Salon Directory › b › Books (5020 stories)

Books

⇐ newest Page 200 of 201 oldest ⇒
The Man Who Saved the World
Hoist a glass of green beer to St. Patrick, the man who preserved Western civilization.
By David Talbott Mar 9, 1996
David Foster Wallace
By Laura Miller Mar 9, 1996
the unsquarest person around
Albert Murray's defiance of separatism and celebration of the "Omni-American," inspired a generation of freethinking black intellectuals
By James Marcus Mar 9, 1996
How the West was fleeced
By spoon-feeding a spiritually starved America with wisdom pellets from the East, Deepak Chopra has turned himself into a one-man publishing empire
By Cheryll Aimee Barron Mar 9, 1996
Carolyn Chute's Wicked Good Militia
The author of "The Beans of Egypt, Maine" is leading an army of grave, silent woodsmen in a backwoods campaign against corporate greed
By Dwight Garner Feb 24, 1996
Right Punks on Dope
By Gary Kamiya Feb 24, 1996
Al Franken
"Hello, I'm Rush L., and I'm an overeater."
By Mark Shapiro Feb 10, 1996
Interview With A Grossologist
By Leslie Crawford Feb 10, 1996
Sissyhood is powerful
Man's journey from Iron John to Ironing Johns
By Dwight Garner Feb 10, 1996
Ridiculous Liaisons
The Love Affair as a Work of Art
By Laura Miller Feb 10, 1996
Non-disclosure
Behind a convenient curtain, an anonymous writer throws poisoned darts at the President, and the cognoscenti applaud.
By Andrew Ross Feb 10, 1996
No Time for Dostoevsky in the Digital Age.
A SALON survey revealed that few captains of digital capitalism have the time to immerse themselves in the pleasures of great literature.
By Cynthia Joyce Jan 27, 1996
Sundance: The Women's Hour
The most talked-about (and best) competition films focused on female characters -- a reaction, perhaps, to last year's glut of Tarantino-style shoot-'em-ups.
By Debra Jo Immergut Jan 27, 1996
Literary Capitalism
From John Stuart Mill to Bill Gates, the waning of the cultured capitalist
By Cheryll Aimée Barron Jan 27, 1996
Making the cut
With its much-hyped list of the Best Young American Writers, Granta may have nudged the most neurotic subgroup in the country over the edge
By Dwight Garner Jan 27, 1996
Salman Rushdie
When life becomes a bad novel
Jan 27, 1996
Jamaica Kincaid
By Dwight Garner Jan 13, 1996
Blood Ties
Behind today's feverish vampire obsession lurks a desire to create the cool family we never had.
By Laura Miller Jan 13, 1996
Bringing the media gods down to earth
Will the public journalism movement make the press more responsible -- or even more arrogant?
By Jon Katz Dec 30, 1995
The best defense is a bestseller
Richard North Patterson honed his storytelling craft by learning how to hold the interest of jaded judges and juries.
By Joan Smith Dec 30, 1995
A conversation with John Markoff
By Scott Rosenberg Dec 30, 1995
Mitnick's Malice, Shimomura's Chivalry
Three books on the celebrated hacker case debunk one another's myths
By Scott Rosenberg Dec 30, 1995
Children want the witch to die
By Polly Shulman Dec 16, 1995
Jackson's Dilemma
James Marcus reviews the novel "Jackson's Dilemma" by Iris Murdoch.
By James Marcus Dec 16, 1995
The Book of Man
Scott Baldinger reviews Barry Graham's novel "The Book Of Man"
By Scott Baldinger Dec 16, 1995
⇐ newest   Page 200 of 201  oldest ⇒
Salon Directory › b › Books (5020 stories)

Inside Books

Daily Newsletter

Get Salon in your mailbox!