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Exchanging Gifts with Humorist David Sedarisnew
David Sedaris is in high spirits, despite the fact that he's just about to embark on a book tour of 29 cities in the span of a month to sign copies of his sixth release, When You Are Engulfed in Flames.
Weekly Alibi |
Kyle Tonniges |
06-24-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
A Lens Through a Lens: A Conversation with Marianne Wigginsnew
Blending historical biography with personal narrative, Wiggins examines how time, distance, memory and desire can alter the truth in her novel The Shadow Catcher.
Weekly Alibi |
Lisa Lenard-Cook |
06-24-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
An Interview with Peter Careynew
The word "happy" does not fit easily into Peter Carey's mouth. Under normal circumstances, it dribbles off his lip on a trickle of sarcasm.
Weekly Alibi |
John Freeman |
04-15-2008 |
Fiction
William Rhoden's Call to Armsnew
African-American sports stars may net fame and cash, but how much power do they hold?
Weekly Alibi |
Simon McCormack |
03-11-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Dem Bones, Dem Dry Bones ...new
With Old Friend from Far Away Goldberg returns to what she does best: offering short, sweet, spicy and succinct shots in the arm for the reluctant writer; in this case, the writer of memoirs.
Weekly Alibi |
Lisa Lenard-Cook |
03-11-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
It's Editor's Job to Figure It Outnew
The Wild Cards series is a collection of science fiction novels written by a consortium of writers, many of whom, including Martin, are based in New Mexico. Each author contributes his or her ideas to the book and, as the series’ editor, it’s up to Martin to piece together a storyline while being careful not to step on anyone’s toes.
Weekly Alibi |
Simon McCormack |
02-05-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: George R.R. Martin
Leaps for the Common Lifenew
New and recent books from New Mexico poets.
Weekly Alibi |
Lisa Lenard-Cook |
01-15-2008 |
Poetry
Twelve Books for Christmasnew
Or Yule, or Kwanzaa, or no reason at all.
Weekly Alibi |
Lisa Lenard-Cook |
12-18-2007 |
Books
Back in Vietnamnew
Even if you think you're done with Vietnam novels, Tree of Smoke could change your mind -- it belongs on the shelf next to Tim O'Brien, Larry Heinemann and Stephen Wright.
Weekly Alibi |
John Freeman |
12-11-2007 |
Fiction
Novel Ideas: Gifts for a Literary Holidaynew
For every personality, every reading level, there's a book out there waiting to provide that lucky Christmas or Chanukah or Kwanza celebrant with a few hours -- maybe a few weeks -- of pleasure.
Weekly Alibi |
John Freeman |
11-20-2007 |
Books
JIm Shepard: Dangerous, Dark Dispatchesnew
Like You'd Understand, Anyway is made up almost entirely of fictional testimonies from situations that quickly disintegrate -- and it's not hard to keep reading out of simple rubbernecking.
Weekly Alibi |
John Freeman |
11-13-2007 |
Fiction
Ha Jin's American Dreamsnew
In his mammoth new novel, A Free Life, he deploys the elements of his own powerful journey in an epic tale about a young couple at sea in America in the early '90s.
Weekly Alibi |
John Freeman |
11-06-2007 |
Fiction
Anne Enright's 'Buried Memories' is Bleak and Sexualnew
The Irish wake has become such a familiar trope in films and popular culture it takes a fiercely unsentimental novel like Anne Enright's The Gathering, recent winner of the prestigious Man Booker Prize, to club the blarney out of it.
Weekly Alibi |
John Freeman |
10-30-2007 |
Fiction
George Saunders's Magazine-Inspired Missionnew
Five years and a few National Magazine Awards later, we have this sparkling new essay collection, The Braindead Megaphone, which sends up a powerful warning flag about what the shouters and screamers of our contemporary mediascape are doing to American culture.
Weekly Alibi |
John Freeman |
10-30-2007 |
Nonfiction
Alice Walker Opens Children's Eyes to Realities of Warnew
Kids and grownups everywhere are lucky Harper Collins was willing to print Why War is Never a Good Idea's thought-provoking eloquence.
Weekly Alibi |
Marisa Demarco |
10-02-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
