AltWeeklies Wire
'Dukecity Sign*' Captures the Soul of Alburquerquenew
How a strange, self-published book of awful, full-color photographs of signs became an astonishingly original homage to the true soul of a city.
Weekly Alibi |
Steven Robert Allen |
09-18-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ben Adams, Dukecity Sign*
Jack Kerouac's 'On the Road' Hits 50new
As the novel's 50th anniversary approaches, some books with helpful hints about what that might have been are landing in bookstores.
Weekly Alibi |
John Freeman |
09-11-2007 |
Books
Spit Shine: 'Confessions of a Wallstreet Shoeshine Boy'new
A vivid portrait of a world run by those who mostly don't notice the little people, even when they are walking all over them.
Weekly Alibi |
John Freeman |
07-31-2007 |
Fiction
Spring 2007's New Book Roundupnew
The season's most notable releases.
Weekly Alibi |
By John Freeman |
03-27-2007 |
Books
Who's Your Baghdaddy?new
The Washington Post reporter's examination of the Green Zone tells us a lot about how Iraq fell apart.
Weekly Alibi |
John Freeman |
03-20-2007 |
Nonfiction
Dumb and Dumbernew
The Occupation is one of the most concise, well-written portraits of Iraq on shelves today.
Weekly Alibi |
John Freeman |
03-20-2007 |
Nonfiction
Making the Listnew
Granta once again examines the best and brightest of a new generation.
Weekly Alibi |
John Freeman |
03-13-2007 |
Books
Sex and Religion, Faith and Skepticismnew
Elif Shafak is part of a new generation of Turks who are taking the novel -- a form which came to them from the West -- and using it to reimagine their society from within.
Weekly Alibi |
John Freeman |
02-27-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
All About the Journeynew
While you may believe self-realization chronicles aren't your thing, please, read on.
Weekly Alibi |
Lisa Lenard-Cook |
02-13-2007 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Gilbert
Brotherhoodnew
This swift, weird little novel by Martin Amis is his best fiction in years.
Weekly Alibi |
John Freeman |
02-06-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: House of Meetings, Martin Amis
The Art of Disagreeingnew
Writer Fernando Garavito was given refuge in the U.S. by Cities of Asylum.
Weekly Alibi |
Abi Blueher |
12-05-2006 |
Books
The Plague-Daemonnew
I shall never forget that hideous summer sixteen years ago, when like a noxious afrite from the halls of Eblis typhoid stalked leeringly through Arkham.
Weekly Alibi |
H.P. Lovecraft |
10-31-2006 |
Excerpts
The Michael Oher Storynew
As in Moneyball, his previous book on baseball strategy, Lewis shows how a single moment in sports history embodies an enormous shift in how that game is played.
Weekly Alibi |
John Freeman |
10-17-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Michael Lewis, The Blind Side
