http://dir.salon.com/topics/carlene_bauer/?source=rss&aim=carlene_bauer en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT By Carlene Bauer Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/excerpt/2009/08/03/carlene_bauer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/excerpt/2009/08/03/carlene_bauer/index.html?source=rss Life in New York is notorious for sin and excess. But instead of going wild, I went Catholic By Carlene Bauer Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/07/17/sleater_kinney/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/07/17/sleater_kinney/index.html?source=rss The breakup of Sleater-Kinney signifies the end of an era when women made a loud and unapologetic noise -- onstage and in society. By Carlene Bauer Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2005/04/29/religion_teens/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2005/04/29/religion_teens/index.html?source=rss A new book says that 80 percent of American teens believe in God -- but their God is a buddy who props up their self-esteem, and many don't even know who Jesus was. By Carlene Bauer Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2005/04/15/levy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2005/04/15/levy/index.html?source=rss Long before Zadie Smith and Monica Ali, Andrea Levy was exploring the rich textures of race, class and empire. Her bestselling new book, "Small Island," is her first to be published in America. By Carlene Bauer Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/10/11/exuberance/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/10/11/exuberance/index.html?source=rss In her new book, "Exuberance," author Kay Redfield Jamison looks at who has joie de vivre -- and why. By Carlene Bauer Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/02/25/rampage/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/02/25/rampage/index.html?source=rss The author of a new book about school shootings talks about America's pernicious cult of athletics, the dangers of small-town intimacy, and why it's impossible to identify a school shooter in advance. By Carlene Bauer Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2004/02/19/sweet_action/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2004/02/19/sweet_action/index.html?source=rss With its photos of lanky slacker bohemians, the new magazine Sweet Action is the thinking girl's antidote to bulging Chippendale hunks. By Carlene Bauer Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/01/27/fisher/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/01/27/fisher/index.html?source=rss In a fascinating new book, evolutionary anthropologist Helen Fisher examines the chemistry responsible for the giddiness, fixations and overarching lunacy associated with romantic love. By Carlene Bauer Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/10/09/revolve/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/10/09/revolve/index.html?source=rss A popular new Bible for teen girls dresses up the New Testament to look and read exactly like a fashion magazine. By Carlene Bauer Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/int/2000/10/24/lynne_ramsay/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/int/2000/10/24/lynne_ramsay/index.html?source=rss Director Lynne Ramsay talks about child actors, chugging Jack Daniel's on Latvian TV and her celebrated coming-of-age movie, "Ratcatcher." By Carlene Bauer Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2000/06/27/belle/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2000/06/27/belle/index.html?source=rss Wry, sweet and fresh Belle & Sebastian trade mannered music-box melodies for ... an issue song. By Carlene Bauer Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2000/05/08/broadcast/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2000/05/08/broadcast/index.html?source=rss Futures past to past futures, Broadcast fuse the cool sounds of '60s films to singer Trish Keenan's chilly fables. By Carlene Bauer Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2000/02/15/machine/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2000/02/15/machine/index.html?source=rss The women behind "The Mechanic's Guide to Putting Out Records" take up a new battle to save the indies. By Carlene Bauer Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1999/12/15/mogwai/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1999/12/15/mogwai/index.html?source=rss Mogwai's migrainous wankery has absolutely no potential for popular appeal. By Carlene Bauer Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1999/11/11/tigre/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1999/11/11/tigre/index.html?source=rss Kathleen Hanna and Le Tigre say dance first and theorize later. By Carlene Bauer Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1999/10/14/archer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1999/10/14/archer/index.html?source=rss Archer Prewitt's songs sound like they were written on a piece of shag carpet resting in a slice of sun. By Carlene Bauer Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/09/08/bronte/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/09/08/bronte/index.html?source=rss True-crime writer James Tully puts Charlotte Brontë -- survivor of three prematurely passed sisters -- behind the trigger in his new book.