AltWeeklies Wire
Leading the Waynew
An independent black publisher cracks the national best-seller list for the first time with The Covenant With Black America.
Baltimore City Paper |
Makkada B. Selah |
04-07-2006 |
Books
Mutationsnew
This is a hairy swan song from the late Tristan Egolf.
The Village Voice |
James Browning |
04-05-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Kornwolf, Tristan Egolf
From Communism to Kool Mildsnew
David Sedaris is well-read and well-suited.
NUVO |
Laura McPhee |
03-30-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: David Sedaris
Bildungsromanesquenew
David Mitchell's novel tracks an 80s adolescence.
L.A. Weekly |
Claire Messud |
03-30-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Black Swan Green, David Mitchell
The Further Adventures of Artbabenew
The graphic novelist Jessica Abel comes up from underground.
The Village Voice |
Joy Press |
03-22-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jessica Abel, La Perdida
Courtney's Family Cursenew
Kurt Cobain's wild widow comes from a long line of misbehaving mamas, as documented by a slew of books -- some new, some old.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
03-22-2006 |
Books
Jersey Guynew
With words, pictures and a podcast, the serial Web novel True Jersey takes fiction to new dimensions.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
03-21-2006 |
Books
Tags: podcasting
Do the Write Thingnew
The small, leftist publishing house Chelsea Green is having a national impact.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
03-17-2006 |
Books
'Dulce et Decorum Est'new
Iraq war veteran and poet Brian Turner is the real deal -- in Here, Bullet, he brings the war home.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
03-16-2006 |
Poetry
Tags: Brian Turner, Here, Bullet
Really Black Humornew
The author of White Boy Shuffle digs through the crates for a surprising set of yuks.
The Village Voice |
Pete L'Official |
03-15-2006 |
Nonfiction
The Bruckheimer Conspiracy
The book's high concept falls a bit short of its mark.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-10-2006 |
Nonfiction
Wal-Worldnew
How is the high cost of Wal-Mart's "Everyday Low Prices" hurting America?
Willamette Week |
Anthony Bianco |
03-08-2006 |
Excerpts
Octavia E. Butler, 1947-2006new
Butler's 12 science-fiction novels encourage a compulsion to tear through one after the other, to never want to be away from her sprawling universes and her staggering humanity.
The Village Voice |
Dream Hampton |
03-08-2006 |
Books
Screen Shotsnew
Artist "Show-n-tell" collects the mostly anonymous webcam photos and chat-room transcripts she gathered by contacting lonely souls in this book.
Seattle Weekly |
Heather Logue and Rachel Shimp |
03-08-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Show-n-tell, webAffairs
A New Coursenew
Reynolds proposes that post-punk turned away from the reactionary cul-de-sac that preceded it even while recognizing punk as "a chance to make a break with tradition."
The Village Voice |
Jessica Winter |
03-06-2006 |
Nonfiction
