Alt.press The 15 interconnected tales in Reflections of Life in Our Town comprise author James' youthful reminiscences about growing up in small town America, [...] Kane S. Latranz \ Dec 23, 2004 Read More
It Takes A Village Like so many of the stories and novels that came before it, John Updike's 21st novel is a bildungsroman, the German term for [...] John Freeman \ Dec 23, 2004 Read More
Mystery Unsolved In Albuquerque, the mere mention of Girly Chew Hossencofft's name inevitably evokes a reaction. Her story captured headlines in the local media, on [...] Tim McGivern \ Dec 09, 2004 Read More
The Blind Leading The Blind Ideologues of all sorts tend to believe that for their ideas to survive, they must be passed on to the young. Hitler subscribed [...] Ben Carlson \ Dec 02, 2004 Read More
Speed Reader They say kayaking down the Tsangpo is akin to snowboarding down Everest—not just dangerous, but quite a bit stupid as well. Heller chronicles [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Dec 02, 2004 Read More
Dismembering The Past Many books are written about Bob Dylan every year, and most of them, in one way or another, suck royal ass. Over the [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Nov 25, 2004 Read More
Speed Reader Novels about World War II are a dime a dozen. Charlesworth avoids treading on familiar literary ground by focusing on intricate personal relationships [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Nov 18, 2004 Read More
Culture Of Fear Forget WMD and yellowcake. Forget imperially obsessed chicken hawks, Blame America First-ers and that movie by the guy in the baseball cap. Just [...] John Dicker \ Nov 18, 2004 Read More
Globetrotter Stephen Ausherman used to write for the Alibi before I came to work here. I don't think I've ever met him face to [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Nov 04, 2004 Read More
Boy Wonder In the past decade, Dave Eggers has created two literary journals, a nonprofit writing center, a publishing company and a daily humor website, [...] John Freeman \ Nov 04, 2004 Read More Dave Eggers
