AltWeeklies Wire
Mendacity 101new
Sirota's new book unveils the movers and the motives of big, bad money.
Missoula Independent |
Jason Wiener |
04-27-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: David Sirota, Hostile Takeover
High and Mightynew
Wyman packs a Western punch.
Missoula Independent |
Azita Osanloo |
03-17-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: High Country, Willard Wyman
Beating the Drum, Dullynew
This Bellwether Prize winning novel about a (fictional) Alaskan alt-weekly editor's moral conundrums is too do-gooder for its own good.
Missoula Independent |
Azita Osanloo |
02-02-2006 |
Fiction
Heavyweight Champnew
Jim Harrison, writing at the top of his game, inhabits his characters without hijacking them.
Missoula Independent |
Brad Tyer |
10-06-2005 |
Fiction
Wild at Heartnew
Veteran and environmentalist (and veteran environmentalist) Doug Peacock takes a walk down (Edward) Abbey road.
Missoula Independent |
Azita Osanloo |
09-01-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Doug Peacock, Walking It Off
What's Out There?new
New lit mag High Desert Journal goes looking for its place.
Missoula Independent |
Skylar Browning |
08-26-2005 |
Books
Behind the Lettersnew
Andrew Carroll traveled the world on his quest to preserve veteran voices -- including Kurt Vonnegut's.
Missoula Independent |
Azita Osanloo |
08-11-2005 |
Nonfiction
In It for the Mysterynew
Author Peter Stark kayaked the 750 kilometer Lugenda River -- largely unexplored and populated with crocodiles and hippos -- and recounts his adventure, and the history of the ones before his in his new book.
Missoula Independent |
Azita Osanloo |
07-14-2005 |
Nonfiction
Wrong Turnnew
James Lee Burke's latest gets lost at the crossroads
Missoula Independent |
James Lee Burke's latest gets lost at the crossroads |
07-08-2005 |
Fiction
Tags: James Lee Burke, Crusader's Cross
Historical Dictionnew
Rick Bass messes with Texas.
Missoula Independent |
Brad Tyer |
06-09-2005 |
Fiction
Tags: Rick Bass, The Diezmo
A Heavy Pournew
Unlike many of today’s crime writers, wedded to their research and well-documented auras of realism, James Crumley understands that a lot of exaggeration goes a long way when you want to capture the essence of a place.
Missoula Independent |
John Freeman |
05-13-2005 |
Fiction
Tags: James Crumley, The Right Madness
Deep in the Heart of Missoulanew
To mark the release of James Crumley's new novel "The Right Madness," the Independent asked author William Kittredge to write about his longtime friend and colleague.
Missoula Independent |
William Kittredge |
05-06-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Love Reexaminednew
A classic opera is retold with modern flair.
Missoula Independent |
Azita Osanloo |
04-21-2005 |
Fiction
Boots on the Groundnew
American Indians' struggle to defend their traditions and secure equal rights is portrayed as an essential chapter in the life of the United States.
Missoula Independent |
John Freeman |
04-21-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Blood Struggle, Charles Wilkinson
Song of Sting's Selfnew
Sting, as a musician, began his public life sucking, quite literally suffered through a brief interlude in which he didn't suck, and as soon as opportunity arose returned to sucking. So it's pleasant to be able to report that his first literary outing doesn't, mostly, suck.
Missoula Independent |
Brad Tyer |
04-07-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Sting, Broken Music
