AltWeeklies Wire
Author of 'Ten-Cent Plague' Explores Outlaw Comicsnew
The '40s and '50s were a time of political persecution for the authors of early alternative comic books -- of congressional hearings, of blacklists and of book burnings only dimly remembered by history. But it's a time worth remembering, if not for its art, then for its lessons, says David Hajdu.
Style Weekly |
Chris Dovi |
09-17-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Matt Taibbi and Jim Webb Come Out Fighting in New Booksnew
In A Time to Fight, Webb marshals his impressive grasp of history in the service of forceful positions on current challenges, while in The Great Derangement, Taibbi delves mostly into post-9/11 fringe groups on the right and left.
Style Weekly |
Brent Baldwin and Dan Dueholm |
06-25-2008 |
Books
Dan Ariely Discovers There's a Science to People Doing Bad Thingsnew
The MIT behavioral economist conducts an ongoing series of experiments about human behavior.
Style Weekly |
Valley Haggard |
04-30-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
You Are No Ladynew
Donald McCaig has taken on the task of channeling Margaret Mitchell's world by writing a $4.5 million sequel to Gone With the Wind. Spoiler alert! The North still wins.
Style Weekly |
Valley Haggard |
12-06-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Tell-Tale Feministnew
At 62, Brown is opinionated, outspoken, brash and passionate. She believes the difference between Democrats and Republicans is the difference between syphilis and gonorrhea (she's a Libertarian) and that the last Christian died on the cross.
Style Weekly |
Valley Haggard |
11-08-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Family Business: The Baldacci Writing Lineage Growsnew
An interview with Sharon Baldacci, the older sister of the bestselling novelist, David Baldacci, talks about living with MS and her novel, A Sundog Moment.
Style Weekly |
Valley Haggard |
07-25-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Known Soldiernew
Darkly funny, scary, unflinching and deeply personal, Chasing Ghosts rises above the droves of speculative Iraq War analysis already lining the shelves of academia.
Style Weekly |
Valley Haggard |
05-10-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
New Word Ordernew
Author Sylvia Clute addresses questions of law, benevolent government and George Washington in the kitchen.
Style Weekly |
Valley Haggard |
03-01-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Far Outnew
While he claims that Un Lun Dun is not autobiographical, Mieville admits to spending a lot of time as a kid pushing on the insides of wardrobes and searching out worlds of fantasy in other ways.
Style Weekly |
Valley Haggard |
02-15-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: china mieville, Un Lun Dun
Fishing Therapynew
Controversial former editor Howell Raines discusses his new book and life after The New York Times.
Style Weekly |
Amy Biegelsen |
04-27-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Opinionatorsnew
Two recently self-published books represent the new (blogs) and old school (op-eds) of political commentary in Virginia.
Style Weekly |
Amy Biegelsen |
04-13-2006 |
Nonfiction
