AltWeeklies Wire
Politics as Cryptographynew
Thom Hartmann cracks the code of what wins over Americans.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
J.B. Powell |
12-28-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Learning from Enriquenew
A journalist joins the immigrant trains to gain perspective on a divisive issue.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
David G. Crockett |
12-19-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Enrique's Journey, Sonia Nazario
Enter Rothnew
Philip Roth discusses his alter ego Nathan Zuckerman, the appeal of biography, and the perils of age.
Isthmus |
Steve Paulson |
12-17-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Exit Ghost, Philip Roth
Matt Taibbi on How the U.S. Is Like Ike Turnernew
Taibbi has single-handedly brought Rolling Stone to a place of political relevance not seen since the days of Hunter S. Thompson. His new book is a compendium of his best pieces since joining the magazine in 2005.
L.A. Weekly |
Matthew Fleischer |
12-14-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Mitchell Bard is Bullish on Israel's Futurenew
"If you look at all Jewish history, lots of empires tried to destroy the state," says the scholar. "Where are these empires now? Most of them are gone, but you will find the Jews and the state of Israel."
Boulder Weekly |
Wayne Laugesen |
12-10-2007 |
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
Talk To Hernew
LaShonda Barnett has written a treasure trove of raw emotion from some of jazz and soul's greatest black scribes so bare in nature that it can pack a reality shock to devotees.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
12-06-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Sharply Drawn Journalismnew
Cumulus Press combines reportage with comics to take a look at the mining industry.
Montreal Mirror |
Christopher Hazou |
12-03-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Louise Lambrecht on 'A Sackful of Quarters'new
Listening to Lambrecht talk about her full-bodied short stories is nearly as good as watching the narrative somersault off the pages.
Shepherd Express |
Yolanda D. White |
11-30-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: A Sackful of Quarters, L.M. Favier
Pressuring the Pressnew
In Reporting the War: Freedom of the Press from the American Revolution to the War on Terrorism, John Byrne Cooke tracks press influence on public opinion from the rabble rousing of the Revolutionary War–era Massachusetts Spy to anti-Bush rants of today's alt press.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
11-29-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Bruce Ledewitz Says Secularists Could Use a Little Religion in Their Politicsnew
The Duquesne University law professor is working on a follow-up to American Religious Democracy, tentatively titled Hallowed Secularism: A Guide for the Nonbeliever.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
11-20-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'Praise from a Future Generation' Looks at JFK's Americanew
John Kelin reminds us how one president's murder changed the world.
Boulder Weekly |
Dale Bridges |
11-19-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Long and 'Short'new
In his first book-length story, Adrian Tomine explores identity, truthfulness, and maturity.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Natalie Nichols |
11-16-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Adrian Tomine, Shortcomings
The Satirical Intellectualnew
Alexander Theroux on the paradoxes of love and the importance of plenitude and redemption.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Anthony Miller |
11-16-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Alexander Theroux
Paul Krugman on American Inequalitynew
The Conscience of a Liberal is an indictment of "movement conservatives" -- going back to such seminal figures as William F. Buckley and Ronald Reagan -- who've ushered in a second Gilded Age of economic inequality in America.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
11-16-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
