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Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST By Laura Miller Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/11/05/pw_10_best/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/11/05/pw_10_best/index.html?source=rss Controversy about Publishers Weekly's year-end list has the Internet up in arms By Laura Miller Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/30/straub_interview/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/30/straub_interview/index.html?source=rss The author of "Ghost Story" and "Koko" talks about the fine art of literary terror By Laura Miller Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/22/twitter_story/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/22/twitter_story/index.html?source=rss Can a hundred Neil Gaiman-imitating twitterers produce anything worth reading? By Laura Miller Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/14/uncivil_society/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/14/uncivil_society/index.html?source=rss Stephen Kotkin's fascinating "Uncivil Society" presents a revisionist account of Communism's failure By Laura Miller Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/06/vooks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/06/vooks/index.html?source=rss Meet the "vook," the latest "book of the future" By Andrew Leonard Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/09/24/keynes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/09/24/keynes/index.html?source=rss The legendary economist has been dead for 60 years but still managed to help us avoid a second Great Depression By Steve Almond Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/09/12/rightwing_bestsellers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/09/12/rightwing_bestsellers/index.html?source=rss A handful of right-wing bestsellers have recast mundane cultural dislocation into riveting epics of paranoia By Laura Miller Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/09/10/cheap_miller/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/09/10/cheap_miller/index.html?source=rss At a time when Americans are wallowing in consumer debt, let's reconsider the joys of penny pinching By Laura Miller Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/08/11/mad_men_advertising/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/08/11/mad_men_advertising/index.html?source=rss A huge culture shock awaits Sterling Cooper. Here's a look at the "creative revolution" that hit the ad world By James Hannaham Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/07/22/henry_louis_gates/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/07/22/henry_louis_gates/index.html?source=rss America's most prominent black intellectual was arrested trying to get into his own house. So why am I glad? By Stephanie Zacharek Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/07/20/frank_mccourt_obit/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/07/20/frank_mccourt_obit/index.html?source=rss The acclaimed author of "Angela's Ashes" resisted sentimentality, lacing his unhappy memories with humor and joy By Joe Coscarelli Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/07/14/infinite_summer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/07/14/infinite_summer/index.html?source=rss One giant book, 92 days, thousands of readers -- and the world's most ambitious reading group By Mary Elizabeth Williams Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/06/30/critic_fight/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/06/30/critic_fight/index.html?source=rss Alice Hoffman continues the literary tradition of lashing out at critics, Twitter style. Who's sorry now? By Laura Miller Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/06/23/vampire_fiction/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/06/23/vampire_fiction/index.html?source=rss The spirit of the Vampire Slayer lives on in the kickass young heroines of urban fantasy fiction By Laura Miller Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/06/16/francesca_lia_block/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/06/16/francesca_lia_block/index.html?source=rss A Christian group hopes to set fire to library copies of Francesca Lia Block's novel about a gay boy coming of age. By Barry Yourgrau Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/05/14/cellphone_fiction/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/05/14/cellphone_fiction/index.html?source=rss Cellphone novels, the rage in Japan, now have competition in America: Twitter fiction. By Simon Reynolds Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/04/23/ballard/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/04/23/ballard/index.html?source=rss His dark, perverse fiction is unforgettable. But the author of "Crash" and "Empire of the Sun" was also a visionary who mapped the collision of culture and technology, media and desire. By Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/04/19/jg_ballard_guide/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/04/19/jg_ballard_guide/index.html?source=rss The visionary writer has passed away at age 78. This entry from "The Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors" takes us on a tour of his best and bravest work. By Andrew Leonard Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/03/10/leonard/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/03/10/leonard/index.html?source=rss Critic and novelist John Leonard built grand cathedrals out of language. His son pays tribute to his lexicon and his passion. By Haruki Murakami Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/02/20/haruki_murakami/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/02/20/haruki_murakami/index.html?source=rss 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 David Lipsky Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/01/27/john_updike/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/01/27/john_updike/index.html?source=rss The entry from "The Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors," published in 2000. By Jim Fisher Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/01/15/inauguration_poem/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/01/15/inauguration_poem/index.html?source=rss 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 Lev Raphael Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/01/07/fake_memoir/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/01/07/fake_memoir/index.html?source=rss Herman Rosenblat's concentration-camp romance duped Oprah, among many others. Why are we so eager to put a happy ending on a tragedy?