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'Kinfolks': Missing Personsnew
This is a book in which the destination is more interesting than the journey -- Alther struggles to find a way to make the famous-writer's-memoir format mesh with the exceedingly complex web of historical clues she's weaving.
Seven Days |
Margot Harrison |
05-25-2007 |
Nonfiction
Lit Lifenew
Vendela Vida talks about her new novel, and her writerly life with husband, Dave Eggers.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
04-06-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Survival of the Nearestnew
Bill McKibben's eloquent moral authority touches a nerve and gets people thinking about the environment.
Seven Days |
Kirk Kardashian |
04-06-2007 |
Nonfiction
Planning for a Post-Carbon Worldnew
Think James Howard Kunstler meets Home Improvement's Tim Allen.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
03-07-2007 |
Nonfiction
Ski Reportnew
The former editor of Ski magazine traces the history of the sport, from rope tows and volunteer snow-packers to the chic Stowe slopes.
Seven Days |
Sarah Tuff |
01-25-2007 |
Nonfiction
Death Trapnew
A Vermont reporter-turned-advocate spreads the gospel of dying well.
Seven Days |
Ken Pircard |
11-09-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Doubting Thomasnew
White House Press Corps dean Helen Thomas on giving presidents hell.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
10-25-2006 |
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
Call Him Ishmaelnew
Illustrator Robert Del Tredici plumbs the depths of Moby Dick.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
09-15-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Where the Girls Arenew
Lamb and Brown look at pink culture and see red.
Seven Days |
Margot Harrison |
09-06-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Immodest Proposalsnew
Lane exposes the naked truth behind America's wars on indecency.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
08-31-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Sympathetic Versesnew
Sapphire proves political poetry doesn't have to be doctrinaire, one-sided and humorless.
Seven Days |
Margot Harrison |
08-23-2006 |
Poetry
Naturally Giftednew
As in the fragments of Heraclitus, these poems create a kind of economy of the elements.
Seven Days |
John Freeman |
07-28-2006 |
Poetry
Divide, Not Conquernew
Galbraith argues forcefully both for Kurdish independence and against Bush administration policies in his new book.
Seven Days |
Gordon Robison |
07-21-2006 |
Nonfiction
Marrow Go Roundnew
Hecht's third book in the Cree Black series confirms his predilection for atmospheric locales with serious historical baggage.
Seven Days |
Margot Harrison |
07-07-2006 |
Fiction
