AltWeeklies Wire
Philly's More Fun When You Get the Facts Straightnew
Travel guides, although often well-intentioned, say all sorts of bizarre things about Philadelphia and the people who live here -- we give you a few choice samples, and our responses.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Joel Tannenbaum |
04-10-2007 |
Books
Notes On the Have-notsnew
William T. Vollman talks about the plight of the poor, writing, the current state of the world and what he'd like to see happen to President Bush.
Sacramento News & Review |
Ralph Brave |
04-05-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Poor People, William T. Vollmann
Don't Call it Sci-finew
Catbird Publishing wants to turn real Bay Area science into high-tech thrillers, and real scientists into novelists.
East Bay Express |
Kara Platoni |
04-05-2007 |
Books
Akhil Sharma and Dara Horn, The Future of American Writersnew
Horn, a scholar of Yiddish and Hebrew literature, and Sharma, a former investment banker, were both recently named to Granta's Best of Young American Novelists list.
Chicago Newcity |
John Freeman |
04-04-2007 |
Books
Sci-fi Geeks Battle Comics Dorksnew
A sci-fi legend declares war on scrappy local publisher Fantagraphics -- but in the battle of comix versus futurists, who's the bigger bully?
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
04-02-2007 |
Books
Texas Coup d'Etatnew
An election-law attorney details Tom DeLay's GOP engineering.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
03-29-2007 |
Nonfiction
Genre-Bendernew
Jonathan Lethem writes chick lit, with occasional kangaroos.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Will Dean |
03-27-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
America's Great Lost Songwriternew
John Kruth talks about tackling the life of Townes Van Zandt in his new biography.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
03-26-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: John Kruth, To Live's to Fly
Between the Lost and the Foundnew
Daniel Alarcon and his novel of the disappeared.
L.A. Weekly |
Daniel Hernandez |
03-23-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Daniel Alarcon, Lost City Radio
God Is (or Rather Isn't) In the Detailsnew
Victor J. Stenger searches for evidence of a higher power in his new bestseller -- is it time to issue a theological Amber Alert?
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
03-20-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Towering Falloutnew
Eisenberg rises above the "post-9/11" hangover.
Seattle Weekly |
Karla Starr |
03-19-2007 |
Fiction
War and Redemptionnew
An interview with poet Kevin Young, whose newest collection, For the Confederate Dead, tackles American history, grief and redemption.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
03-15-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
A Reductionist Take on Media Reformnew
What bothers me so much about Chester is that I share his passion for issues of media choice and personal privacy, but he makes enormous logical leaps and engages in gross oversimplification and ad-hominem attacks.
San Antonio Current |
Aaron Delwiche |
03-14-2007 |
Nonfiction
Making the Listnew
Granta once again examines the best and brightest of a new generation.
Weekly Alibi |
John Freeman |
03-13-2007 |
Books
Hey -- You Can't Draw That!new
David Wallis finds a Fourth-rate Estate in his new book, which contains nearly 100 editorial cartoons and other works of art that American newspaper editors have refused to publish.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
03-12-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
