http://dir.salon.com/topics/books/?source=rss&aim=books en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 09 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT Smart, timely books articles and book reviews, from independent online magazine Salon. By Louis Bayard Fri, 09 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/05/09/horwitz/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/05/09/horwitz/index.html?source=rss Forget the Pilgrims. America's roots are older and more twisted, what Tony Horwitz calls a "primoridal slime of false starts and mutations." By Douglas Wolk Fri, 09 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/05/07/sfar/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/05/07/sfar/index.html?source=rss A graphic novel celebrates a lost Algerian-Jewish way of life and wonders what it means to live as a person of faith in a world that doesn't share it. By Laura Miller Fri, 09 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/05/06/hospital/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/05/06/hospital/index.html?source=rss This fascinating portrait of a Brooklyn, N.Y., hospital is about much more than white coats and beeping consoles -- it's 21st-century America in a microcosm. By Megan Hustad Fri, 09 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/05/02/megan_hustad/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/05/02/megan_hustad/index.html?source=rss Online profiles and painfully constructed "faves lists" have turned us into a bunch of unwitting snobs. Enough already. By Douglas Wolk Fri, 09 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/05/02/free_comics_2008/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/05/02/free_comics_2008/index.html?source=rss From superheroes to horror to kid stuff, our guide to Free Comic Book Day offers graphic fun for all. By Laura Miller Fri, 09 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/05/01/LeGuin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/05/01/LeGuin/index.html?source=rss The unlikely heroine of "Lavinia" leaps out of the Aeneid and brings an ancient culture -- deeply bound by "duty, order and justice" -- to life. Tracy Clark-Flory Fri, 09 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/04/30/books/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/04/30/books/index.html?source=rss A columnist says that book covers featuring women's "disjointed body parts" are proof. By Louis Bayard Fri, 09 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/04/28/old_glory/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/04/28/old_glory/index.html?source=rss An infamous 1976 photo captured a violent encounter between white Bostonians and a black lawyer during an anti-busing rally. A new book explains why this image continues to haunt and define us. By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 09 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/04/26/rotolo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/04/26/rotolo/index.html?source=rss Suze Rotolo, the musician's first muse, has written an entertaining memoir about their love affair that is also a remarkable portrait of living and making art in the 1960s. By Sidney Blumenthal Fri, 09 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/excerpt/2008/04/24/blumenthal_death/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/excerpt/2008/04/24/blumenthal_death/index.html?source=rss A look at how radicalism has forced the Republican Party to retreat. By Gregory Levey Fri, 09 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/excerpt/2008/04/22/levey_shutupimtalking/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/excerpt/2008/04/22/levey_shutupimtalking/index.html?source=rss I was a young law student applying for a part-time internship. To my amazement, I was soon casting votes at the U.N. and working for Ariel Sharon. By Katharine Mieszkowski Fri, 09 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/04/19/bananas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/04/19/bananas/index.html?source=rss Intrigue. Power. Corruption. Death. Sex. The history of oil has nothing on that of the yellow fruit. By Louis Bayard Fri, 09 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/04/18/fowler/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/04/18/fowler/index.html?source=rss Karen Joy Fowler's follow-up to bestseller "The Jane Austen Book Club" is a detective novel about a mystery writer whose tales come back to haunt her. By Glenn Greenwald Fri, 09 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/excerpt/2008/04/17/glenn_greenwald/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/excerpt/2008/04/17/glenn_greenwald/index.html?source=rss Why is the GOP smear machine so good at re-creating the social dynamics of high school, pitting the Republican jocks against the Democratic nerds? By Laura Miller Fri, 09 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/04/16/international_crime/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/04/16/international_crime/index.html?source=rss In "McMafia," author Misha Glenny takes us on a startling tour of the new international underworld, documenting the hidden costs of an unregulated global free market. By King Kaufman Fri, 09 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2008/04/16/wednesday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2008/04/16/wednesday/index.html?source=rss Rob Neyer's latest "Big Book" debunks some baseball legends and confirms a few, all without spoiling the fun. By Sidney Blumenthal Fri, 09 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/excerpt/2008/04/14/cheney/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/excerpt/2008/04/14/cheney/index.html?source=rss A hard look at how one man changed the face of neoconservatism. Andrew Leonard Fri, 09 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/04/14/kevin_phillips_bad_money/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/04/14/kevin_phillips_bad_money/index.html?source=rss Kevin Phillips' newest excoriation of the state of the union, "Bad Money," is the right book for the right time. By Alison Buckholtz Fri, 09 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/04/11/iraq/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/04/11/iraq/index.html?source=rss Books had always helped me in a crisis. But could I find one that explained to my kids why their father was in Iraq? By James Hannaham Fri, 09 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/04/11/richard_florida/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/04/11/richard_florida/index.html?source=rss Richard Florida has made a career out of explaining the economic importance of the creative class. His latest book is a field guide to their moving and mating habits. By Laura Miller Fri, 09 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/04/10/jonathan_coe/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/04/10/jonathan_coe/index.html?source=rss Jonathan Coe's graceful new novel is the tale of daughters destined to repeat the failures of their mothers. By Gary Kamiya Fri, 09 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/04/09/sixties/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/04/09/sixties/index.html?source=rss A new book argues that the '60s counterculture achieved nothing of lasting importance. So why does the era continue to fascinate us? By Steve Almond Fri, 09 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/04/07/vonnegut/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/04/07/vonnegut/index.html?source=rss Kurt Vonnegut's new posthumous collection reveals the seeds of a modern masterpiece. By Louis Bayard Fri, 09 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/04/05/late_night/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/04/05/late_night/index.html?source=rss A new book argues that Colbert, Jon Stewart and Bill Maher are good for democracy. But is it taking late-night comedy too seriously? By Rebecca Traister Fri, 09 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2008/04/03/meg_wolitzer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2008/04/03/meg_wolitzer/index.html?source=rss Everyone has an opinion about stay-at-home mothers. With her new novel, Meg Wolitzer has just one agenda -- to tell the truth about their lives.