Steve Almond is the author of the story collections My Life in Heavy Metal and The Evil B.B. Chow. His most recent book is a collection of essays, (Not That You Asked).

• July/August 2008: The Prophet: Gil Scott-Heron
• April 2007: Review of Stephen Elliott’s My Girlfriend Comes to the City and Beats Me Up
• October 2006: Interview with Joe Henry
  Steak n’ eggs, babysitting infants, and the quiet path to respectability.
• May 2006: Interview with Jim White
  Beginning a career as professional surfer, fashion model, taxi driver, and filmmaker, White is now the most evocative lyricist on Earth.
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  February 2006: Review of Brock Clarke’s Carrying the Torch
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  June/July 2005: Interview with Smoosh
  The hardest-working teen-sister-duo in rock and roll discover that true happiness might just be a dancing audience.
• March 2004: Child: Daniel Augustino