AltWeeklies Wire
Professor of Punk Pens a Piece of Historynew
The punk musician's debut memoir is about his childhood misadventures. They take place in the wealthy, WASP-y town of Greenwich, Conn., where he never fit in.
Phoenix New Times |
Michele Laudig |
09-28-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Author of The Outsiders Leaves the Young Adult Sectionnew
S.E. Hinton's Hawkes Harbor marks her first voyage into the fantastic. The novel about street-tough orphan Jamie Sommers features pirates, jewel smugglers and one extended encounter with a vampire.
New York Press |
Brian Heater |
09-24-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
With Liberalism and Justice for Allnew
George W. Bush has liberals so hopping mad that all the heaviest hitters among them seem to be publishing books this year, among them Hendrik Hertzberg, E.J. Dionne Jr., Molly Ivins, Maureen Dowd and Eric Alterman. Which ones to read?
Boston Phoenix |
Dave Denison |
09-24-2004 |
Nonfiction
The Kings of Comedynew
The felicitous Library of America collection Kaufman & Co.: Broadway Comedies is a tribute not only to George S. Kaufman, but to the four most gifted in a long line of co-writers.
Boston Phoenix |
Steve Vineberg |
09-24-2004 |
Nonfiction
The Prodigal Fathernew
Nick Flynn creates a harrowing memoir about two men bound by blood and by the dark worlds they inhabit.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
09-24-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Bush Leaguenew
Attack biographer Kitty Kelley backfires on the Bushes.
Missoula Independent |
John Freeman |
09-23-2004 |
Nonfiction
Less Is Moorenew
Tucson lawyer David Hardy tries to lambaste Michael Moore--and fails.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
09-23-2004 |
Nonfiction
Two Views of 9/11new
Whose conspiracy theory to believe: the official one, or those of possible crackpots?
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
09-23-2004 |
Nonfiction
Sweet Home Paradoxnew
What we have in Mark Kemp’s new book is much more than what it appears to be on the surface—it’s a cathartic treatise on the author’s life in and with the music of his formative and adult years and the musicians who brought it to him.
Jackson Free Press |
Lynette Hanson |
09-23-2004 |
Nonfiction
Roach Against the Machinenew
A writer fears that "La Cucaracha," the first mainstream Chicano-centric comic strip, will be sold down -- no, across the river
San Diego CityBeat |
Will K. Shilling |
09-22-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Media Plunges Into Orgy of Hypocrisy Over Kelley's Latest Tell-Allnew
The more Kitty Kelley talked to the media about her new book, the more she resembled a successful society madam explaining the facts of life to a puritanical young D.A. who wants to save society by closing the local whorehouse.
The Village Voice |
John Powers |
09-21-2004 |
Nonfiction
Home Lifenew
Cambridge author Gish Jen’s characters struggle to define themselves in a family united not by blood but by chance — who are you if you’re not your mother’s child?
Boston Phoenix |
Amy Finch |
09-21-2004 |
Fiction
Wonderlandnew
Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum’s lush, mesmerizing sentences pull readers into a circular narrative populated by fantastical characters right out of Alice’s Wonderland.
Boston Phoenix |
Julia Hanna |
09-21-2004 |
Fiction
The Original Playboy Star: An Interview With Joe Namath's Biographernew
Biographer Mark Kriegel tells how he pursued the story of Joe Namath, the football star who was both old-school tough guy and new-fangled hustler. In late middle age, Namath found himself in pain and alone with a bottle.
New York Press |
C.J. Sullivan |
09-17-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The American Nightmare: Will We Be Eclipsed by the European Union?new
Jeremy Rifkin elaborates on his assertion that the European Union, and not the United States, is the humanist dream factory of tomorrow.
L.A. Weekly |
Brendan Bernhard |
09-17-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
