Being Cool
Elmore Leonard's 35th novel, "Be Cool," is a "Get Shorty" for the music biz. [02-23-99]
Nicholas Patterson, THE BOSTON PHOENIX
Limp Turn-Ons
Although a number of the stories and essays in a "literate smut" anthology from the Web sex mag Nerve.com are literate, they're too intellectual to be smut. [12-07-98]
Nicholas Patterson, THE BOSTON PHOENIX
Stunt Man
A new biography explains how public-relations pioneer Edward Bernays spun himself into control. [09-21-98]
Nicholas Patterson, THE BOSTON PHOENIX
Car Wreck
Harmony Korine's "A Crack-Up at the Race Riots" is like a car crash -- an interesting, painful experience that doesn't make a lot of sense. [08-24-98]
Nicholas Patterson, THE BOSTON PHOENIX
Widow's walk
John Irving explains the nonlinear creative process that produced his surprisingly linear new novel, "A Widow for One Year." [07-06-98]
Nicholas Patterson, THE BOSTON PHOENIX
Different Strokes 2
In "The Queen of the Whale Cay," London obit writer Kate Summerscale explores the life of a remarkable British eccentric. An interview with the author. [06-08-98]
Nicholas Patterson, THE BOSTON PHOENIX
Different Strokes 1
Seamus Deane's "Reading in the Dark" doubles as a mystery-thriller and a coming-of-age saga. An interview with the author. [06-08-98]
Nicholas Patterson, THE BOSTON PHOENIX
Keeping it Real
Ronin Ro's "Have Gun Will Travel" charts the violent rise of Death Row Records. [04-06-98]
Nicholas Patterson, THE BOSTON PHOENIX
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