AltWeeklies Wire
Author Loves Her Gunnew
Kayla Williams tells her story of being a woman in what is still largely a man's Army, in which every woman is considered either a bitch or a slut.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
09-29-2005 |
Nonfiction
Comically Disinclinednew
Here's a selection of comic books for those who don't care for comics.
Baltimore City Paper |
Tim Kreider |
09-28-2005 |
Fiction
Super Erosnew
A slash fiction writer gives up her secret identity.
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Glaze |
09-28-2005 |
Original Work
Dark Artsnew
Comics master Charles Burns digs deeper in Black Hole.
Baltimore City Paper |
Tom Chalkley |
09-28-2005 |
Fiction
Fall Books Defy Disasternew
This coming fall and winter are thin on fiction but large on hulking works of non-fiction that might help us catch up with this runaway bobsled called planet Earth.
Boston Phoenix |
John Freeman |
09-27-2005 |
Books
Tags: in, wedding, George, of, Smith, John, a, rice, Christ, child, Robert, Joan, out, Frank, Mom, Jonathan, Collins, Goodwin, Gabriel, Wilson, Again, Anita, Anne, Berry, Billy, Bloom, Brand, Carol, Christopher, Coover, cotton, December, Didion, Doris, Dyer, Egypt, Eric, Fisk, Foner, Garcia, Geoff, H.W., Harold, Hodgman, Joanna, Joyce, Kearns, Kenneth, Kevin, Koch, Lord:, Marquez, McCourt, melancholy, Memories, Missing, My, Oates, Packer, Patti, Raban, Rafi, Scott, Shreve, SZYMBORSKA, Wendell, whores, WISLAWA, young, Zabor
Focus on the Familynew
Dan Savage's life is more traditional than you probably think.
Colorado Springs Independent |
John Dicker |
09-26-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Dan Savage, The Commitment
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
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
Social Sciencenew
In On Beauty, the 30-year-old Jamaican-British writer achieves greater dimension and restraint than in her first two books, giving readers a social novel that is true both to the times and to the mysterious workings of beauty itself.
Boston Phoenix |
Catherine Tumber |
09-23-2005 |
Fiction
Tags: On Beauty, Zadie Smith
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
Read Menace
Author salvages a story about that other time we almost had a nuclear war with the U.S.S.R.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
09-22-2005 |
Nonfiction
A Reflection on Fatherhood
After growing up with an absent father and controlling stepfather, the author makes an attempt at redemption by taking in a foster child damaged by fetal alcohol syndrome -- and then turns to his dad to help raise the child.
The Source Weekly |
Tanya Ignacio |
09-22-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Craig Lesley, Burning Fence
A Marriage Coming-of-Age Storynew
The Commitment is a memoir sprinkled with polemic on gay marriage (in the absence of legal recognition) and gay family life (in the absence of established norms).
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
09-22-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Dan Savage, The Commitment
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
Cash Woesnew
A new spate of books shows how the love of money infects our lives.
Baltimore City Paper |
Joab Jackson |
09-19-2005 |
Books
Tags: Various Titles, Various Authors
