AltWeeklies Wire
Other Voices, Other Roomsnew
Schlesinger's collected Voice columns make for a surreal Gotham cross-section.
The Village Voice |
Jenny Davidson |
05-03-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Witness to Himselfnew
Shubin wrote his first shocking best seller 53 years ago -- as he got older, he got more noir.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Duane Swierczynski |
05-02-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Seymour Shubin
Race in Your Facenew
Algernon Austin takes liberals and conservatives to task on race and racism.
New Haven Advocate |
Mark Oppenheimer |
05-01-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Lick It Upnew
The strange subculture of competitive eating casts a bright light on America's appetite.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Steve Volk |
05-01-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Some Poetnew
In the 50 years since his first book was published, John Ashbery has led the avant garde's poetry coup d'etat.
Valley Advocate |
Andrew Varnon |
04-28-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: John Ashbery
Understanding Islamnew
Alsan, an Iranian-born scholar, has suddenly become something of a fashionable item, and not just because he knows how to wear a suit.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Laila Kearney |
04-28-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: No God But God, Reza Aslan
Fishing Therapynew
Controversial former editor Howell Raines discusses his new book and life after The New York Times.
Style Weekly |
Amy Biegelsen |
04-27-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Death Is the New Sexnew
Gilbert takes an unflinching look at the last taboo.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
04-27-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
George Saunders, Americannew
Saunders gets transposed into his own cracked reality.
New York Press |
Scott Indrisek |
04-27-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Piecing Paradise Back Togethernew
Jentz's quest to solve her own attempted murder leads to Central Oregon and literary gold.
Willamette Week |
Karla Starr |
04-26-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Prescience Is as Prescience Doesnew
Kevin Phillips has been right for a long time now.
LEO Weekly |
Marty Rosen |
04-24-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: American Theocracy, Kevin Phillips
The End of Empirenew
Historian Morris Berman outlines the fall of the American Empire.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
04-21-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dark Ages America, Morris Berman
How to Ace That Post-4/20 Whiz Quiznew
Biscranium smoked pot throughout his five years on parole and never failed a drug test -- in his world, the detox is natural and the boobs are fake.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
04-21-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Chop Chopnew
Ruth Reichl discusses the pleasures and perils of magazine editing.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
04-21-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Reluctant Antiheronew
Though he might not always think so, Harvey Pekar is one genuinely lucky guy.
Willamette Week |
Karla Starr |
04-20-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Harvey Pekar
