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Advocating for the Final Big Chillnew
Boomsday is more bitter than his previous novels, with a deeply cynical edge that should appeal to fans of Martin Amis and Max Barry.
Willamette Week |
Kevin Allman |
04-25-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Boomsday, Christopher Buckley
E=MC Squared -- Sweaty Feet and Allnew
Einstein: His Life and Universe delivers on the promise of being a good read -- but it's really two books.
Willamette Week |
Henry Stern |
04-25-2007 |
Nonfiction
Kerry Publicizes New Book on the Environmentnew
From the 2004 presidential campaign to Portland's Bagdad Theater for John and Teresa.
Willamette Week |
Don McIntosh |
04-04-2007 |
Nonfiction
Carefully Written, but Hard To Relate Tonew
A lost manuscript reveals a fantastical world of books in The Secret of Lost Things.
Willamette Week |
Lisa Hoashi |
03-29-2007 |
Fiction
Needs Less Joyce and More Noirnew
A Booker Prize winner writes a smart, if predictable, crime novel.
Willamette Week |
Matt Buckingham |
03-22-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Benjamin Black, Christine Falls
The Homogenous Continentnew
Alarcon channels South America, but won't pinpoint it on a map.
Willamette Week |
Lisa Hoashi |
02-21-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Daniel Alarcon, Lost City Radio
Highly Readable Historynew
In the beginning, for America, was the Middle East.
Willamette Week |
Matt Buckingham |
02-15-2007 |
Nonfiction
'I'm Here'new
An ex-child soldier's discusses his trip from Sierra Leone's war to a Starbucks bookshelf.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
02-15-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Clown Girlnew
We've got a sneak peek at a Monica Drake's debut novel.
Willamette Week |
Staff |
01-18-2007 |
Excerpts
Tags: Clown Girl, Monica Drake
No Exitnew
Former jarhead Anthony Swofford's Army memories take a fictional turn in Exit A.
Willamette Week |
John Freeman |
01-10-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Anthony Swofford, Exit A
Pushy, Stubborn and Kind of Dumbnew
Blum's latest work is weird, and not in a good way.
Willamette Week |
Paige Richmond |
01-10-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Split Creek, V.O. Blum
Cheesier Than Velveeta's Factorynew
Schorr gives Portland the suspense thriller it never knew it wanted.
Willamette Week |
Michael Byrne |
11-22-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Borderline, Mark Schorr
Written Prescriptionnew
Not every Portland writer is a 25-year-old hipster -- a local nonprofit gives local drug addicts, abused spouses and the elderly some pen power.
Willamette Week |
Paige Richmond |
11-08-2006 |
Books
On Absurditynew
The New York Times columnist links Bush, politics and theater.
Willamette Week |
Brittany Schaeffer |
11-01-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Getting 'Out There'new
Coast to Coast's Noory has the key to world peace -- but he's not unlocking the door just yet.
Willamette Week |
Ian Demsky |
10-04-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: George Noory, Worker in the Light