AltWeeklies Wire
Baggy, Enjoyable Picaresquenew
Duck Soup meets ethnic cleansing on the Caspian in Shteyngart's latest.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
05-24-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Absurdistan, Gary Shteyngart
War Storiesnew
There are better Iraq war memoirs already, plus more in the pipeline, but each one adds to the collective damning shelf.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
05-10-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Chasing Ghosts, Paul Rieckhoff
Tainted Giftsnew
D'Ambrosio supplies wringing empathy from the cloth of everyday manias.
Seattle Weekly |
John Freeman |
05-10-2006 |
Fiction
Rich in Anecdotenew
Equal parts Annie Hall and Love Letters, this epistolary novel follows two smitten thirtysomethings with more education than common sense -- and even more libido.
Seattle Weekly |
Kate Silver |
05-03-2006 |
Fiction
The Home Frontnew
Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal and 10 Excellent Reasons Not to Join the Military beg the question: Do we have to hate America in order to get out of Iraq?
Seattle Weekly |
David Stoesz |
05-03-2006 |
Nonfiction
Success for Naughtnew
Shackleton mania continues -- this time from the opposite side of Antarctica.
Seattle Weekly |
Robert Speer |
04-26-2006 |
Nonfiction
A Real Life-Saver?new
Doughnuts and sinkholes make for an unconvincing L.A. transcendence.
Seattle Weekly |
Angie Kritenbrink |
04-26-2006 |
Fiction
Jottings and Wanderingsnew
Looking for a unifying new story he never finds, Gay Talese reveals bits of himself, and his writing process, in the margins.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
04-26-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: A Writer's Life, Gay Talese
Dual Brilliancenew
Short-listed for last year's Man Booker Prize, Smith's third novel is a clever postmodern confection filled with wordplay and formal inventiveness and cultural references both high and low.
Seattle Weekly |
Mary Park |
04-12-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Ali Smith, The Accidental
Writing as Therapynew
A sorority girl battles intestinal parasites -- in dangerous Guatemala!
Seattle Weekly |
Sara Niegowski |
04-12-2006 |
Nonfiction
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
Rites and Wrongsnew
Death doesn't diminish father-son tensions.
Seattle Weekly |
Neal Schindler |
03-29-2006 |
Nonfiction
Hot Stuffnew
Are you willing to read this book by candlelight?
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
03-22-2006 |
Nonfiction
Courtney's Family Cursenew
Kurt Cobain's wild widow comes from a long line of misbehaving mamas, as documented by a slew of books -- some new, some old.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
03-22-2006 |
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
