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Talking Politics & Prose with Elizabeth Haileynew
"Like a lot of women my age, I missed the '60s because I was at home raising my daughters," says the silver-haired, silver-tongued author of the trailblazing A Woman of Independent Means. "But now that I'm in my 60s, I'm ready to march. In the third act of my life, I'm ready for the front lines."
The Texas Observer |
Robert Leleux |
04-23-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: activism, Elizabeth Hailey
Howard Zinn Never Figured He'd Be in a Comic Booknew
But there he is in the new A People's History of American Empire, in which artist Mike Konopacki and historian Paul Buhle commingle the scholarship of Zinn's A People's History of the United States with the personal recollections of his memoir, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
04-17-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Adam Mansbach Contemplates Cultural Evolutionnew
Again and again, in The End of the Jews, African-American culture and Jewish culture (and bodies) intersect.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
04-17-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Adam Mansbach, The End of the Jews
Jim Hightower on Activism and Obamanew
"The significant thing about the Obama phenomenon isn't Obama but the phenomenon -- the fact that we've got millions of people, including a whole bunch of young folks and people who haven't been voting in the past, who believe that change really is possible. And not because of him."
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
04-17-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'Leaving Las Vegas': Rearviewnew
A lifetime of struggle went into John O'Brien's most famous work.
Cleveland Free Times |
Erin O'Brien |
04-16-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Economic Rogues Run Amok in the Worldnew
Loretta Napoleoni says the epicenter of the economic and financial world is moving eastward, which spells bad news for us in North America.
The Georgia Straight |
Charlie Smith |
04-14-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Padma Viswanathan Revives India's Divided Pastnew
On reading a particularly heartbreaking chapter from Viswanathan's intricate family saga, the first-time novelist's aged grandmother took to her bed, feeling upset and perhaps even betrayed.
The Georgia Straight |
Alexander Varty |
04-14-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'Power Stronger Than Itself': Great Black Music in Printnew
After ten years, George Lewis' monumental history of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, a black collective that formed on the south side of Chicago in 1965, is finally finished.
Chicago Reader |
Peter Margasak |
04-14-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Digging a Poet-gardenernew
Jesse Castro likes to refer to himself as a poet-gardener, which is why it comes as no surprise that his latest work, I Have Walked This Path Before, is a collection of poems worn by real people.
San Antonio Current |
Sonya Harvey |
04-09-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Katie Crouch Creates a Real-Feeling Novelnew
Her debut novel, Girls in Trucks, tells the story of a dissipate former debutante, Sarah Walters, who must adjust her South Carolina dreams to the harsh realities of life in New York.
Willamette Week |
John Minervini |
04-09-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Rev. Michael Dowd on Evolutionnew
This reverend claims to have solved the debate between creation and evolution. Somebody give the man a fish.
Willamette Week |
John Minervini |
04-09-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
An Interview With Richard Price, Written in the Style of Richard Pricenew
To the best of Brian McManus' (limited) ability.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Brian McManus |
04-07-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lush Life, Richard Price
Jeff Gordinier on How 'X Saves the World'new
While many of his peers wonder how Gen X got stuck between the baby boomers and today's up-and-coming millennials generation, and how they can still make an impact on the world, he opted instead to write a book about that societal dilemma.
Pasadena Weekly |
Carl Kozlowski |
04-07-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Mything In Action: An Interview with Glenn Greenwald
Author Glenn Greenwald answers some key questions exploring themes in his forthcoming book, Great American Hypocrites: Toppling The Big Myths of Republican Politics.
Random Lengths News |
Paul Rosenberg |
04-04-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Blackwater's Terrifying Reachnew
Jeremy Scahill discusses privatization of war and civilian life.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
04-04-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
