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Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST By Laura Miller Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/11/23/origin_into_schools/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/11/23/origin_into_schools/index.html?source=rss A "revised" edition of Darwin's "The Origin of Species" turns college campuses into three-ring circuses By Laura Miller Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/11/22/tinsel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/11/22/tinsel/index.html?source=rss "Tinsel" investigates the allure -- and demented poignancy -- of America's holiday obsession By Laura Miller Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/11/17/vanity_book_awards/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/11/17/vanity_book_awards/index.html?source=rss Want to win some props for your masterpiece? We can do that -- for a price By Laura Miller Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/11/15/memoir/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/11/15/memoir/index.html?source=rss A new book says: Fiction is dead, long live the age of autobiography By Laura Miller Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/30/straub_interview/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/30/straub_interview/index.html?source=rss The author of "Ghost Story" and "Koko" talks about the fine art of literary terror By Laura Miller Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/11/08/evening_s_empire/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/11/08/evening_s_empire/index.html?source=rss A memoirist searches for the truth about a fatal shooting in 1960s Phoenix By Laura Miller Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/11/05/pw_10_best/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/11/05/pw_10_best/index.html?source=rss Controversy about Publishers Weekly's year-end list has the Internet up in arms By Laura Miller Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/11/01/the_hidden/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/11/01/the_hidden/index.html?source=rss Mystery and conspiracy plague a dig at the site of ancient Sparta in "The Hidden" By Laura Miller Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/10/25/lexicographers_dilemma/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/10/25/lexicographers_dilemma/index.html?source=rss A new book on the history of "proper" English says you're just stuck up By Laura Miller Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/22/twitter_story/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/22/twitter_story/index.html?source=rss Can a hundred Neil Gaiman-imitating twitterers produce anything worth reading? By Laura Miller Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/10/19/elizabeth_taylor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/10/19/elizabeth_taylor/index.html?source=rss A new biography of the most beautiful woman in the world says her greatest talent lay in being famous By Laura Miller Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/14/uncivil_society/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/14/uncivil_society/index.html?source=rss Stephen Kotkin's fascinating "Uncivil Society" presents a revisionist account of Communism's failure By Laura Miller Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/06/vooks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/06/vooks/index.html?source=rss Meet the "vook," the latest "book of the future" By Laura Miller Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/10/05/blame/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/10/05/blame/index.html?source=rss A reformed alcoholic learns she's innocent of the crime that changed her life in "Blame" By Laura Miller Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/09/22/literary_history/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/09/22/literary_history/index.html?source=rss This masterly literary history from co-editor Greil Marcus does justice to our country's best and worst moments By Laura Miller Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/09/15/dan_brown/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/09/15/dan_brown/index.html?source=rss With "The Lost Symbol," his "Da Vinci" follow-up, Brown spins a wild Freemason conspiracy -- then never solves it By Laura Miller Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/09/10/cheap_miller/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/09/10/cheap_miller/index.html?source=rss At a time when Americans are wallowing in consumer debt, let's reconsider the joys of penny pinching By Laura Miller Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/09/09/the_lost_room/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/09/09/the_lost_room/index.html?source=rss Forget the latest from J.J. Abrams. The six-part miniseries "The Lost Room" is a cult hit waiting to happen By Laura Miller Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/08/12/magicians/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/08/12/magicians/index.html?source=rss "The Magicians" is a ravishing adult novel that shines a new light on the fantasy tales we read as kids By Laura Miller Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/08/11/mad_men_advertising/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/08/11/mad_men_advertising/index.html?source=rss A huge culture shock awaits Sterling Cooper. Here's a look at the "creative revolution" that hit the ad world By Laura Miller Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/08/05/troll_s_eye/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/08/05/troll_s_eye/index.html?source=rss Neil Gaiman, Kelly Link and other writers reimagine fairy tales from the villain's point of view By Laura Miller Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/07/31/pynchon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/07/31/pynchon/index.html?source=rss The famed author is back with a tale of drugs, hippies and paranoia -- and you don't need a decoder ring to read it By Laura Miller Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/07/31/michelle_forbes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/07/31/michelle_forbes/index.html?source=rss Michelle Forbes was born to play this vampire drama's menacing Marianne By Laura Miller Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/07/23/nick_laird/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/07/23/nick_laird/index.html?source=rss A lovelorn schoolteacher uses the Internet to exact his romantic revenge in Nick Laird's chilling tale By Laura Miller Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/07/20/this_is_your_country_on_drugs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/07/20/this_is_your_country_on_drugs/index.html?source=rss Resistance to mind-altering substances is futile, according to a new "Secret History of Getting High in America"