AltWeeklies Wire
Fatherless Manhattannew
Murphy navigates calamity with virtuosic language and bone-dry humor, resulting in a wholly unsentimental but peculiarly hopeful portrait of family love.
L.A. Weekly |
Michelle Huneven |
03-09-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Here They Come, Yannick Murphy
The Real Dealnew
Weschler's Everything is actually illuminated.
Willamette Week |
Karla Starr |
03-08-2006 |
Nonfiction
Wal-Worldnew
How is the high cost of Wal-Mart's "Everyday Low Prices" hurting America?
Willamette Week |
Anthony Bianco |
03-08-2006 |
Excerpts
Octavia E. Butler, 1947-2006new
Butler's 12 science-fiction novels encourage a compulsion to tear through one after the other, to never want to be away from her sprawling universes and her staggering humanity.
The Village Voice |
Dream Hampton |
03-08-2006 |
Books
Alternate-Universe Teen Chick Litnew
Michelle Tea's first novel treats us to one breathless day in the life of 14-year-old Trisha and her new best friend, Rose, as they do just about everything anyone warned you against.
Seattle Weekly |
Angie Kritenbrink |
03-08-2006 |
Fiction
Screen Shotsnew
Artist "Show-n-tell" collects the mostly anonymous webcam photos and chat-room transcripts she gathered by contacting lonely souls in this book.
Seattle Weekly |
Heather Logue and Rachel Shimp |
03-08-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Show-n-tell, webAffairs
A New Coursenew
Reynolds proposes that post-punk turned away from the reactionary cul-de-sac that preceded it even while recognizing punk as "a chance to make a break with tradition."
The Village Voice |
Jessica Winter |
03-06-2006 |
Nonfiction
Love Machinenew
Krauss' newest novel generates its own romance.
Tags: Nicole Krauss, The History of Love
'This Is Conspiracy Analysis'new
The noted novelist and political essayist Gore Vidal discusses Bush as corporate puppet, the failure of the media and the loss of national memory.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dean Kuipers |
03-03-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gore Vidal
Error-Prone Snobnew
Kamp's new book smells like a publisher-mandated sequel, and it doesn't work as well as his the Rock Snob's Dictionary.
NOW Magazine |
John Harkness |
03-02-2006 |
Nonfiction
Octavia Butler, 1947-2006new
Butler's work was grounded in the reality of a grim, racist Pasadena that Jackie Robinson, another native son, hated and never wanted to return to.
L.A. Weekly |
Jervey Tervalon |
03-02-2006 |
Books
Crescent Over Puget Soundnew
Ferrigno's alternative-history novel is set in 2040 Seattle, now the capital of the Islamic Republic.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
03-01-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Hidden Home-Front Experiencenew
Henderson's book follows two newlywed Army wives through the course of their husbands' deployments.
Seattle Weekly |
Sara Niegowski |
03-01-2006 |
Nonfiction
Carnival of Lost Soulsnew
A New Orleans novelist talks about this year's Mardi Gras.
The Village Voice |
Nick Mamatas |
02-28-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Poppy Z. Brite
Covert Operationsnew
Press gives us his personal take on the abortion war, told through the lens of his immigrant doctor father.
The Village Voice |
Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow |
02-27-2006 |
Nonfiction
