AltWeeklies Wire
Finally, a Reason for America to Learn to Readnew
Just as The Colbert Report is an offshoot of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Colbert's book is best read as a companion volume to Stewart&Co.'s 2004 bestseller America (The Book): A Guide to Democracy Inaction.
Willamette Week |
Ian Gillingham |
10-10-2007 |
Nonfiction
In 'Foreskin's Lament,' God is a Four-Letter Wordnew
Auslander's new memoir reveals both the paranoia of both the devout and those desperately trying not to believe.
Willamette Week |
Kelly Clarke |
10-03-2007 |
Nonfiction
Ted Rall Won't Pussy Out Yetnew
The syndicated political cartoonist makes right-wingers scoff and party-line liberals squirm with his sharp criticisms of W.
Willamette Week |
Casey Jarman |
09-26-2007 |
Books
Philip Lam's Novel Shows the Human Side of Doctorsnew
The book's title hints that our understanding of medicine is in flux: Doctors are no longer seen to possess mystical knowledge, as of old, but neither is the science of medicine as coldly rational and exacting as the 20th century would have us think.
Willamette Week |
Hanna Neuschwander |
09-19-2007 |
Fiction
'Powers' Reveals the Truth Behind Fantasynew
Portland author Ursula Le Guin peoples her worlds with mutable characters motivated complexly, humanly, not by inner wellsprings of grab-bag good or evil.
Willamette Week |
Matthew Korfhage |
09-12-2007 |
Fiction
Crime Novel 'Heartsick' Doubles as a Guide to Portlandnew
Oregonian columnist Chelsea Cain creates a stale, gory whodunit set in the Pearl District, North Portland and Sauvie Island, offering the simple personalized pleasure that a child might get from seeing his name in one of those made-to-order storybooks.
Willamette Week |
Alastair Rockoff |
08-29-2007 |
Fiction
'Ovenman': The Pizza Boy's Best Efforts Equal Mediocritynew
Equal parts sleazy and frenetic, Parker's debut is a chortle-out-loud story about the sweaty, battle-scarred struggle between creating self-monuments and throwing hand grenades.
Willamette Week |
Annie Bethancourt |
08-29-2007 |
Fiction
Novelist Lance Olsen Casts an Eye on Kafka's Insectnew
An enduring literary rumor has it that Gregor Samsa -- the young cloth-salesman who wakes up to find himself possessed of vaguely "numerous" legs and a hard-plated back -- is, specifically, a cockroach.
Willamette Week |
Mark Cunningham |
07-30-2007 |
Fiction
Lance Olsen Casts an Eye on Kafka's Insectnew
Anxious Pleasures does for The Metamorphosis what Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead did for Hamlet: furnishes a familiar story with fresh dimensionality in order to creatively re-explore it.
Willamette Week |
Mark Cunningham |
07-25-2007 |
Fiction
'Thirteen' Explores the Oldest Theme in Sci-finew
The creator of Takeshi Kovacs returns with something old, something noir.
Willamette Week |
Matt Buckingham |
07-18-2007 |
Fiction
Diana Abu-Jaber Can't Stay in One Spotnew
The author trades an Arab-American experience for the myth of fingerprints.
Willamette Week |
Kelly Clarke |
07-12-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Diana Abu-Jaber, Origin
Why Being Dirty is a Good Thingnew
To be blunt: without dirt, we don't eat.
Willamette Week |
Matthew Korfhage |
06-27-2007 |
Nonfiction
The Pros and Cons of the Superhero Lifenew
Soon I Will Be Invincible is an entertaining mash-up of superhero antics and literary ethos -- too bad the magic wears off.
Willamette Week |
Wayne Bund |
06-21-2007 |
Fiction
How 'Sassy' Changed My Lifenew
Two writers pen a mash note to the mag that made them the women they are now.
Willamette Week |
Claire Evans |
05-16-2007 |
Nonfiction
The Kindness of Strangenessnew
Author/musician Willy Vlautin checks into Motel Life.
Willamette Week |
Becky Ohlsen |
04-25-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Motel Life, Willy Vlautin
