AltWeeklies Wire
Crazed Catholicsnew
Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code is a work of fiction, but it makes sense of an absurd and chaotic world -- people like that, and they respond.
L.A. Weekly |
Greg Burk |
05-18-2006 |
Books
Postmarked 'Gimmickville'new
Almond throws a blast of cold water on his latest literary masterpiece, Which Brings Me To You.
Dig Boston |
Steve Almond |
05-17-2006 |
Fiction
The Passion of Dan Brownnew
The Da Vinci Code: crap or fiction?
San Antonio Current |
Cole Haddon |
05-17-2006 |
Books
Unlocking Levelsnew
"This book is kind of a gamble -- it's flat-out irony; there's no respite."
The Georgia Straight |
John Burns |
05-15-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Talkin' 'Bout a Revolutionnew
Markos Moulitsas discusses the new grassroots.
LEO Weekly |
Marty Rosen |
05-15-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Ya Ya Ya!new
In the wake of the Kaavya Viswanathan scandal and other bad press, Castellucci stands up for
young adult fiction.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
05-12-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cecil Castellucci, Queen of Cool
Bride of Frankensteinnew
Harvard student Kaavya Viswanathan committed plagiarism with the help of an invisible and ruthless marketing machine.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumbel |
05-12-2006 |
Books
Mean Snacks and Monkey Shitnew
We talk bananas with George Saunders.
L.A. Weekly |
Alec Hanley Bemis |
05-11-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Seedy, Needy, and Neuroticnew
This series of vignettes involves characters in offensive TV commercials who have their dignity and humanity robbed from them in service of the sale.
Dig Boston |
Joe Keohane |
05-10-2006 |
Fiction
Chewing the Fatnew
Schlosser discusses adapting the muckraking classic Fast Food Nation for readers as young as 11.
Willamette Week |
Karla Starr |
05-10-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Chew on This, Eric Schlosser
New Sensationnew
Clover's second book of poems takes on post–9/11 society -- and contemporary poetry.
The Village Voice |
Alan Gilbert |
05-10-2006 |
Poetry
Love and Other Catastrophesnew
Adverbs is a world of Lego blocks of unhappiness and isolation, endlessly reassembled -- plus, it's funny.
The Georgia Straight |
John Burns |
05-05-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Adverbs, Daniel Handler
An Author Crushnew
All you really need to succeed as a novelist is ... everything possible -- dammit!
Willamette Week |
Karla Starr |
05-03-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Benjamin Kunkel
Other Voices, Other Roomsnew
Schlesinger's collected Voice columns make for a surreal Gotham cross-section.
The Village Voice |
Jenny Davidson |
05-03-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Race in Your Facenew
Algernon Austin takes liberals and conservatives to task on race and racism.
New Haven Advocate |
Mark Oppenheimer |
05-01-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
