AltWeeklies Wire
Tattoos, Tequila and Tediumnew

Mike Sager is saving grace on Vince Neil bio.
Boise Weekly |
Amy Atkins |
12-15-2010 |
Nonfiction
America's Most Dangerous Publishernew

For Adam Parfrey, publishing the Unabomber's book is all in a day's work.
Seattle Weekly |
Ellis E. Conklin |
11-29-2010 |
Books
Acid Christnew

Excerpts of the unauthorized biography of Ken Kesey.
Willamette Week |
Mark Christensen and Aaron Mesh |
11-10-2010 |
Excerpts
Crank That ATLnew

Atlanta: Hip-Hop and the South snaps the city's next generation of rappers.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Christina Lee |
11-09-2010 |
Books
Walking in Black Women's Footstepsnew

Two important new histories of the Civil Rights movement.
INDY Week |
Adam Sobsey |
10-25-2010 |
Nonfiction
Mark Twain's Last Stuntnew

Suppressed for one hundred years, Autobiography of Mark Twain has become one of UC Berkeley's biggest literary events of all time.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
10-20-2010 |
Books
Chuck Klosterman's Unusual Place in the Literary Worldnew

Chuck Klosterman occupies an unusual place in the literary world. His popular essays are neither purely journalistic nor academic nor critical.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Wyatt Williams |
10-12-2010 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Chuck Klosterman
Archiving Anarchy in the U.K.new

Between 1988 and 1990, Jon Savage spoke extensively to the Sex Pistols, the late Malcolm McLaren, the late Joe Strummer, Chrissie Hynde, Siouxsie Sioux, and many others in the British punk scene. The England's Dreaming Tapes features full interviews with those who were there.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
10-07-2010 |
Nonfiction
Extinction On Demand?new

Will print-on-demand technology save publishing or deliver its final death blow?
Baltimore City Paper |
Rachel Monroe |
09-20-2010 |
Books
Tags: POD
Bourdain Spills the Beansnew

Anthony Bourdain talks about other celebrity chefs and his current projects.
NOW Magazine |
Steven Davey |
09-16-2010 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Rosanne Cash keeps composure, discusses new memoirnew
Cash discusses her feelings about the film Walk the Line, her early musical influences and having Morrissey as an in-law.
Tags: Rosanne Cash
Getting the Word Outnew

Authors take the initiative and choose to publish themselves
Palo Alto Weekly |
Carol Blitzer and Karla Kane |
08-09-2010 |
Books
Tags: Self Publishing
War Is Still Hellnew

Sebastian Junger’s latest journalist’s-eye-view of combat, War, is gritty and honest.
Inland Empire Weekly |
Nancy Powell |
08-06-2010 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Sebastian Junger
Gary Shteyngart Writes Another Smelly Booknew

Gary Shteyngart's 'Super Sad True Love Story' tries to be many things. But primarily, it's the finest piece of anti-iPhone propaganda ever written, a cautionary tale full of distracted drones unwilling to tear themselves away from their little glowing screens long enough to make eye contact, let alone an actual lasting connection, with another human being.
The Village Voice |
Rob Harvilla |
08-04-2010 |
Fiction
Tags: Gary Shteyngart
Stairway to Cleveland: My Dinner with Harvey Pekarnew

My dinner with Harvey Pekar -- three weeks ago
Austin Chronicle |
Raoul Hernandez |
07-19-2010 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Harvey Pekar