AltWeeklies Wire
'Wicked Bugs' Gets Under Your Skinnew
Amy Stewart's new book covers the creepiest of crawlers.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
06-10-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Amy Stewart, Wicked Bugs
David Berkeley Does Berkeleynew
Bay Area musician and author tells tales of Corsica on Fourth Street.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
06-02-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Books Inc., David Berkeley
Judith Adamson Gets into the Hive Mindnew
Oakland, Calif. author celebrates backyard beekeeping.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
05-23-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
A Glorified Nobodynew
In his entertaining new book, Jeff Guinn makes it clear that he's no fan of Wyatt Earp.
Tucson Weekly |
Leo W. Banks |
05-19-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Arizona History Museum, Jeff Guinn
Susi Wyss Gets Civilizednew
Her new collection of short stories examines the ties that bind five different women.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
05-16-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Nathan Larson's Post-Apocalyptic Noirnew
The composer, musician, and new author delves into Dewey Decimal.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
05-10-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Dr. Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite on Religion, Politics and Social Medianew
Thistlethwaite has tackled the cyber age -- and its implications in our religious and political lives -- in her latest book, Dreaming of Eden: American Religion and Politics in a Wired World.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chet Hardin |
04-21-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Daniel Clowes' Oakland Is for Damaged Loversnew
His comics let romance take center stage -- sort of.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
04-21-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Joyce Carol Oates' Journey of Grief and Gardeningnew
The legendary American novelist tells a tale of heartbreaking loss.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
04-18-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Joyce Carol Oates, Mrs. Dalloway's
'Green Gone Wrong' Uncovers Which Climate Change 'Solutions' are Part of the Problemnew
If you think you're saving the planet by buying compact-fluorescent bulbs and organic, fair trade coffee beans, Heather Rogers' new book might wipe the smug off your face.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
04-15-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Lamenting Lithuania with Ruta Sepetysnew
Inspired by her own father's childhood experiences, Sepetys' debut novel Between Shades of Gray tells the tale of a Lithuanian teen deported over the Arctic Circle to Siberia in 1941.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
04-11-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'Curveball' Tells the Story of Toni Stone, the First Female Negro League Baseball Playernew
Stone's life and career -- from neighborhood pickup game to cross-country barnstorming to obscurity in retirement -- are aptly recounted in Martha Ackmann's Curveball: The Remarkable Story of Toni Stone, the First Woman to Play Professional Baseball in the Negro League.
Metro Times |
Sandra Svoboda |
04-11-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Restaurateur Andrea Reusing Pens a Local Culinary Roadmapnew
Cooking in the Moment is organized into sections for each season, within which Reusing provides recipes and information keyed almost week by week to the Central North Carolina schedule of what's fresh.
INDY Week |
Chris Vitiello |
04-07-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Remembering the Reagan Assassination Attempt with Del Quentin Wilbernew
Drawing on never-before-seen documents, exclusive interviews, and well-guarded recordings, Rawhide Down: The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan tells the story its own author once yearned to read.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
04-07-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Del Quentin Wilber
Caleb Neelon Traces Graffiti's Hidden History in New Booknew
In a proliferating library of graffiti books, the 410-page The History of American Graffiti stakes a major claim at being the definitive history of the art form. And it's astonishingly illustrated by hundreds of snapshots, mostly by the artists themselves.
Boston Phoenix |
Greg Cook |
04-06-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
