AltWeeklies Wire
Empirical Dreamsnew
American Theocracy and The Secret Way To War call out more examples of the Bush White House's perfidy.
Willamette Week |
Matt Buckingham |
04-05-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Nonfiction Reviews
Who Killed Slobo?new
How to Rule the World: A Handbook for the Aspiring Dictator and The Rough Guide to Conspiracy Theories show how power grabs and secret plots never go out of style -- or print.
Seattle Weekly |
David Stoesz |
04-05-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Nonfiction Reviews
Mutationsnew
This is a hairy swan song from the late Tristan Egolf.
The Village Voice |
James Browning |
04-05-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Kornwolf, Tristan Egolf
Hustle and Glownew
As the title suggests, My Lives is a multi-chambered thing, arranged as a kind of kinetic sculpture, with its many parts rotating and reflecting one another.
The Village Voice |
Thomas Beller |
04-05-2006 |
Nonfiction
I Wrote a Book 'Bout Rock 'n' Rollnew
At long last, Dr. Frank steps onto the literary stage.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
04-03-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Frank Portman, King Dork
Turban Sprawlnew
A hungover detective searches for a missing prostitute amid the immigrant hub and criminal underworld of West London.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Willa Rohrer |
04-03-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: City of Tiny Lights, Patrick Neate
Novel Treatmentnew
This novel's framing and dominant narrative, set in present day, allows the author to draw parallels between AIDS and smallpox.
Seven Days |
Margot Harrison |
03-31-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Julia Alvarez, Saving the World
From Communism to Kool Mildsnew
David Sedaris is well-read and well-suited.
NUVO |
Laura McPhee |
03-30-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: David Sedaris
A for Zednew
Zed is the definition of provocative, if you can handle it -- and you should try.
NOW Magazine |
Zoe Whittall |
03-30-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Elizabeth McClung, Zed
Lest We Forgetnew
Feminism lives in this new book.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
03-30-2006 |
Nonfiction
Sprawl Talesnew
The true-blue Florida boy shares the slow-heartbreak story of how he bought and lovingly restored a venerable Cracker house in Seminole County.
Orlando Weekly |
Lindy T. Shepherd |
03-30-2006 |
Nonfiction
Bildungsromanesquenew
David Mitchell's novel tracks an 80s adolescence.
L.A. Weekly |
Claire Messud |
03-30-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Black Swan Green, David Mitchell
Un-seeing and Believingnew
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz reflects on American imperialisms past and present.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Matt Bernstein Sycamore |
03-29-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Death and Healingnew
Strayed's impressive debut illuminates the profound difficulty of a mother's death.
Willamette Week |
Lisa Hoashi |
03-29-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Cheryl Strayed, Torch
Strange Fruit, Family Treenew
Cynthia Carr confronts a haunting family secret.
The Village Voice |
Angela Ards |
03-29-2006 |
Nonfiction
