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Crocheting Cupcakes with Twinkie Channew
A San Francisco crafter crochets food.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
11-11-2010 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Twinkie Chan
Mark Twain's Last Stuntnew
Suppressed for one hundred years, Autobiography of Mark Twain has become one of UC Berkeley's biggest literary events of all time.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
10-20-2010 |
Books
Chained to the Mast With Jim Nisbetnew
The local noir novelist is a cult favorite in Europe.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
10-14-2010 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jim Nisbet
The Fall of American Talibannew
Markos Moulitsas fails to woo liberals with his latest screed.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
09-29-2010 |
Nonfiction
Dinner with Franny and Zooey: For Nicole Klosterman, Reading is Socialnew
Nicole Klosterman's read some books enough times to describe the plot-twists with photographic recall. She'll tell you what the characters ate, what music they listened to, when and why they had nervous breakdowns. Klosterman reads for pleasure and escape.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
03-24-2010 |
Books
Undercover in 'Christian Country,' Gina Welch Pretended to Be an Evangelicalnew
While preparing for her baptism at Jerry Falwell's Thomas Road Baptist Church, Gina Welch was handed a checklist: She'd need a towel and a change of underwear.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
03-17-2010 |
Nonfiction
Bagel King Noah Alper Serves Memories and Advice in a New Booknew
Two decades before he founded the bagel company that he would eventually sell for $100 million, Noah Alper was locked up in a mental hospital. Shocked to find their student son in a mania exacerbated by drugs, lack of sleep and the chaos of the Vietnam years, his parents had committed him.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
12-09-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Illustrator Chris Lane Plays Off Our Pathogen Fears in His New Graphic Novelnew
Zombies: A Record of the Year of Infection imagines a public health crisis in the year 2012 caused by a sickness that percolates through the air and gets under people's skin. By the end of the year, more than five billion people have succumbed. The idea is horrifying, but in a weirdly seductive way.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
10-28-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
How Anna Broadway Cashed in on Being a 31-year-old Virgin and Scored a Book Dealnew
There are huge advantages to being a 31-year-old virgin, says Broadway, whose popular blog "Sexless in the City" ultimately led to a book contract with Doubleday. But there are downsides, too.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
10-14-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Case Against Google Booksnew
How three California librarians led the revolt against the company's plans to archive all earthly knowledge.
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
10-14-2009 |
Books
David P. Murphy Gives Advice for Soon-to-be-Zombies in 'Zombies for Zombies'new
A spoof of the ... for Dummies series, Zombies for Zombies: Advice and Etiquette for the Living Dead explains how to be a zombie (because, hey, you've got no choice) while retaining a semblance of style.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
10-07-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'Localist Movements in a Global Economy' Explores Localism's Meaning, Potential and Challengesnew
David Hess has marshaled the intellectual arguments for localism using history, present success stories, and economic arguments. It is precisely in answering questions from friends and enemies that Hess' book is important.
East Bay Express |
Jay Youngdahl |
09-09-2009 |
Nonfiction
In 'The Sower,' Sex With a Certain Guy Can Cure Everythingnew
Kemble Scott considers his new novel, The Sower -- whose title alludes to the Bible's Parable of the Sower, because Bill broadcasts seed -- Sex and the City crossed with The Da Vinci Code.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
09-02-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Magic Mixes With Mayhem in the Latest from Rock Star/Novelist 'Dr. Frank'new
Although Frank Portman already knew how to write songs, learning to write books was, at first, "like watching grass grow while hitting your head against a rock." But it was a natural career move for the lifelong book lover.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
08-26-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
John Bassett McCleary's 'Hippie Dictionary' Captures Peace & Love for Posteritynew
At first, McCleary says, "The Hippie Dictionary sounded almost like an oxymoron." Yet the more he thought about it, the more he realized that "many new and exciting words and emotions were developed during this profound period of time."
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
08-12-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
