-
Critic and novelist John Leonard built grand cathedrals out of language. His son pays tribute to his lexicon and his passion.
By Andrew Leonard
March 10, 2009
-
In this powerful speech, the great author explains his controversial decision to accept a literary prize in Israel and why we need to fight the System.
By Haruki Murakami
February 20, 2009
-
The entry from "The Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors," published in 2000.
By David Lipsky
January 27, 2009
-
Elizabeth Alexander has been commissioned to write a poem for Inauguration Day. But the checkered history of the form suggests it's an almost impossible task.
By Jim Fisher
January 15, 2009
-
Herman Rosenblat's concentration-camp romance duped Oprah, among many others. Why are we so eager to put a happy ending on a tragedy?
By Lev Raphael
January 7, 2009
-
The economic news couldn't be worse for the book industry. Now insiders are asking how literature will survive.
By Jason Boog
December 23, 2008
-
"The books we love, love us back," wrote the great critic, editor and reader, who died Wednesday.
By Laura Miller
November 7, 2008
-
Berkeley Breathed explains how our coarse national dialogue led him to end his strip. But what fate awaits our beloved, big-nosed hero?
By Kerry Lauerman
October 18, 2008
-
The people who knew the brilliant writer best talk about the crippling anxiety and spiraling depression of his torturous final weeks.
By Robert Ito
September 26, 2008
-
A tribute to the great American novelist who left us all a little less alone.
By Laura Miller
September 14, 2008
-
No wonder traffic will never improve. We are doomed by our behavior, as a drive in New York with "Traffic" author Tom Vanderbilt reveals.
By Kevin Berger
August 27, 2008
-
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, who died this week, was instrumental in bringing the Soviet Union to its knees, and he never wavered from his belief in a writer's moral responsibility to truth and beauty.
By Alexander Nazaryan
August 5, 2008
-
I had an agent and a book deal for my first novel. All I was missing was quotes for the back cover. Next time, remind me to suck up to more famous writers.
By Rebecca Johnson
August 4, 2008
-
In his many dark, satirical, heretical books, the pioneering science fiction author contemplated death with elegant despair.
By Elizabeth Hand
July 11, 2008
-
The works that have influenced Obama illustrate that he would be the most literary president in recent memory -- and one likely to govern from the center.
By Laura Miller
July 7, 2008
-
Past perfect: From a sinister Victorian thriller to the lush life of Louis XIV's mistress, these historical novels will take you back in time.
By Salon staff
June 16, 2008
-
True confessions: From a trek through the American West to a life filled with music, these memoirs will whisk you away.
By Salon staff
June 9, 2008
-
This year's Book Expo America attendees snatched up totes, celebrity autographs -- oh yeah, and some books.
By Laura Miller
June 3, 2008
-
Chick chat: From a black-humored romantic romp to the tale of a single woman flirting her way around the world, these novels make perfect beach companions.
By Salon staff
June 2, 2008
-
Killer thrillers: From an art-world conspiracy to a campus murder to the gripping tale of a missing child, these recommendations will add suspense to your beach book list.
By Laura Miller and Louis Bayard
May 26, 2008
-
In the age of blogging, great critics appear to be on life support. Salon's book reviewers discuss snobbery, how to make criticism fun and the need for cultural gatekeepers.
By Louis Bayard and Laura Miller
May 22, 2008
-
From superheroes to horror to kid stuff, our guide to Free Comic Book Day offers graphic fun for all.
By Douglas Wolk
May 2, 2008
-
Intrigue. Power. Corruption. Death. Sex. The history of oil has nothing on that of the yellow fruit.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
April 19, 2008
-
In light of recent scandals, we will now require arrest records and stool samples from all autobiographers. And can someone fact-check the Gospels?
By Louis Bayard
March 7, 2008
-
Alain Robbe-Grillet turned the masses against inventive fiction. Now that he's dead, will experimental writing make a comeback?
By Stephen Marche
March 6, 2008
A eulogy for my father's words
The novelist in wartime
John Updike's life and work
How to write a poem for the president
The Holocaust memoir so heartwarming it had to be fake
Read it and weep
Remembering John Leonard 
The end of "Opus"
The last days of David Foster Wallace
We drive as we live
The man who shook the Kremlin
Why won't you blurb me?
Remembering Thomas M. Disch
Barack by the books
Summer reads
Summer reads
Would you like some books with that tote bag?
Summer reads
Summer reads
Who killed the literary critic?
Comic relief
When bananas ruled the world
Attention, all you memoir fabulists!
The man who ruined the novel
GigaOM Network
Broadsheet
War Room