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My contribution to granny lit: What big brown cigarettes you have!; By Martin F. Downs Oct 23, 2000
Reading on the train: I use my book choices to attract women. Ciline got me a girl with pink hair.; By Mark Roberts Oct 10, 2000
Sex, capitalism and antidepressants: Two writers wrestle with the impossibility of literature in a society that's afraid of the dark.; By Rick Moody and Mary Gaitskill Aug 14, 2000
My father's legacy: He left me a reading list and a chaste warning about self-abuse. I devoured one, ignored the other and, eventually, became acquainted with the total literary experience.; By George Packer Jun 15, 2000
Cassandra complex: Sven Birkerts says computers are destroying literature. He couldn't be more wrong.; By Brigitte Frase Mar 30, 2000
Letters to the Editor: Will MP3.com make you a rock star? Plus: If pilots can boost safety, your doctor ought to be able to; looking for literature's "real men."; Letters to the Editor Dec 9, 1999
Letters to the Editor: Readers debate: Is Oprah good for books? Plus: Stop dissing "chick flicks"; why did A.M. Rosenthal save his scorn for black hatemongers?; Letters to the Editor Nov 19, 1999
The art of survival and other stories: Two new books offer tips and tales from the wild wide world.; By Don George Jul 14, 1999
Salon's 20 most marketable writers under 40: Scanning the horizon for the hottest talents of the 21st century, we got a little dizzy and had to sit down.; By Carina Chocano Jun 25, 1999
More best books of the century: Readers recommend their favorite works of travel fiction and nonfiction.; By Don George Jun 23, 1999
Favorite guidebooks old and new: A selective sampling of the gleaming books that beckon summer travelers.; By Don George Jun 9, 1999
Paris on my mind: Why Ernest Hemingway's "A Moveable Feast" is great literary comfort food.; By Don George Jun 2, 1999
The top travel books: What are the best travel books of the century? The readers respond.; By Don George May 26, 1999
Passion and possibility: Laurie Gough's "Kite Strings of the Southern Cross" poignantly depicts the pleasures and perils of wanderlust.; By Don George May 5, 1999
The mysteries of Bill Clinton: Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel Garcma Marquez compares the president's fate to that of Hester Prynne.; By Gabriel Garcma Marquez Feb 1, 1999
The mysteries of Bill Clinton: Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel García Márquez compares the president's fate to that of Hester Prynne.; By Gabriel Garcma Marquez Jan 30, 1999
The King of death: Horrormeister Stephen King has turned mankind's oldest fear into an excruciatingly addictive body of work. For those new to the master's nightmare world, Andrew O'Hehir recommends five books.; By Andrew O'Hehir Sep 24, 1998
Introducing the Garner Report: Salon introduces the Garner Report, a monthly roundup of new books; By Dwight Garner Sep 4, 1998
A Yankee way of knowledge: Carlos Castaneda, whoever he was, is dead -- whatever that is.; By Ian Shoales Jun 24, 1998
The Good Father: Ted Hughes' 'Birthday Letters' makes it clear, once and for all, whom his silence has been protecting all these years -- his children.; By Kate Moses Feb 6, 1998
Waiting for Fidel: Waiting for Fidel: An excerpt from Christopher Hunt's revealing new book about Cuba.; By Christopher Hunt Jan 22, 1998
The Salon Interview: Gore Vidal: An interview with Gore Vidal by Chris Haines.; By Chris Haines Jan 14, 1998
The man who loved books in Turkey: For Lisa Michaels, an encounter with a book-starved shopkeeper in Turkey provides a new perspective on literary packing.; By Lisa Michaels Dec 3, 1997
The art of life: Biographer Jay Parini on his favorite biographies, about such writers as James Joyce, Henry James, Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope and Ralph Waldo Emerson; By Jay Parini Nov 19, 1997
Cents and sensibility: By Gary Kamiya. A literary history of money, from the Bible to 'The Great Gatsby.'; By Gary Kamiya Oct 31, 1997

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