AltWeeklies Wire
Broke and Loving Itnew
Laid-off dotcommers have written guides to staying cheerful while unemployed. Also reviewed: Dean LaTourrette and Kristine Enea's Time Off! The Upside to Downtime.
The Village Voice |
Anya Kamenetz |
09-26-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Moral Mendacity
In his new book -- a stocking stuffer for the pissed-off liberal in your family -- first-time author Bryan Harris lays out the facts about moralistic rightwingers who have their own skeletons. Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh, you've been served.
LEO Weekly |
Cary Stemle |
09-22-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Career Highnew
In Candace Bushnell’s latest book, it’s all work and not so much play.
Baltimore City Paper |
Wendy Ward |
09-19-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Schoolhouse Crocknew
Apartheid in American schools is no accident, according to Jonathan Kozol.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kathryn Eastburn |
09-16-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Naked Citynew
Author Nick Tyler spends "Another Bullshit Night" with his homeless father and his fractured memories.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
09-15-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Atlanta Author Calls on Kindred Country Spirit in Comeback Bidnew
Paul Hemphill resembles the subject of his new book in more ways than one.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
09-15-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
FOUND Founder Tells Tall Talesnew
FOUND magazine founder Davy Rothbart talks about smoking meth with Arthur Miller and his new book, The Lone Surfer of Montana, Kansas.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
09-14-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Between the Linesnew
Rubén Martínez explores the borderlands and illuminates the debate about the border.
Tucson Weekly |
Margaret Regan |
08-25-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Punk Rock Prosenew
Punk rock, mental breakdowns, bucketloads of beer -- Jimmy Reject has figured out that it's one thing being a punk rocker, and it's another being on the outside of the world looking in.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
08-25-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Less Than Heronew
After a seven-year absence, Ellis dares gossip-rag column space with his first book cast in the past tense, a multi-genre thriller starring a middle-aged, drugged, neurotic, lecherous, and lonesome author named Bret Easton Ellis.
The Village Voice |
Brandon Stosuy |
08-16-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bret Easton Ellis, Lunar Park
Punks in the Outfieldnew
On the diamond, John Albert may be an amateur ballplayer, but he makes a major-league literary debut with Wrecking Crew, a memoir that will appeal to fans of baseball, punk rock and hard drugs.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
08-15-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: John Albert, Wrecking Crew
Where There's a Willnew
Author Will Clarke has a deal with a New York publisher and a Hollywood studio, and it only took him eight years to become an overnight success.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
08-15-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Gay Man Fired For Writing About Gay Porn Industrynew
Rich Merritt's sexuality was a non issue with his employers, the Atlanta law firm of Powell Goldstein LLP, until he informed them of the impending release of his autobiography, Secrets of a Gay Marine Porn Star, which includes graphic descriptions of the gay porn industry.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
08-11-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Author Talks About Life, Death, Doing Blownew
After quite possibly the most morbid road trip across America, Chuck Klosterman grapples with his inner demons of post-modern self-awareness and the definiton of cool.
Dig Boston |
Arna Wilkinson |
08-10-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Florida Fiction Offers Sleaze! Sex! Suspense!new
South Florida's lesser-known authors include S.V. Date, who writes political satires so sharp one online reviewer demanded he be deported, and vagabond sailor Christine Kling.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Sam Eifling |
07-19-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
