From an imaginary history of Alaskan Jews to a compelling glimpse of the CIA, we pick the 10 most pleasurable reading experiences of the year.
By Laura Miller Dec 12, 2007
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Best known for his tales of losers, thieves and addicts, Denis Johnson takes on the Vietnam War in his daring new novel, "Tree of Smoke."
By Laura Miller
September 17, 2007
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Ten books from 2000 we wished would never end.
By Laura Miller and Maria Russo
December 18, 2000
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George Plimpton reads at a Paris Review release party.
By Denis Johnson
October 4, 2000
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Novels of love and evil, from lesbian Victoriana to deft, Vonnegut-style humor and gritty Indian realism.
By Salon's critics
July 24, 2000
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Editor Laura Miller and journalist Stephen Cox discuss this year's Salon Book Award winners.
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Jonathan Lethem reviews 'Hit Me,'
directed by Steve Shainberg and starring Elias Koteas, Laure Marsac and
William H. Macy.
By Jonathan Lethem
October 2, 1998
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Alas, summer isn't endless after all. And there's a whiff of peanut butter at its conclusion.
By Kate Moses
September 3, 1998
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Beach reading 1998: Our editors and critics pick the best books to hang out in a hammock with.
By Dwight Garner
June 15, 1998
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The important thing about home schooling isn't getting away from school. It's getting back into your home.
By Denis Johnson
October 1, 1997
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California demon: Denis Johnson's 'Already Dead' explodes genres and other expectations on its way to something rich and really, really strange.
By Gary Kamiya
August 8, 1997
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"Fat City" by Leonard Gardner
By Denis Johnson
September 30, 1996
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