AltWeeklies Wire
Novel Has Deep Shadows and Sharp Edgesnew
Novelist Joshilyn Jackson explains how she developed her odd blend of Southern humor and violence.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
05-05-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Good Read for a Day of Not Doing Muchnew
Atlanta author Patti Callahan Henry's novel is the story of a middle-aged Buckhead woman who suddenly realizes that she's faking her way through life and rushes off to find her true unedited self at ... the beach!
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
04-28-2005 |
Fiction
Author Steve Almond Chows Down Againnew
Steve Almond's new collection includes an entire family of yacht-club-credentialed Republicans, convinced they have all been abducted and implanted with "cartridges" by our alien caretakers; an analysis of the meaning of Michael Jackson's dick; and the pleasures of equine and eye socket sex.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
04-07-2005 |
Fiction
How America Almost Destroyed the Vineyards of Europenew
The Americans (probably) didn't do it on purpose, though you hardly could have blamed them given all the nasty things the Europeans were saying about New World wines and the American palate.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
03-31-2005 |
Nonfiction
Novel Has Deep and Twisted Centernew
After a 20-year absence, Peter Rushforth has finally given us his second novel, Pinkerton's Sister. (His first was Kindergarten. Think Hansel and Gretel meet the Holocaust.) It's set in fin-de-siecle (Alice likes French, too) New York City, and a plot summary wouldn't tell you a damn thing about it.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
03-03-2005 |
Fiction
