AltWeeklies Wire
Critic Claims Steinbeck Was First Eco-Writernew
A literary scholar argues that John Steinbeck should be a central figure of study among ecocritics because the author's literary themes are based on a holistic environmental perspective.
Monterey County Weekly |
Ryan Masters |
08-24-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
America's Best Hated Authornew
The author of The Grapes of Wrath was a threat to literary critics of the 1930s, even those who considered themselves progressive, because he did not kowtow to the officially sanctioned left-wing ideology of the day.
Monterey County Weekly |
Eric Johnson |
08-24-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Vietnam, Viet Nam, Communists, The Nation, a Democrat from Oklahoma, a San Jose State professor, a UC Davis professor, American Federation of Farmers (AFF), Cannery Row, Edmund Wilson, In Dubious Battle, Jack Hicks, John Steinbeck, Mary McCarthy, Nobel Prize, Rep. Lyle Boren, revolutionary, Susan Shillinglaw, Travels with Charley
Mystery Novel Talks About Oysters, War Brides and Fusion Cuisinenew
The notions of change, adaptability, and cross-cultural fusion are central to Sujata Massey's stunning seventh novel, where the unlikely story lines of Asian oysters repopulating the Chesapeake, a buzzing new fusion restaurant in Washington, D.C., and the grim consequences of the Vietnam War meld into a seamless whole.
Baltimore City Paper |
Lizzie Skurnick |
08-24-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
If You Write It: A Green in the White Housenew
Activist Mark Dunlea put his hard-earned political knowledge into Madame President, a novel about a female, Green Party president that he hopes will have a positive impact on the system.
Metroland |
Shawn Stone |
08-19-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Novel about Dancer Explores Russian and Gay Culturesnew
Colum McCann's 2003 historical novel describes dancer Rudolph Nureyev as an "international mongrel," someone who travels the world and is comfortable everywhere and nowhere at the same time.
INDY Week |
Byron Woods |
08-07-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Flowers Discusses Myth behind His Newest Novelnew
Tentatively titled "Rest for the Weary," Arthur Flowers' new novel is based on the High John the Conqueror myth, first brought to literature by African-American novelist and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston.
Syracuse New Times |
Martin Walls |
08-07-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Dismal Downside to the Deficitnew
An interview with Gerald Swanson, the author of the forthcoming America the Broke, examines how today's deficit spending threatens the future economic stability of the United States.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
08-01-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Unsinkable Mollynew
Although Molly Ivins’s new book is being cast as a "retrospective," she expects to find plenty more chicken-fried nincompoopery to laugh at in the years to come. A Q&A with Ivins.
Boston Phoenix |
Tamara Wieder |
07-22-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Molly Ivins, Who Let the Dogs in?
Debut Novel about Alt-Weekly Columnist Transcends Chick-Litnew
The former Philadelphia City Paper columnist discusses her book about an alt-newsweekly columnist who struggles to come to terms with her evangelical Christian background after her boyfriend abandons her.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Lori Hill |
07-16-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Penn on Papernew
Q&A with Penn & Teller's Penn Jillette about his unusual novel "Sock," in which the protagonist is a sock monkey.
Boston Phoenix |
Tamara Wieder |
07-01-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Penn Jillette, Sock
Story of Jewish Family's Flight to Kenya Comes Out in English
The best-selling German author of "Nowhere in Africa" discusses the long-awaited publication of her book's first English translation, her assessment of the Academy Award-winning movie adaptation and her life now, in the wake of acclaim.
Isthmus |
David Medaris |
06-10-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Nowhere in Africa, Stefanie Zweig
City Planner's Book Profiles 35 Urban Neighborhoodsnew
Baby boomers and twentysomethings are the groups most likely to repopulate cities, says Kyle Ezell. In an interview, he covers everything from “fake urbs” to the fine art of schlepping.
Columbus Alive |
Nikki Davis |
06-09-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
