
Claire Messud |
10-12-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Charles Frazier, Thirteen Moons
Overcoming the National Stupiditynew
Lewis Lapham talks about politics, war, and where we go from here.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Witherell |
10-11-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
When You Hate Your Necknew
Apparently the thing to do is focus on your navel.
Chicago Reader |
S.L. Wisenberg |
10-09-2006 |
Nonfiction
Moral Victorynew
There isn't another writer on the planet who can be so tough and so tender at the same time.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
10-06-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Margaret Atwood, Moral Disorder
Of Sorrow, Sex and Historynew
Charles Frazier's second novel, Thirteen Moons, is another trek through the North Carolina mountains.
Hunting the Wild Klostermannew
Things about the pop-culture writer that are true, things that might be true, and something that isn’t true at all.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
10-05-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Enemy Mindnew
Former Nixon Counsel John Dean probes the modern conservative psyche.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
10-05-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Getting 'Out There'new
Coast to Coast's Noory has the key to world peace -- but he's not unlocking the door just yet.
Willamette Week |
Ian Demsky |
10-04-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: George Noory, Worker in the Light
