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Dogged Pursuitsnew
A homeless Vermonter pens an autobiography to fund a Buddhist temple in Asia.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
02-29-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Scoring Points For Literacynew
In all likelihood, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will remain best known for his exploits on the basketball court. However, since retiring from sports, the erstwhile center for the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers has also become a bestselling author and an advocate for reading.
Shepherd Express |
Nathan Lerner |
02-29-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Table Talknew
Former Gambit Weekly restaurant critic Sara Roahen writes from the heart about New Orleans food culture and her immersion in it.
Gambit |
David Lee Simmons |
02-29-2008 |
Nonfiction
Slack Onnew
When recovering slacker Kennedy gets a high-paying job in the marketing department of a major record company, he sees his coolness finally validated. Then he started work.
The Portland Mercury |
Alison Hallett |
02-28-2008 |
Nonfiction
Creepy Not Scarynew
Not quite good enough to be entirely interesting and not quite scary enough to be... well, all that scary, Duma Key is a weird book.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
02-28-2008 |
Fiction
Roberto Bolano Travels from the Grave to the Futurenew
Nazi Literature presents brief bios and bibliographies for 30 imaginary right-wing writers from North and South America.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Stephen Beachy |
02-28-2008 |
Fiction
A New Book from an Old Friendnew
Even after four successful books -- a trilogy of Bottom Dollar Girls novels and a collaboration with the Sweet Potato Queens -- Karin Gillespie got a flat rejection when she pitched her new book to her agent and her publisher.
Metro Spirit |
Stacey Hudson |
02-27-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Earthly Pleasures, Karin Gillespie
What a Bunch of Charactersnew
In the Metro Spirit's first ever short story contest, we had almost 80 entries. Not bad. Even better? Some of you out there can actually write.
Metro Spirit |
Rhonda Jones |
02-27-2008 |
Original Work
Gin Phillips Needs to Figure Out What to Say With Her Very Strong Voicenew
For anyone who happens to have read Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, Phillips' debut novel will seem familiar.
Willamette Week |
John Minervini |
02-27-2008 |
Fiction
Is There Such a Thing as a 'Southern' Memoir?new
There are as many ways of writing a book as there are literary tastes, and as the definition of southern culture evolves with the changing times, so does its literature. But is there within the current memoir craze an emerging southern voice?
Charleston City Paper |
Alli Marshall |
02-27-2008 |
Books
Why the Inattention?new
A Pittsburgh author and historian asks why we're not marking the bicentennial of the abolition of the slave trade.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
02-25-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'Hooking Up' Deconstructs College Relationshipsnew
Sociology professor Kathleen Bogle's new book presents the findings of a study about how couples get together that she started as a graduate student.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Morgan A. Zalot |
02-25-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Crunch Timenew
Name your syndrome in the stories of Neil Smith.
The Memphis Flyer |
Leonard Gill |
02-22-2008 |
Fiction
The Faith of Easy Rawlinsnew
By "people like me," Easy might mean black men in 20th-century America. But, given Easy's dramatic personality change in this story, the proclamation bears rereading.
Shepherd Express |
Eric Beaumont |
02-22-2008 |
Fiction
'Travel Italia' Surveys Commerical Artistsnew
By the 1920s, high-end travel by ship, train and airplane had become a thriving business the world over, promoted by colorful posters of great artistry.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
02-22-2008 |
Nonfiction
