AltWeeklies Wire
'Sex & the Soul' Looks at Sex and the Single Studentnew
Campus sex lives have never been more perilous and less fulfilling. But according to a serious nationwide study, even kids who know better feel powerless to change the hook-up norm.
Boston Phoenix |
Neely Steinberg |
05-15-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Retired Army Col. Ann Wright on War, Peace and Dissentnew
Wright joined the Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State in 1987, and left in protest the day before the invasion of Iraq. Since then, Wright has been a leading antiwar activist and has now co-authored Dissent: Voices of Conscience.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
05-15-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Ben Nugent Reveals the Truth: Nerds Defy Definitionnew
American Nerd plays out as part vindication, part apology, and it relates his personal experiences to a range of social, political and historical images and ideas.
New York Press |
Jerry Portwood |
05-15-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Jim Sheeler Emerges from World of Wartime Loss With New Book and a Pleanew
Jim Sheeler's path to the Pulitzer Prize began simply enough. He was just curious about what was going on behind the scenes during the military funeral for Lance Cpl. Thomas J. Slocum, the first Coloradan to fall in the Iraq War.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Michael De Yoanna |
05-13-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Q&A with Bryan Lee O'Malley of Scott Pilgrim Booksnew
O'Malley is the 29-year-old creator of the popular comic book series that integrates familiar Gen Y tropes with fantasy elements borrowed from video games.
The Portland Mercury |
Alison Hallet |
05-09-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Best Way to Help Animals May Be to Eat Themnew
Why compassionate carnivorism just might work better than going vegetarian.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Rachel Hutton |
05-08-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Lawrence A. Weinstein Explores the Essence of Grammarnew
Grammar for the Soul points out that simple words can have awesome power.
Tucson Weekly |
Irene Messina |
05-07-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Stefan Merrill Block Makes Peace with a Family Cursenew
In the tradition of James Joyce, who abandoned his native Ireland at a young age but could never stop writing about it, Block is a 26-year-old wunderkind who got to the brink of fame in his new residence of Brooklyn, New York, by ruminating on his Texas roots.
Dallas Observer |
Ben Westhoff |
05-05-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Sarah Dessen, Young Adult Before It was Coolnew
"I was worried about the stigma of it, which was stupid," Dessen says.
INDY Week |
Zack Smith |
05-01-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
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
Mathematics Professor Manil Suri Finds Success in Novel Trilogynew
In his small, spare office in the inner halls of the UMBC Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Suri is carefully juggling two lives.
Baltimore City Paper |
John Barry |
04-29-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Richard Heinberg Discusses a Post-Carbon Futurenew
Chances are, when you think about gasoline, it crosses your mind in an abstract way -- as if where it comes from and how much of it exists is someone else's problem. Thanks to peak oil expert Richard Heinberg, Americans' naive attitude toward fossil fuels may be changing.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
04-28-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Howard Zinn's View of History Takes Graphic Formnew
Narrated by Zinn, and illustrated by comic artist Mike Konopacki, the book opens with the events of 9/11 and then looks back at the different ways in which the U.S. has exercised its power in order to expand its reach around the world.
NUVO |
David Hoppe |
04-24-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Rabih Alameddine Shuns Boundaries in His Latest Novelnew
In The Hakawati, Osama al-Kharrat returns to his native Beirut reunites with family and swaps tales. Thus this hefty offering is not just a story within a story but hundreds of stories within a story, a 513-page macramé with myriad threads.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
04-23-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Getting Geeky with Brian Michael Bendisnew
Bendis, winner of five Eisner Awards (the comics equivalent of a Pulitzer), became one of the prime architects of the Marvel Comics' Ultimate line and perhaps the most celebrated Daredevil writer since Frank Miller.
Willamette Week |
Erik Bader |
04-23-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
