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Articles tagged "author interview" NewsBack-to-back works of fiction reveal a Sherman Alexie mellowed and temperedby Sarah T. Williams [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)][5.Sep.07] :. A polite person would say that Sherman Alexie was born with “water on the brain” or, more correctly, with hydrocephalus. Alexie prefers to liken his infant noggin to a “giant...  NewsTerrorism opens door for novelist Daniel Silvaby Chauncey Mabe [South Florida Sun-Sentinel (MCT)][15.Aug.07] :. Daniel Silva, the best-selling spy novelist, is uncomfortable with the suggestion that terrorism has been a boon for his profession. Spy fiction famously thrives in times of unrest and turmoil. The... NewsMartin Cruz Smith brings back Detective Arkady Renko in ‘Stalin’s Ghost’by John Mark Eberhart [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][29.Jun.07] :. NEW YORK—After half a dozen novels, Martin Cruz Smith still hasn’t quite figured out the man he created, the cynical, haunted Russian investigator Arkady Renko. “I think...  NewsVamps and vampires: A chat with author MaryJanice Davidsonby Marta Salij [Detroit Free Press (MCT)][15.Jun.07] :. When some writers go on book tours, their fans show them dog-eared copies of their books. When MaryJanice Davidson goes on book tours, her fans show her their shoes. “They take them right off...  NewsSavor the book and locally grown foodby Cheryl Truman [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][13.Jun.07] :. Barbara Kingsolver does not want to remove the Cheetos bag from your hand, necessarily. “I take a lot of care not to tell anybody to do anything,” she says in a phone interview. But...  NewsMichael Ondaatje: Finding the right voice amid the heartbreakby Connie Ogle [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][31.May.07] :. Michael Ondaatje does not scorn upbeat love stories. The anguished lovers in his magnificent, layered novels—in particular the Booker Prize-winning The English Patient and his luminous,... Chabon’s domain: ‘Yiddish Policemen’ a fine partner for ‘Kavalier’by Matt Krupnick [Contra Costa Times (MCT)][30.May.07] :. What place does Yiddish have in the modern American novel? About the same as a Jew in Alaska, perhaps, but it didn’t stop Michael Chabon from trying it out. The Pulitzer Prize-winning... A lighter turn for a writer who favors twistsby Geeta Sharma-Jensen [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (MCT)][12.Apr.07] :. As Jonathan Lethem’s novels go, You Don’t Love Me Yet is, well, pretty tame and usual. It’s not set on a strange planet like his favorite, Girl in Landscape.... |
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