AltWeeklies Wire
Ducking the God Questionnew
To better appreciate just how difficult it can be for even the most devout intellectuals to confront the godless implications of Darwinism, one need look no further than Francisco Ayala's Darwin's Gift: To Science and Religion and Edward Larson's The Creation-Evolution Debate.
The Texas Observer |
James McWilliams |
06-06-2007 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Nonfiction Reviews
Is Bob Dylan a Christian Conservative?
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
NUVO |
Marc D. Allan |
06-05-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dylan Redeemed, Stephen Webb
Their Job Is Murdernew
Kevin Davis takes a book-length look at the homicide specialists in the Cook County Public Defender's Office.
Chicago Reader |
Harold Henderson |
06-04-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Defending the Damned, Kevin Davis
A Little Secret About 'The Secret'new
The best-selling self-help book Oprah's thrown her muscle behind appears to contain at least one fabrication.
Chicago Reader |
Julia Rickert |
06-04-2007 |
Books
Tags: Rhonda Byrne, The Secret
Queen of Steamnew
Tina Engler built a book empire from raw romance.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
06-01-2007 |
Books
3rd Degree: Peter Singernew
The noted bio-ethicist on Jean-Baptiste Oudry, animal liberation, and jailing animal activists as terrorists.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dean Kuipers |
06-01-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Peter Singer
DeLillo Tumbles Backwards at 9/11new
Falling Man is an imperfect book, necessary, but necessarily elusive.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
05-30-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Don DeLillo, Falling Man
Mike Jones Shares His 'Art'new
It's barely been six months since this male escort from Denver brought one of the nation's most powerful evangelicals to his knees for the last time, and already the book version is about to fly off the shelves into the eager, upturned sweaty palms of the masses.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Cara DeGette |
05-25-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Falling Man': Return to 9/11new
No piece of fiction has come closer to recreating the atmosphere of that day and the days shortly thereafter.
Sacramento News & Review |
John Freeman |
05-25-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Don DeLillo, Falling Man
3rd Degree: Michael L. Weinsteinnew
The former White House counsel on dominionists in the military and the threat to our Constitution.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dean Kuipers |
05-24-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'Writing While Arab'new
The Radius of Arab American Writers (RAWI), with a membership of 215 poets, fiction writers, playwrights, bloggers, filmmakers and others, holds its conference in Dearborn, Mich.
Metro Times |
Lolita Hernandez |
05-22-2007 |
Books
That Other Quagmirenew
Sonali Kolhatkar remembers Afghanistan, even if the rest of us don't.
OC Weekly |
Gustavo Arellano |
05-22-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
DeLay, Inknew
Whatever the cause, DeLay disappoints readers who hoped the pen would be mightier than the Hammer.
The Texas Observer |
Andrew Wheat |
05-21-2007 |
Nonfiction
The Year of Eating Locallynew
Two households go to extremes to show how it's done in Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and Plenty.
Chicago Reader |
Martha Bayne |
05-21-2007 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Nonfiction Reviews
Zine Hero Dishwasher Pete Dishes on His New Booknew
By the late 90s, the "Dishwasher" zine was a cult phenomenon, and Dishwasher Pete himself a folk hero and contributor to radio's This American Life -- now Harper Perennial has published a one-volume rewrite.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
05-21-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
