Craig Offman - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/craig_offman/?source=rss&aim=craig_offman en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 05 May 2000 09:05:00 PDT "Buddha's Little Finger" by Victor Pelevin By Craig Offman Fri, 05 May 2000 09:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2000/05/05/pelevin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2000/05/05/pelevin/index.html?source=rss In a novel by turns shabby, sexy and visionary, the Russian virtuoso captures post-perestroika Moscow in all its weirdness. Live from death row By Craig Offman Fri, 05 May 2000 09:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/04/17/benetton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/04/17/benetton/index.html?source=rss When Benetton used convicted killers as models in its ad campaign, it cost more than the firm bargained for. Letters to the editor Fri, 05 May 2000 09:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/04/10/leo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/04/10/leo/index.html?source=rss Why shouldn't Leo play journalist with the president? Plus: Thou shalt not covet thy daughter's boyfriend; more world-class fools. Brave new e-books By Craig Offman Fri, 05 May 2000 09:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/03/29/ebooks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/03/29/ebooks/index.html?source=rss We've seen the future of publishing, and the wrong people are freaking out. Letters to the editor Letters to the editor Fri, 05 May 2000 09:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/02/25/frat/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/02/25/frat/index.html?source=rss Frat boys aren't stupid Plus: Zoetrope zingers par for the course; keep your name, change your religion, but don't blame the Catholic Church. Kate Millett finds a new house By Craig Offman Fri, 05 May 2000 09:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/log/2000/02/11/millett/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/log/2000/02/11/millett/index.html?source=rss After five years in the wilderness, "Sexual Politics" returns to print. Oprah pick sends publisher scrambling By Craig Offman Fri, 05 May 2000 09:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/log/2000/02/09/algonquin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/log/2000/02/09/algonquin/index.html?source=rss But with "Gap Creek" on the bestseller list, nobody's complaining. Lindbergh family bashes biographer By Craig Offman Fri, 05 May 2000 09:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/log/2000/02/07/lindbergh/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/log/2000/02/07/lindbergh/index.html?source=rss They claim she told them she wasn't writing a biography; she claims she told them she was. Letters to the editor Letters to the editor Fri, 05 May 2000 09:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/01/05/mumia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/01/05/mumia/index.html?source=rss I knew Mumia when he was Wesley Cook. Plus: The L.A. Times' "blow job"; don't ask, don't tell about Stuart Little. Updike and Parini trade slaps on review pages By Craig Offman Fri, 05 May 2000 09:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/log/1999/12/23/updike/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/log/1999/12/23/updike/index.html?source=rss Dueling men of letters fail to reveal conflict of interest. Novelist suffers for his art in strip joints By Craig Offman Fri, 05 May 2000 09:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/log/1999/12/17/martin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/log/1999/12/17/martin/index.html?source=rss Arousal poses problems for IRS write-off. Pummeled Vidal biographer licks his wounds By Craig Offman Fri, 05 May 2000 09:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/log/1999/11/18/kaplan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/log/1999/11/18/kaplan/index.html?source=rss The critics were vicious -- and then there was Gore. Author gets too personal with Michiko Kakutani By Craig Offman Fri, 05 May 2000 09:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/log/1999/11/16/kakutani/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/log/1999/11/16/kakutani/index.html?source=rss New York Times book critic puts the kibosh on flirty classifieds. Washington Post critic accuses widower of "geezer porn" By Craig Offman Fri, 05 May 2000 09:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/log/1999/11/12/bayley/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/log/1999/11/12/bayley/index.html?source=rss Tales of denture loss and defecation prove too much to bear. D.C. thriller goes above the Beltway, finds success By Craig Offman Fri, 05 May 2000 09:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/log/1999/11/02/tuesday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/log/1999/11/02/tuesday/index.html?source=rss First-time novelist David Corn proves you don't need a pepper pot to make a page-turner. The political wit and wisdom of Donald Trump By Craig Offman Fri, 05 May 2000 09:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/log/1999/10/21/bushcharges/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/log/1999/10/21/bushcharges/index.html?source=rss The presidential contender once said he was too honest to run for office. Is Hatfield the real McCoy? By Craig Offman and Daryl Lindsey Fri, 05 May 2000 09:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/10/20/hatfield/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/10/20/hatfield/index.html?source=rss Under attack, the author of a new George W. Bush bio lies low while its editor takes the hard questions -- and stands by the drug-arrest allegation. "Fortunate Son": Better and worse than you might expect By Craig Offman Fri, 05 May 2000 09:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/10/19/fortunate/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/10/19/fortunate/index.html?source=rss The writer who penned the controversial new Bush bio digs some dirt but depicts a likable George W. How to get a blurb from Thomas Pynchon By Craig Offman Fri, 05 May 2000 09:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/log/1999/10/15/pynchon_blurb/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/log/1999/10/15/pynchon_blurb/index.html?source=rss Start by sending him your novel -- it can't hurt. Bestseller lists reach verdict on "Dutch" By Craig Offman Fri, 05 May 2000 09:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/log/1999/10/11/reaganverdict/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/log/1999/10/11/reaganverdict/index.html?source=rss Edmund Morris' biography of Ronald Reagan ruled nonfiction -- barely. Top Bush flack grinds out candidate's memoir By Craig Offman Fri, 05 May 2000 09:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/log/1999/10/07/hughesbio/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/log/1999/10/07/hughesbio/index.html?source=rss George W. mentions Robert H. Bork and Lewis Carroll, but communications director Karen Hughes reveals no literary influences. John Major slams Maggie Thatcher in upcoming memoir By Craig Offman Fri, 05 May 2000 09:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/log/1999/10/05/majorbio/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/log/1999/10/05/majorbio/index.html?source=rss Tory codgers slug it out in battle of the books. Fiction or nonfiction? By Craig Offman Fri, 05 May 2000 09:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/log/1999/10/02/reagan_fiction/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/log/1999/10/02/reagan_fiction/index.html?source=rss Editors ponder which bestseller list Edmund Morris' Reagan biography should go on. British witch casts a spell on Oprah By Craig Offman Fri, 05 May 2000 09:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/log/1999/10/01/titania/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/log/1999/10/01/titania/index.html?source=rss Will magic help her score a spot on the show? Reagan biographer bites back By Craig Offman Fri, 05 May 2000 09:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/log/1999/09/30/whitewitchlog/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/log/1999/09/30/whitewitchlog/index.html?source=rss Edmund Morris answers his critics in an online chat.