AltWeeklies Wire
In Hot Pursuit of the Divine Sparknew
Recent lecture by author Julia Cameron at A.R.E. offered a "meditation for hyperactive Westerners," even the skeptical ones.
Port Folio Weekly |
Betsy DiJulio |
07-23-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Julia Cameron, The Artist's Way
Missing Linksnew
A new book connects a long unsolved New Orleans murder, the AIDS epidemic, cancer and the JFK assassination.
Gambit |
Kandace Power Graves |
07-17-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dr. Mary's Monkey, Edward Haslam
In the Shadow of Old Hollywoodnew
Actor Farley Granger speaks out.
Shepherd Express |
Nathan Lerner |
07-16-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Best Little Whorehouse in Chicagonew
Karen Abbott tells the story of the city's most exclusive brothel -- and the reformers who shut it down.
Chicago Reader |
Dan Kelly |
07-16-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
3rd Degree: Peter Wardnew
The scientist on climate change, mass extinctions, and other crazy global-warming consequences.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mindy Farabee |
07-13-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Peter Ward, Under a Green Sky
Diana Abu-Jaber Can't Stay in One Spotnew
The author trades an Arab-American experience for the myth of fingerprints.
Willamette Week |
Kelly Clarke |
07-12-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Diana Abu-Jaber, Origin
Children of Hopenew
Former Gambit Weekly editor Michael Tisserand's new book tells how parents and teachers helped children traumatized by Katrina deal with their losses -- and how one family chose to leave the city they loved.
Gambit |
Kandace Power Graves |
07-10-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'Spent': The Naked Truthnew
Joe Matt's spent after all that whacking off.
New York Press |
Brian Heater |
07-09-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Dollar Daze
Elderly ladies caught comically by cupid's arrow in Augusta author's third Cayboo Creek caper.
Metro Spirit |
Stacey Hudson |
07-05-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Karin Gillespie, Dollar Daze
Willy Vlautin Attempts the Great Escapenew
The frontman for Richmond Fontaine has turned three years as a touring musician and 10 years working for a trucking company into a literary device with his debut novel.
SF Weekly |
Jennifer Maerz |
06-27-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Motel Life, Willy Vlautin
Ted Anthony on the Cultural History of a Songnew
He contemplates the ruin of many a poor boy in his book on "The House of the Rising Sun."
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
06-26-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Sherman Alexie Discusses His First Novel in a Decadenew
Flight uses a simple fantasy premise to show how complex the world is.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
06-26-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Flight, Sherman Alexie
'Wings' of Stonenew
Prasad conjures up impressions of Connecticut between the world wars, showing both its tradition-holding and progressive faces.
New Haven Advocate |
Christopher Arnott |
06-26-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Chandra Prasad, On Borrowed Wings
A Metaphysical Evening with Rebecca Stottnew
Stott is an academic -- she teaches creative writing and her first book was about Darwin's study of barnacles -- but during our tete-a-tete, she revealed herself to be something of a mystic as well.
INDY Week |
Brian Howe |
06-22-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ghostwalk, Rebecca Stott
Up, Up and Awaynew
Austin Grossman's debut novel gets inside the heads of some pretty powerful people.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kirsten Akens |
06-21-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
