Craig Seligman

Michael Pollan's manifesto on eating well Michael Pollan's manifesto on eating well

The polemical sequel to "The Omnivore's Dilemma," Pollan's new book shows how processed foods are making us fat and sick -- and why eaters must revolt.
By Craig Seligman Jan 8, 2008

  • Fire and ice

    Susan Sontag wrote out of glorious, coldblooded anger. It's painful that today, when clarifying rage is about all we have left, her powerful voice is silent.
    By Craig Seligman January 4, 2005

  • The gay attacks on Pauline Kael

    How did America's leading film critic, who was fearlessly opposed to cant and dogma of all stripes, come to be seen as a homophobe?
    June 25, 2004

  • Letters

    Most readers agree Pauline Kael wasn't a homophobe -- but dissenters are heard from. Plus: Kansans and moderate Democrats respond to our interview with Thomas Frank.
    July 1, 2004

  • "Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America With Einstein's Brain"

    A journalist and a pathologist take off for California toting the greatest scientific brain of the 20th century as cargo.
    By Craig Seligman July 6, 2000

  • "Hunts in Dreams" by Tom Drury

    A gorgeous, inexplicably sad and funny novel about screwups trying to do better.
    By Craig Seligman May 3, 2000

  • Letters to the editor

    Author Joe McGinniss says Janet Malcolm's opus is "riddled with errors." Plus: "Freaks and Geeks" is head of the class; should genes be patented?
    Letters to the editor March 9, 2000

  • Janet Malcolm

    In her relentless pursuit of the truth she's left a few bodies in her wake, but isn't that part of a journalist's job?
    By Craig Seligman February 29, 2000

  • Letters to the Editor

    Was it the guns, or the racism, that caused last week's shooting? Plus: Mourning Times Square; Cintra's sour grapes; beautiful days with Mister Rogers.
    Letters to the Editor August 17, 1999

  • You meet the nicest folks in porn theaters

    Gay writer Samuel Delany mourns the late, great and sweetly raunchy Times Square.
    By Craig Seligman August 10, 1999

  • Buzzed on metaphysics

    David Cronenberg's "Existenz" imagines a dangerously exotic video game -- and it looks a lot like life.
    By Craig Seligman April 23, 1999

  • "Last Things"

    In a heartbreaking first novel, an 8-year-old watches her mother lose her mental bearings.
    By Craig Seligman April 21, 1999

  • "The World Through a Monocle"

    A new study explores race, class and the New Yorker.
    By Craig Seligman April 15, 1999

  • Lost On Earth

    Craig Seligman reviews 'Lost on Earth: Nomads of the New World' by Mark Fritz
    By Craig Seligman March 24, 1999

  • Ocean Sea

    Craig Seligman reviews the novel 'Ocean Sea' by Alessandro Baricco
    By Craig Seligman February 17, 1999

  • Another Day in Paradise

    Craig Seligman reviews 'Another Day in Paradise,' directed by Larry Clark.
    By Craig Seligman January 29, 1999

  • Amsterdam

    Craig Seligman reviews 'Amsterdam' by Ian McEwan
    By Craig Seligman December 9, 1998
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