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Hard Livingnew
The smoking, drinking poker player James McManus gets a physical.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
01-18-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Dirty Politicsnew
For two years as Wonkette, Ana Marie Cox was best known for gleeful daily references to "ass-fucking" and political tawdriness in the blogosphere, but now she’s moving on to different endeavors.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
01-12-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dog Days, Ana Marie Cox
The Prequel Pekarnew
With the rest of his life thoroughly documented through thirty years of American Splendor, Harvey Pekar's new book The Quitter has the air of a swan song.
Chicago Newcity |
Brian and Matthew Hieggelke |
01-10-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Harvey Pekar, The Quitter
Global Warming and the Fear of a Frozen Planetnew
Kim Stanley Robinson’s new novel about what happens after an abrupt climate change is an ambitious cultural weapon in the global-warming wars.
Sacramento News & Review |
Ralph Brave |
12-22-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Pirates of Intelligent Designnew
Bobby Henderson and his Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster theorize that the universe was created by a celestial clump of pasta. Go stick that in your science books.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
12-19-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Kooser for Presidentnew
Nebraskan poet Ted Kooser is America's ambassador for poetry.
Valley Advocate |
Andrew Varnon |
12-08-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Fakin' Itnew
Leeuwenhoek and the Stones turn up in Trinie Dalton's faux autobiography.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Ben Bush |
11-30-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Trinie Dalton, Wided Eyed
Author Finds the Tension Between Irony and Sinceritynew
Losers and loners populate the pages of an Atlantan's collection of short stories and a novella.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
11-23-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Stateless in Seattlenew
Jonathan Raban, a cranky, globe-trotting Englishman, sailed into town and became the premier chronicler of life and thought in the Northwest.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
11-16-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Cuban Writer M.M. Pascal-Paul: Not for the Feeble-Mindednew
The rising literary star says the blurring of reality and fiction, actually, the elimination of fact, is the fundamental issue of our day. Or did she even say that?
Miami New Times |
Kirk Nielsen |
11-14-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Behind Enemy Linesnew
Worming into the belly of the Bible-thumping beast, infiltration journalist Harmon Leon goes undercover as a conservative, joining political activism with absurdist theater.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
11-14-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Harmon Leon, Republican Like Me
You Can't Spell 'Funeral' Without F-U-Nnew
Mary Roach explores great misadventures in paranormal research and makes our final destination seem less like a morgue and more like a comedy club.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
11-14-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
John Dicker: Taking On The Other Uncle Samnew
John Dicker takes on the Waltons, Target and the poor healthcare practices of Wal-Mart in this interview with the Jackson Free Press.
Jackson Free Press |
Casey Parks and Todd Stauffer |
11-10-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Christ Was Plastic, Amennew
Brendan Powell Smith tells Bible stories with LEGO, and his work receives acclaim even from the devout.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
11-01-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Raising Hellnew
Clive Barker, whose paintings are colorful, ornate and sometimes highly erotic, unleashes his demons.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kara Luger |
10-28-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
