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'Green Gone Wrong' Uncovers Which Climate Change 'Solutions' are Part of the Problemnew

If you think you're saving the planet by buying compact-fluorescent bulbs and organic, fair trade coffee beans, Heather Rogers' new book might wipe the smug off your face.

Seven Days | Ken Picard | 04-15-2011 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Tags: environment, consumerism, Green Gone Wrong: How Our Economy Is Undermining the Environmental Revolution, Heather Rogers

Print vs. Pixels: Should Green-Minded Readers Switch to E-Books?new

I love books. I still have the paperback of Wuthering Heights I bought in 1978 for 95 cents, though I can access its complete text on my iPhone. I remember the sights and smells of all my favorite bookstores and libraries, from Burlington to Boston to Berkeley to Paris. So, why am I considering buying an e-reader?

Seven Days | Margot Harrison | 04-15-2011 | Books

Tags: environment, technology, e-readers

Henry Rollins Ages Against the Machinenew

Henry Rollins has no problem filling two hours with talk. Taking nary a sip of water, he motored through a sold-out seated show at The Independent in San Francisco Saturday night.

East Bay Express | George Chen | 04-14-2011 | Books

Lamenting Lithuania with Ruta Sepetysnew

Inspired by her own father's childhood experiences, Sepetys' debut novel Between Shades of Gray tells the tale of a Lithuanian teen deported over the Arctic Circle to Siberia in 1941.

East Bay Express | Anneli Rufus | 04-11-2011 | Author Profiles & Interviews

'Curveball' Tells the Story of Toni Stone, the First Female Negro League Baseball Playernew

Stone's life and career -- from neighborhood pickup game to cross-country barnstorming to obscurity in retirement -- are aptly recounted in Martha Ackmann's Curveball: The Remarkable Story of Toni Stone, the First Woman to Play Professional Baseball in the Negro League.

Metro Times | Sandra Svoboda | 04-11-2011 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Tags: history, baseball, Curveball: The Remarkable Story of Toni Stone, Martha Ackmann, the First Woman to Play Professional Baseball in the Negro League, Toni Stone

Remembering the Reagan Assassination Attempt with Del Quentin Wilbernew

Drawing on never-before-seen documents, exclusive interviews, and well-guarded recordings, Rawhide Down: The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan tells the story its own author once yearned to read.

East Bay Express | Anneli Rufus | 04-07-2011 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Del Quentin Wilber

Caleb Neelon Traces Graffiti's Hidden History in New Booknew

In a proliferating library of graffiti books, the 410-page The History of American Graffiti stakes a major claim at being the definitive history of the art form. And it's astonishingly illustrated by hundreds of snapshots, mostly by the artists themselves.

Boston Phoenix | Greg Cook | 04-06-2011 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Tags: graffiti, street art, Caleb Neelon, The History of American Graffiti, art books

Angela Davis-Gardner Talks About Her New Novel, 'Butterfly's Child'new

Puccini's classic opera Madame Butterfly ends with the title character's love agreeing to raise their child with his American wife. Raleigh resident Davis-Gardner's fourth novel asks, "What happened next?"

INDY Week | Zack Smith | 04-05-2011 | Author Profiles & Interviews

The Truth Has Set Her Freenew

What Oregon's "resident contrarian" says about politics, race and battling depression. An excerpt from Avel Gordly's memoir.

Willamette Week | Avel Gordly | 03-30-2011 | Excerpts

Tags: Avel Gordly

Interrogating Donald Rumsfeldnew

Published by McSweeney's, Donald imagines what would happen if the former defense secretary were abducted to a detainment center much like Guantanamo or Bagram and subjected to "enhanced interrogation."

INDY Week | Adam Sobsey | 02-22-2011 | Fiction

Tags: Donald Rumsfeld, Eric Martin

How to Land the Lead in Warhol's Only Playnew

Lick Me: How I Became Cherry Vanilla, "takes us on a journey from the birth of rock to the explosion of punk . . . with memorable detours through the sexual revolution, the women's liberation movement, and the Theater of the Ridiculous."

Pittsburgh City Paper | Cherry Vanilla | 02-01-2011 | Excerpts