Coattail Lit [2]
If the literary marketplace were the clear fall sky, books would pass across it much like geese, in flocks. One best seller begets another like it -- and so on.
— Tom Scocca, THE BOSTON PHOENIX
 
Media Mix [3]
After a six-month hiatus, "Edging West" magazine is again poised to celebrate all the issues, politics and curiosities that define the American West.
— TUCSON WEEKLY
 

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One to Watch [5]
Comic Jon Stewart's first book, "Naked Pictures of Famous People" pushes little ideas to absurd limits.
— Mark Bazer, THE BOSTON PHOENIX
 
The Three-Ring Eco Circus [6]
"Lasso the Wind: Away to the New West," by "New York Times" correspondent Tim Egan's curmudgeonly look at the mountain West.
— Gregory McNamee, TUCSON WEEKLY
 

o what happens when a book like "The Horse Whisperer" hits it big? Publishers crank out book after book on horses. Was that why people read the book--horses? Maybe, maybe not, but publishers typically place their money and their mouth where they have historically seen success. Boston Phoenix's Tom Scocca takes a look at some copycat books for this fall in "Coattail Lit."

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Telling Tales [4]
Defining Southern literature is difficult, but you'll know it when you see it.
— James Busbee, MEMPHIS FLYER
 

Now What? [7]
Love to read? Need some clever ideas? Our library of resources and staff picks are guaranteed to turn on plenty of mental light bulbs via your electrified eye sockets.
— WEEKLY WIRE
 

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