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Drugs and Prophecynew
Tucsonan Darrell James brings back Del Shannon for a Sonoran adventure.
Tucson Weekly |
Christine Wald-Hopkins |
10-17-2012 |
Fiction
Get Digitalnew
'The Silent History' adds a new chapter to book publishing's possibilities.
North Bay Bohemian |
Leilani Clark |
10-17-2012 |
Books
Eating Animals author Jonathan Safran Foer wins convertsnew
Looking at author Jonathan Safran Foer's body of work, one is struck by how heavy his topics of choice are. His first novel, Everything is Illuminated, was set in the charred landscape of a Holocaust-terrorized Jewish village. His second, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, deals with a boy who lost his father on 9/11.
Charleston City Paper |
Elizabeth Pandolfi |
10-17-2012 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Fractured Fairy Talesnew
Locust Moon hooks up with Dark Horse for Sci-Fi Fairy tales in Once Upon a Time Machine.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Elliott Sharp |
10-13-2012 |
Books
The Myth Enduresnew
Jack Kerouac is poised to become the all-time iconic American writer.
North Bay Bohemian |
Jonah Raskin |
10-04-2012 |
Books
The Idea of the Savagenew
A UA law professor looks at almost 3,000 years of Western ethnocentrism
Tucson Weekly |
Paul Wine |
10-04-2012 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Robert A. Williams Jr.
Revisiting Vonnegut's Player Pianonew
You got to hand it to Kurt Vonnegut: he predicted the destructive power of automation over 60 years ago, a warning that is applicable today.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Lee Miller |
10-01-2012 |
Fiction
Tags: Kurt Vonnegut
A Mad Insurrectionnew
Fifty years ago this week, James Meredith integrated Ole Miss, causing violent upheaval. Here are three books from men in the thick of the uprising.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
10-01-2012 |
Nonfiction
Literary Photographer: A Snapshot of Natasha Tretheweynew
At first glance, a reader may not recognize Natasha Trethewey in the African American tradition of being innately political, but that is only if one is oblivious to the power of subtlety and the politics of the body.
Jackson Free Press |
C. Liegh McInnis |
09-24-2012 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Fifty Shades of Chicken Is a Sexy Chicken Cookbooknew
FINALLY! You and your chicken can get trussed and like it. A cookbook, due out November 13, parodies the last book you wanted to see on your mom's nightstand. With promises of rather tempting recipes for "Bacon Bound Wings," "Chicken with a Lardon" and "Mustard-Spanked Chicken," Fifty Shades of Chicken is taking cookbookdom to a whole new level.
Dallas Observer |
Sara Blankenship |
09-21-2012 |
Books
Tags: Parody, Fifty Shades of Grey
Cats and the Cooknew
Julia Child's love of felines is detailed in this book, co-written by Tucsonan Patricia Barey.
Tucson Weekly |
Paul Wine |
09-20-2012 |
Nonfiction
David Menconi recounts Ryan Adams' Raleigh yearsnew
Often funny, sad and poignant at the same time, Losering distills all the tales you might've heard about the booze- and drug-addled nervous wonder of Whiskeytown into 100 or so brisk pages.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
09-19-2012 |
Nonfiction
Lewis and the Arcnew
"Circumnavigating the globe using only human power wasn't just a bullshit 'first.' It quickly became apparent that it was a personal thing. I owed it to myself ... to my family, and to me."
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bret Wright |
09-19-2012 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
A cheater's guide to lovenew
Despite all the TV jokes about New Jersey, it has long been the bedrock for our best writers — from Dorothy Parker and Philip Roth to William Carlos Williams and Allen Ginsberg — and don't forget the Boss, Bruce Springsteen. Now add Junot Díaz to that illustrious list.
San Antonio Current |
Gregg Barrios |
09-16-2012 |
Books
A Triad of Intangible Territoriesnew
Unless dealing with outright metaphysics, much nonfiction is mere map-making, stencil patterns, or instruction. And it really has something to do with the approach: how much song is given to each subject.
San Antonio Current |
RoberTO ONTIVEROS |
09-16-2012 |
Books
