AltWeeklies Wire
He’s Serlarious
Al Franken, known for being both hilarious and serious, says he has bigger fish to fry in his new book: the Bush administration and Congress.
The Inlander |
Ted S. McGregor Jr. |
10-26-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Al Franken, The Truth (With Jokes)
The Life of a Pretty Boynew
Tab Hunter was the pretty boy pin-up of an entire generation of teenage girls, and Hollywood spent much of the 1950s finding excuses to film him with his shirt off.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
10-20-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Blood on the Tracksnew
A racing freight train couldn't stop Sean Rowe, but can he survive the wild world of book publishing?
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
10-18-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Nuclear Assaultnew
Tucson novelist Lydia Miller has written the ultimate book about the bomb. She offers powerful historical insight into its making and deployment.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
10-14-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Yes, Virginia, There Is an American Dream
C.J. Hribal's sweeping new novel, The Company Car, follows one family's 50-year pursuit of the American Dream. But does the American Dream still exist? If so, is it still worth pursuing? Hribal addresses these and other questions about our social landscape in an interview.
Isthmus |
David Medaris |
10-14-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Exhilaration of Being Published
Rebecca Meacham, author of the acclaimed debut story collection Let's Do, admits to feeling the pressure to perform with her forthcoming second book, but extolls the enormous pleasures of her craft -- such as inscribing a copy of Let's Do for her elementary-school choir teacher.
Isthmus |
David Medaris |
10-14-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Power of Sisterhood
The Wisconsin writer's upcoming book is about a woman who died too soon and whose funeral honors all women who have loved and lost, and who grieve and still need to live.
Isthmus |
David Medaris |
10-13-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Another Look at Frailty
In an email interview, Bee Season author Myla Goldberg discusses her new novel set during the flu pandemic of 1918, her musical and spelling prowess, and her fondness for "the full spectrum of language."
Isthmus |
David Medaris |
10-13-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Burdens of Being the FOUND Guy
The creator of FOUND magazine has a collection of short fiction out, and he says he had to urge Simon & Schuster not to publish it in a flushable format.
Isthmus |
David Medaris |
10-13-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Love, Death and the Paranormal
It took art professor Audrey Niffenegger 14 years to complete her latest book, and she hopes readers of her best-selling The Time Traveler's Wife "will not be so startled" by her new illustrated novel "that they choke on their coffee."
Isthmus |
David Medaris |
10-13-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Master of Disasternew
Earthquakes aren't the only unmet natural crises this British author sees for America.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-12-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Homeboy, Throw in the Towelnew
Famed honorary fourth Beastie Boy/New York City photographer Ricky Powell unloads on an unsuspecting reporter.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
10-06-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ricky Powell
Lotus-Eaters and Literatinew
Novelist Bret Easton Ellis has skewered the demimonde of Los Angeles and New York City. Why couldn't he do the same for South Beach, Florida?
Miami New Times |
Brett Sokol |
10-03-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tales of a Quitternew
A book-long narrative rather than the usual series of semi-epiphanic moments, The Quitter is the most substantive and rewarding look yet at the strangely compelling life of the Lake Erie everyman.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
09-30-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Family Affairnew
Neil Gaiman lightens up with Anansi Boys.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kara Luger |
09-26-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: neil gaiman, Anansi Boys
