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Teaching Empowermentnew
Michael Tisserand's post-Katrina series has led to an inspiring and emotionally wrenching new book.
Tucson Weekly |
Jimmy Boegle |
08-29-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
J.P.S. Brown's Last Standnew
The renowned 77-year-old Western writer is back with a memoir and a violent border novel.
Tucson Weekly |
Leo W. Banks |
08-29-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'The Inheritance of Exile': Remade in Americanew
Susan Muaddi Darraj's short story collection explores the adult lives of immigrants' children.
Baltimore City Paper |
Joab Jackson |
08-28-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'The Heroin Diaries': The Most Fascinating Read Evernew
Particularly if you're into blow, hookers, and all things Crue.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Cunningham |
08-28-2007 |
Nonfiction
Texas A&M Press: A Bush Administration Mouthpiece?new
If you've picked up a catalog from Texas A&M Press lately, you've no doubt noticed all of the battleships and generals and wars.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Cynthia Shear |
08-24-2007 |
Books
Literary Dreamers Find Homes at Tiny DIY Pressesnew
Whatever's overly cloying gets edited, marketed and sold by the NYC publishing industry -- anything else often gets a great big "It's a go!" from a chipper editor, but gets redlined once it reaches the marketing department. Here's what independent publishers can do.
Metro Times |
Rebecca Mazzei |
08-21-2007 |
Books
'Let's Spend' is a Ceaseless Cascade Of Clichesnew
No one expects A Farewell to Arms when picking up a book titled Let's Spend the Night Together, but you should expect more than what's offered here.
Baltimore City Paper |
Ed Schrader |
08-21-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Sugarcane Academy': Back to Schoolnew
Michael Tisserand on learning from Katrina.
The Memphis Flyer |
Leonard Gill |
08-21-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Muggles, Arise!new
The Potter ethical universe contains no socially redeeming value beyond fighting a psychopathic wizard -- personifying Voldemort as an inchoate "evil" conveniently allows readers to sidestep their duty to specify the true source of human oppression and end it.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
08-17-2007 |
Books
Tags: Harry Potter, Hugh Everett
History Lesson (Part I)new
Mike Fournier takes on the Minutemen in his book for the 33 1/3 series.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
08-15-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'Snapshot': Beat it, Twixtersnew
Ryan O'Reilly tells 20-somethings to hit the (metaphorical) road.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
08-15-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ryan O'Reilly, Snapshot
Demaree Inglese's Medical Interventionnew
In No Ordinary Heroes, the prison medical director details life at a flooded Orleans Parish Prison following Hurricane Katrina.
Gambit |
David Winkler-Schmit |
08-15-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'Loving Frank': Wright & Wrongnew
Nancy Horan recounts how horrific murders and a scandalous affair keep the legacy of America's favorite architect churning in her new historical fiction.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
08-15-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Loving Frank, Nancy Horan
The Father of Cyberpunk Speaks on 'Spook'new
We know that William Gibson's new novel digs into high-tech surveillance and messianism, but what about that mysterious shipping container?
The Georgia Straight |
John Burns |
08-13-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Spook Country, William Gibson
'Brothers': Chasing Assassinsnew
Bobby Kennedy died believing his brother's killers had not been found.
The Texas Observer |
Matthew Stevenson |
08-13-2007 |
Nonfiction
