There’s something sort of unfathomably awesome about being able to make the statement “while I was interviewing BGB-beloved first novelist Rivka Galchen to see what she’s been up to in the year...

Did you ever wonder what happens to all the people who live in a touristy beach town after the summer season is long over?  It turns out they have lives, just like the rest of us.Rosie and...

Have I mentioned that I love Dave Eggers?  Just last week I was getting all geeked out about his upcoming novel The Wild Things.  It turns out he has another book coming out before that one. ...

Frank Portman is the author of the novels King Dork and Andromeda Klein.  He is also Dr. Frank, leader of the Bay Area punk band The Mr. T Experience (MTX) that is now playing into its third decade.   Since we love, Love, LOVE the intersection of...

Frank Portman penned one of my favorite books of 2006, the immediate personal classic King Dork.  I’ve been waiting for Portman’s follow-up ever since. King Dork took a fearless look at the challenging world of high school and the music obsession...

Somehow I managed to read 3 completely different books included in very different genres that had major turning points in relation to the same crazy spring/summer ritual called Beltane.  It revolves around  May Day, or May first, for all you...

Having had some knowledge of Nick Cave, an Australian-born singer/songwriter/actor/performer who now resides in England, but not having had enough specific knowledge to consider myself either a fan or an anti-fan, I figured reading his second novel,...