AltWeeklies Wire
Fast and Furious: Ted Berrigan's Collected Poemsnew
Twenty-two years after Ted Berrigan’s sudden death at 48, his Collected Poems, a 760-page brick of a book, is here. It will solidify and expand his legend.
Boston Phoenix |
William Corbett |
10-17-2005 |
Poetry
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
The Gold Standardnew
Peter Guralnick's life of Sam Cooke shines.
Boston Phoenix |
David Kirby |
10-14-2005 |
Nonfiction
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
Dangerous Mindsnew
Bruce Fleming injects Naval Academy cadets with a dose of moral complexity.
Colorado Springs Independent |
John Dicker |
10-14-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Annapolis Autumn, Bruce Fleming
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
How Popeye Lost His Eyenew
Little Red Riding Hood, Dick Tracy, Popeye the Sailor Man ... don't let the characters fool you. Big Lonesome isn't written for kids, at least not for the pasteurized milk-fed children of the Disney generations.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
10-13-2005 |
Fiction
Tony Eprile: Out of South Africanew
South African-born Tony Eprile talks about his upbringing and his new novel, The Persistence of Memory.
Seven Days |
Margot Harrison |
10-12-2005 |
Books
The Worst-Case Best Sellernew
Disaster lit has become a perfect storm for the publishing industry. Smell a hurricane coming? Grab your pen and notebook.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
10-12-2005 |
Books
No Great Shakesnew
Science, drama, travelogue -- there's a jumble of themes in this quake book that would be more solid told separately.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-12-2005 |
Nonfiction
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
