A memoirist searches for the truth about a fatal shooting in 1960s Phoenix
By Laura Miller Nov 8, 2009
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The polarizing author and vegetarian discusses his new book, "Eating Animals," and the hefty cost of cheap food
By Jessica Roy
November 6, 2009
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The author of "Ghost Story" and "Koko" talks about the fine art of literary terror
By Laura Miller
October 30, 2009
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A new book on the history of "proper" English says you're just stuck up
By Laura Miller
October 25, 2009
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The writer talks about his new novel's ambivalent take on New York, and how cultural obsession can lead to madness
By Kerry Lauerman
October 23, 2009
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Controversy about Publishers Weekly's year-end list has the Internet up in arms
By Laura Miller
November 5, 2009
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Mystery and conspiracy plague a dig at the site of ancient Sparta in "The Hidden"
By Laura Miller
November 1, 2009
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Can a hundred Neil Gaiman-imitating twitterers produce anything worth reading?
By Laura Miller
October 22, 2009
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A new biography of the most beautiful woman in the world says her greatest talent lay in being famous
By Laura Miller
October 19, 2009
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The scientist talks about his guide to evolution, his own fame and why it's pointless to argue with creationists
By Thomas Rogers
October 16, 2009
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The gay literary lion talks about his juicy memoir, same-sex marriage -- and his beef with Gore Vidal
By Thomas Rogers
October 15, 2009
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Stephen Kotkin's fascinating "Uncivil Society" presents a revisionist account of Communism's failure
By Laura Miller
October 14, 2009
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Meet Herta Mueller, the best German writer you've never heard of ... until now
By Amy Benfer
October 8, 2009
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Meet the "vook," the latest "book of the future"
By Laura Miller
October 6, 2009
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A reformed alcoholic learns she's innocent of the crime that changed her life in "Blame"
By Laura Miller
October 5, 2009
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A gripping new account captures the October Revolution's great intellectual facing doom (and feeding bunnies)
By Andrew O'Hehir
October 1, 2009
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The legendary economist has been dead for 60 years but still managed to help us avoid a second Great Depression
By Andrew Leonard
September 24, 2009
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This masterly literary history from co-editor Greil Marcus does justice to our country's best and worst moments
By Laura Miller
September 22, 2009
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No! The author of "A Better Pencil" explains why such hysterical hand-wringing is as old as communication itself
By Vincent Rossmeier
September 19, 2009
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"NurtureShock" says too much praise is bad, teen lying is normal and baby-genius toys could make your kids dumber
By Lynn Harris
September 18, 2009
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A new book illuminates why "Gone With the Wind" endures, on the page and on film
By Stephanie Zacharek
September 16, 2009
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With "The Lost Symbol," his "Da Vinci" follow-up, Brown spins a wild Freemason conspiracy -- then never solves it
By Laura Miller
September 15, 2009
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A handful of right-wing bestsellers have recast mundane cultural dislocation into riveting epics of paranoia
By Steve Almond
September 12, 2009
Investigating his father's murder
Peter Straub on how to scare readers
Memo to grammar cops: Back off!
"Chronic" overachiever: Interview with Jonathan Lethem
Crowdsourcing "Coraline"
Elizabeth Taylor: How to Be a Movie Star
Richard Dawkins: God among atheists
Edmund White comes out swinging
Why the Berlin Wall fell
The Nobel Prize for literature went to who?
Do readers really want video-book hybrids?
The murder she didn't commit
Critic's Picks: The tragic twilight of Leon Trotsky
John Maynard Keynes: Don't call it a comeback
America, the beautiful (America, the ugly)
Is the Internet melting our brains?
Parents: Most of what you're doing is wrong
Critics' Picks: The 1939 classic lives on
Dan Brown swaps pseudohistory for pseudoscience
Glenn Beck is the future of literary fiction
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