"It's easy to write about things that fuck up. I'm interested in what happens later."

The poet talks about breathing, the Pope's penis, and the necessity of getting out of art's way.

The food writer and humorist gets serious about fathers and sons.

The author of "Possession" on the dark side of utopia, the chains of literary feminism and the albatross of sex

America's real taboo is talking about a different society, says the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright

Dilbert's creator talks about his strip

Joy Press intereviews Yoko Ono.

Cynthia Joyce looks at The Tibeten Freedom Concert and The Milarepa Fund behind it.

Up close and personal with rock legend Ray Davies

The bestselling author of "Gorky Park" finds literary gold in a notorious English mining town.

Luna's Dean Wareham says he's not really an "aristorocker"

The creative instinct: Being the mother of five children has deepened her art, says the author of "Love Medicine" and the new "Tales of Burning Love"

In his latest novel, Graham Swift finds the big old truths in a funeral pilgrimage

Being the mother of five children has deepened her art, says the author of "Love Medicine" and the new "Tales of Burning Love"

A chat with David O. Russell, Hollywood's hot director of the moment

An e-mail duet with Cracker's David Lowery.

Richard Thompson riffs on his new "Voltage Enhanced" and "Nude" double CD, the dubious joys of being a"musician's musician," and why the Left Banke deserves a tribute album.

Fiona Shaw, "the next Vanessa Redgrave,"discusses her adventures in a most dangerous profession.

Sister Helen Prejean talks about the condemned men who inspired "Dead Man Walking."

On the razor's edge with Harvey Keitel

A conversation with Helen Mirren's director, Terry George.

With her sharp tongue and lacerating wit, British actress Helen Mirren does not suffer fools gladly.

Salon interviews Oliver Stone about his film "Nixon".