AltWeeklies Wire
Dire Educationnew
Jonathan Kozol’s latest book fires off a crucial wake-up call for rapidly resegregating public school systems.
Baltimore City Paper |
Michael Corbin |
09-19-2005 |
Nonfiction
Schoolhouse Crocknew
Apartheid in American schools is no accident, according to Jonathan Kozol.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kathryn Eastburn |
09-16-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' onnew
Women figure large in the Illinois poet’s verse; their sexuality, sensuality, and friendship are
the sources of joy and pain.
Illinois Times |
Corrine Frisch |
09-16-2005 |
Poetry
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
Stories From Papers You Don't Bring Home to Mothernew
In Notes from the Underground, you'll find stories of train-hopping hobos; high-priced, semi-retired call girls; marijuana; pedophilia; and polygamy. Yup, making our J-school mentors proud.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
09-15-2005 |
Nonfiction
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
Get 'Em While They're Young
A children's author provides a primer in the politics of fear for tomorrow's Republicans.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
09-14-2005 |
Fiction
Baker On Baker
Cartoonist Kyle Baker throws himself into his work like never before, and then gets serious with a new Nat Turner biography.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
09-14-2005 |
Original Work
Whitewashnew
In his new autobiography, Jesse Helms sees himself as a humanitarian -- not a racist supporter of brutal right-wing regimes who turned obstructionism into a foreign policy.
INDY Week |
Barry Yeoman |
09-12-2005 |
Nonfiction
Poetic Licensenew
The authors of The 9/11 Commission Report may have unwittingly created America's first epic.
Boston Phoenix |
Daniel Aaron, Leslie Dunton-Downer and Harvey A. Silverglate |
09-09-2005 |
Nonfiction
Words Return: The Best of 9/11 Fiction
Maureen Leary sees the birth of a genre as she surveys the best of the current crop of 9/11-related fiction.
Bear With Him
Alternative cartoonist Neil Swaab dares to go "There" and tell the wrongest jokes -- up to and including ones about molesting kids -- with the help of one very disturbed teddy bear.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
09-08-2005 |
Original Work
Running On Empty
Sure gas prices are getting astronomical, but at least we still have gas to pay a lot of money for. As Richard Heinberg vividly illustrates, that might not always be the case.
Columbus Alive |
Nikki Davis |
09-08-2005 |
Nonfiction
People Who Care About Strangersnew
Barasch’s "field notes" are not sermons but tales of true people (and animals) who have chosen the road less traveled and, in doing so, found their way.
Illinois Times |
Corrine Frisch |
09-02-2005 |
Nonfiction
