AltWeeklies Wire
Matt Taibbi Showa Disgust for Media Establishmentnew
His jabs and swipes at the modern-day booboisie are merciless and incisively written, and a pleasure to read from start to finish -- as visceral as political commentary gets.
Baltimore City Paper |
Robbie Whelan |
11-13-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Michael Gates Gill's Cup o' Wisdomnew
Starbucks helps a former corporate bigwig wake up to what really matters.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Carolyn Wyman |
11-13-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Who Really Killed JFK?new
Vincent Bugliosi's 1,612-page book, which he spent 20 years working on, lays out a case in support of the Warren Commission findings that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination of the president.
Artvoice |
Cy Alessi and Peter Koch |
11-09-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Poet Rod Smith Finds the Logic in the Inexplicablenew
With Deed, published last month by the University of Iowa Press, Smith balances lyric depth and ridiculous humor.
Washington City Paper |
Amanda Hess |
11-08-2007 |
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
Silja Talvi on What Prison is Really Like for Womennew
Women Behind Bars details some of the reasons behind the increase in women prisoners nationwide, and the problems it poses.
Willamette Week |
Matthew Korfhage |
11-07-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'Love and Blood': Tough Lovenew
Why soccer superfan Jamie Trecker is U.S. Soccer’s harshest critic.
Chicago Reader |
Scott Eden |
11-05-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
I've Grown Attached to My Embryosnew
In vitro fertilization gave Beth Kohl a new perspective on reproductive rights and religion.
Chicago Reader |
Julia Thiel |
11-05-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Maude Barlow on the Problem With Canada's Waternew
The author and activist argues that Canada's water may become an increasingly scarce resource in Blue Covenant.
Montreal Mirror |
Christopher Hazou |
11-02-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Vijay Vaitheeswaran on the Car of the Futurenew
In Zoom, Vaitheeswaran and Iain Carson argue that the solution is to clean cars up, not scrap them, and use technological innovation to end Detroit's steel grip on U.S. transportation policy.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
10-31-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Dr. Oliver Sacks on 'Music Brain'new
He studies the innate ties between music and the mind, and his findings underpin the ways people really could, say, be "born to rock" -- or, at the very least, that they could develop a psychological need to rock at some point in their lives.
SF Weekly |
Jennifer Maerz |
10-31-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Anne Elizabeth Moore Charts an 'Unmarketable' Pathnew
Her latest book is a terrific, jarring and informed account of underground culture's infiltration by the corporate world.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
10-31-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Turn On the Basement Lightsnew
Rock writer and Dylan freak Sid Griffin attempts to crack one of music's great mysteries.
Cleveland Scene |
Justin F. Farrar |
10-26-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Kelly DiNardo Chronicles the Life of a Burlesque Queennew
You've probably never heard of Lili St. Cyr, a darling of 20th-century burlesque. DiNardo intends to change that.
Washington City Paper |
Amanda Hess |
10-25-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Michael Shellenberger on Environmentalism's Futurenew
A rogue environmentalist takes aim at the movement he says has failed.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
10-24-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
