ARTICLE:There's more to Gilroy than garlic
ARTICLE:On singer-songwriter Peter Case
REVIEW:On Jon Clinch's Kings of the Earth
ARTICLE:On anthropologist Jennifer Perry, and California's Channel Islands
ARTICLE:A look at political polemics in hardcover
REVIEW:Of Scott Turow's Innocent for the Cleveland Plain-Dealer
ARTICLE: Interview piece with Scott Turow
Op-Ed pieceOn Ludlow, and the West Virginia mine tragedy (for the LA Times)
ARTICLE: On Exene Cervenka for Orange Coast
ARTICLE: On Mark Twain's image problem
ARTICLE: Profile of Elif Batuman for Publishers Weekly
ARTICLE: On Terry Teachout and Pops, his new bio of Louis Armstrong.
ARTICLE: A look in the LA Times at the launch of Sarah Palin's memoir.
REVIEW:On The Fourth Part of the World, a history of how America got it's name, in The Washington Post
ARTICLE: On Barbara Demick's forthcoming Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
ARTICLE: Short profile of critic Terry Teachout on his forthcoming bio of Louis Armstrong.
REVIEW:Kazuo Ishiguro's short story collection, Nocturnes.
ARTICLE: On Dan Brown and The Da Vinci Code
ARTICLE: "Harry Helling's Uncertain Voyage"
ARTICLE: Profile of author Maile Meloy.
TRAVEL: On AAA baseball in Fresno, the budget alternative to the bigs.
REVIEW:Pat Conroy's South of Broad, not up to his full narrative power.
ARTICLE: Fun piece on a yacht club without a yacht, a dock or, nowadays, a clubhouse.
BOOK REVIEW: Of Nick Reding's Methland, exploring the devastating effects of meth on small-town America.
BOOK REVIEW:Another version of the Reding review, this in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
TRAVEL:A road trip up the California coast -- from brewpub to brewpub.
BOOK REVIEW: Elizabeth Edwards' Resilience in the LA Times.
BOOK REVIEW: Of J. Robert Lennon's Castle in the LA Times.
ARTICLE: Short interview/profile of Reza Aslan, author of No God But God and How To Win A Cosmic War.
ARTICLE: On Barry Rillera, former Righteous Brothers guitar player who shared a secret with The Beatles.
BOOK REVIEW: Ifill and Asim books on Obama, race and politics.
ARTICLE: On Detroit's Focus:HOPE
TRAVEL: "It was cool outside. The rain had stopped, but the dampness seeped into our bones with the chill of death."
TRAVEL: A piece on eco-friendly travel to San Diego.
TRAVEL: Advancing the annual Hatch, N. Mex., chili festival.
ARTICLE: An Hour Detroit piece on bipolar disorder and Heinz Prechter's suicide.
BOOK REVIEW: Rick Wartzman's book on the burning of The Grapes of Wrath.
PROFILE: Long-shot presidential contender Duncan Hunter.
TRAVEL: On the semi-annual opening of the Trinity site - where the first atomic bomb was detonated
