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Hospital, USA: This fascinating portrait of a Brooklyn, N.Y., hospital is about much more than white coats and beeping consoles -- it's 21st-century America in a microcosm.; By Laura Miller May 6, 2008
Ursula K. Le Guin celebrates early Rome: The unlikely heroine of "Lavinia" leaps out of the Aeneid and brings an ancient culture -- deeply bound by "duty, order and justice" -- to life.; By Laura Miller May 1, 2008
Critics' Picks: Salon's culture gurus tip you off to their favorite things this week: A knockout '70s R&B singer, a ravishing anime, the best season of "Survivor" in years.; Apr 26, 2008
Criminals of the world, unite and take over: In "McMafia," author Misha Glenny takes us on a startling tour of the new international underworld, documenting the hidden costs of an unregulated global free market.; By Laura Miller Apr 16, 2008
Sins of the mothers: Jonathan Coe's graceful new novel is the tale of daughters destined to repeat the failures of their mothers.; By Laura Miller Apr 10, 2008
Terror and loathing: Martin Amis may not know much about Islam and 9/11, but he knows what he hates.; By Laura Miller Apr 2, 2008
What is your literary deal breaker?: Considering the books that could tank a relationship.; Sarah Hepola Mar 31, 2008
Panic in the pages: Did comic books -- and the firestorm they touched off in the 1950s -- do more than rock 'n' roll to create the generation gap?; By Laura Miller Mar 24, 2008
Guerrillas rise up in Nazi-occupied Britain: A haunting new alternative history imagines an invading German army living alongside the natives in rural Wales.; By Laura Miller Mar 18, 2008
The rise of the superclass: Are Bill Clinton, Rupert Murdoch, the pope and Osama bin Laden part of a new global power elite that may make traditional governments obsolete?; By Laura Miller Mar 14, 2008
Stop the presses!: The suspenseful BBC miniseries "State of Play," about a band of ruthless newspaper reporters, is as rigorously demanding as "The Wire."; By Laura Miller Mar 4, 2008
The unlikeliest gangbanger: A Grateful Dead-loving sociology student wormed his way into a Chicago gang -- and then stuck around to write a compelling portrait of life in the projects.; By Laura Miller Feb 28, 2008
The brain bomber: An innocent math professor gets caught up in the search for an anti-technology terrorist.; By Laura Miller Feb 19, 2008
America closes the book on intelligence: Our country is barely smarter than a fifth grader -- no wonder it's drowning in religious fundamentalism and political ideologues on both sides, argues Susan Jacoby.; By Laura Miller Feb 15, 2008
The man who loved money: Witness the sentimental education of an Information Age Everyman -- and his salvation -- in Lydia Millet's beautiful new novel.; By Laura Miller Feb 4, 2008
The battle of the literary endorsements: Maya Angelou and Toni Morrison have both gone public with their presidential picks. What do their overwrought odes tell us about the candidates they favor?; By Laura Miller Jan 31, 2008
Bad theater, good TV: Not sure what to watch during the writers' strike? The giddy backstage sendup "Slings and Arrows" shoots for the sublime.; By Laura Miller Jan 29, 2008
The big secret about secret societies: Step right up, folks, and read the one true guide to Western and Eastern esoteric societies from the Freemasons to the Rosicrucians. Relics, totems and secret handshakes revealed!; By Laura Miller Jan 28, 2008
The raw stories: Eschewing the cold perfection of the literary short story, Connie Willis gushes screwball comedies, clever farces and sharp satires on a par with those of George Saunders.; By Laura Miller Jan 17, 2008
Dirty, sexy opera: In Germany, Wagner is worshiped like a god. His scheming, squabbling descendants are another story.; By Laura Miller Jan 15, 2008
The case of the gassy ghost: Nicola Barker's smart, rude novel "Darkmans" is part Zadie Smith and part David Foster Wallace -- with just a dash of Stephen King.; By Laura Miller Jan 3, 2008
America's first Me Generation: Did Emerson and the American transcendentalists transform society or merely sow the seeds of American individualism?; By Laura Miller Dec 19, 2007
2007 Book Awards: Two on Vietnam: Laura Miller discusses works about the Vietnam War.; Dec 13, 2007
2007 Book Awards: Literary marriages: Laura Miller looks at works about the way writers love, marry and live as couples.; Laura Miller and Caitlin Shamberg Dec 12, 2007
The strangers next door: A modern tale of gentrification pits black working-class folk against young white professionals pining for a fixer-upper.; By Laura Miller Nov 12, 2007

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