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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

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

The Homogenous Continentnew

Alarcon channels South America, but won't pinpoint it on a map.
Willamette Week  |  Lisa Hoashi  |  02-21-2007  |  Fiction

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

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

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

Cheesier Than Velveeta's Factorynew

Schorr gives Portland the suspense thriller it never knew it wanted.
Willamette Week  |  Michael Byrne  |  11-22-2006  |  Fiction

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

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