AltWeeklies Wire
Under the Munro Influencenew
Away From Her is inspirational, though not everyone gets it right.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
05-24-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Alice Munro, Away from Her
American Uglynew
Innocence is not all lost in American Youth, Phil LaMarche's tale of rural alienation.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
05-03-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: American Youth, Phil LaMarche
Dep of Darknessnew
Montreal neurologist Liam Durcan writes about a depanneur owner with a tortured past.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
04-26-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Garcia's Heart, Liam Durcan
Ishmael Beah as a Little Soldiernew
Bestseller A Long Way Gone tells the story of Beah's participation in Sierra Leone's brutal civil war.
Montreal Mirror |
Patrick Lejtenyi |
04-19-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: A Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah
We the Workersnew
Joshua Ferris strikes at the heart of soulless jobs.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
04-13-2007 |
Fiction
'Ace' in the Holenew
David Matthews interweaves tales of Baltimore blacks, Jews and blues in his memoir.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
03-12-2007 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Ace of Spades, David Matthews
Mum on the Mindnew
Toibin captures exquisite Irish misery in his new collection of shorts.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
03-02-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Colm Toibin, Mothers and Sons
Boreal Rousenew
Punk teens flee Canada's northern nowhere in Bozak's dark and violent debut.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
02-16-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Nadia Bozak, Orphan Love
No Shame in Slaughternew
Turkish scholar Taner Akcam confronts the 1915 massacre of Armenians as his native country continues to deny it.
Montreal Mirror |
Stefan Christoff |
02-16-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: A Shameful Act, Taner Akcam
Teenage Vampirenew
Christopher Moore channels his sick sense of humor into the bloody good You Suck.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
02-08-2007 |
Fiction
Tons O' Gunsnew
Bascunan and Pearce take aim at the culture of firearms from a hip-hop perspective.
Montreal Mirror |
Narcel X |
02-08-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Sami, I Amnew
Vendela Vida tells a dark story with a light touch.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
02-02-2007 |
Fiction
Born To Writenew
Literary latecomer Neil Smith on performance anxiety his sharp new collection of shorts.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
01-25-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bang Crunch, Neil Smith
Scattered Dreamsnew
Neil Gaiman's latest isn't as sturdy as his earlier fantasy fiction.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
12-15-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Fragile Things, neil gaiman
The Permanent Periodnew
Ford discusses his life phases, writing satisfaction and the best books of the year.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
12-08-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Richard Ford, The Lay of the Land
