AltWeeklies Wire
Loyola College Students and Teachers Forge a Publishing Partnershipnew
In the basement of Loyola College's Dorothy Day Hall, a quiet revolution is gaining momentum.
Baltimore City Paper |
Darcelle Bleau |
01-15-2008 |
Books
Leaps for the Common Lifenew
New and recent books from New Mexico poets.
Weekly Alibi |
Lisa Lenard-Cook |
01-15-2008 |
Poetry
Pulp Pornnew
Patrick Conlon and Michael Manning's long-awaited sequel to the sexy sci-fi comic Tranceptor.
Chicago Reader |
Noah Berlatsky |
01-15-2008 |
Fiction
Superheroes Without A Causenew
Incredible powers? Today's comic book crusaders have a problem with that.
New Haven Advocate |
Christopher Arnott |
01-15-2008 |
Books
Talk is Plentiful in 'Ohio River Dialogues'new
Anyone who's ever talked deep with a small group of friends and thought it might make for art should look into William Zink's experimental novel.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
01-14-2008 |
Fiction
'The Flowers': Leaves of Sassnew
A story "that didn't have nothing to do with people or places you've ever seen," the book also lifts its seasoned author to another place in the literary order.
The Texas Observer |
Steven G. Kellman |
01-14-2008 |
Fiction
'Evacuation Plan' Looks at Checkout Timenew
O'Connell's novel sprang from observing life in an Austin hospice.
The Texas Observer |
Janet Heimlich |
01-14-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Evacuation Plan, Joe M. O'Connell
Bob Eckhardt: The Man in the Panama Hatnew
Gary A. Keith reclaims the legacy of the quixotic progressive.
The Texas Observer |
Brant Bingamon |
01-14-2008 |
Nonfiction
Imagination Helps Small Bookstores Survivenew
With independent bookshops struggling to hang on in even the largest cities, owners are forced to become even more creative in small places, where their inventory of titles outnumbers the local population.
The Texas Observer |
Stayton Bonner |
01-14-2008 |
Books
Dressed For Successnew
In Trappings, Tiffany Ludwig and Renee Piechocki conducted interviews with women across the country over the course of six years, asking them what clothes made them feel powerful, culminating in a collection of real-life tales by women from all walks of life.
Jackson Free Press |
Bailee Grissom |
01-11-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'These Are Not Fair Trials'new
John Grisham on his book, The Innocent Man, legislative efforts to aid the wrongfully convicted in Mississippi and his future plans.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
01-11-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: John Grisham, The Innocent Man
All You Need is 'Love'new
Jonathan Gould's adept Beatles book is a multifaceted delight.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Chris Morris |
01-11-2008 |
Nonfiction
Saved or Not?new
Crazy for God is largely an account of Frank Schaeffer's 1960s childhood in Switzerland where his parents, the Calvinist theologians Francis and Edith Schaeffer, ran a community based on their interpretation of Christian ideals.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
01-11-2008 |
Nonfiction
Science Spottingnew
Author Paul Halpern has a razor-sharp eye for the science tidbits that have popped up in 19 years of The Simpsons.
NOW Magazine |
Joseph Wilson |
01-11-2008 |
Nonfiction
Winter's Talenew
There's a section of The Architects Are Here that really got to me. Reading it gave me that feeling I love -- a thundering in my head that I don't notice until I've finished the passage and my brain calms down.
NOW Magazine |
Susan B. Cole |
01-11-2008 |
Fiction
