AltWeeklies Wire
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
That ’90s Shownew
Its dubious literary merits aside, Bill Clinton’s My Life sparks nostalgia for a decade of peace, prosperity and presidential sex.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
07-08-2004 |
Nonfiction
Disappearing Crew Inspires Nautical Myth
In 1872 the Mary Celeste was found drifting on the North Atlantic with no trace of her crew. 130 years later Brian Hicks has an idea what happened.
Columbia Free Times |
David Axe |
07-08-2004 |
Nonfiction
Gay Protagonist Has Epiphanies and Talking Nipples
Writer Brian Francis makes the life of a queer teenager compelling through simple writing and effective characterization.
Monday Magazine |
Bill Stuart |
07-06-2004 |
Fiction
Sex and Drugs Fuel Party Prose
Debut novel from United Kingdom author Niven Govinden gets right to the gritty heart of the party scene.
Monday Magazine |
John Threlfall |
07-06-2004 |
Fiction
Author Attempts to Define Canadianness
Douglas Coupland delves once more into Canada's identity—and comes up with a taxidermied fish.
Monday Magazine |
Jenni Cash |
07-06-2004 |
Nonfiction
Laws and Ordernew
Joe Domanick's new book takes a hard look at a hard law, examining California's "three strikes" rule and its consequences.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
07-02-2004 |
Nonfiction
Remembering What It Means to Be Humannew
No one who reads the remarkable new poems by John Knoepfle can fail to be touched by their penetrating strength.
Illinois Times |
Theodore Haddin |
07-02-2004 |
Poetry
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
Oh for a Book and a Shady Nooknew
Summer reading is not about literature. It has to be easy. There will be plenty of time to take up "Ulysses" in the fall.
Hartford Advocate |
Janet Reynolds |
06-16-2004 |
Fiction
Tags: Various Authors, Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen, Boy Still Missing by John Searles, How to Be Good by Nick Hornby, Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs, Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand, Stranger Than Fiction by Chuck Palahniuk, summer reading, The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde, The Mitford Series by Jan Karon, The Sister Fidelma Series by Peter Tremayne, Fiction Reviews
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
Cool Consolationnew
The author's insights float on a kind light irony that he creates by mixing a mastery of English prose sentences with lemon-twisted locutions that sound translated -- like pixilated Barthes.
Boston Phoenix |
Jon Garelick |
06-10-2004 |
Nonfiction
Sequel to Acclaimed "Plainsong" Is Even Better
The lives on display in "Eventide" feel utterly true. It is a painful and beautiful novel.
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
Collection Mixes the Good with Too Many Bad Jokes
Far from making effective political statements, many of the cartoonists in "Attitude 2" are mired in a lazy approach to their craft that ignores tradition and leaves readers more bored than inspired.
Columbia Free Times |
Arik Berglund |
06-09-2004 |
Nonfiction
