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Pushing the envelope
"In Search of Adventure," a new anthology, is like any trip: A mix of sleepless nights and epiphanies.
By Don George May 12, 1999
True Gore
Gore Vidal picks five favorite postwar novels, including one by ... Gore Vidal.
By Gore Vidal May 10, 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
In play
A legendary newspaperman picks five sports novels that really hit home.
By Pete Hamill May 3, 1999
"Carpet" and other tales
A magic carpet in a hotel room, a safari gone astray, a mysterious mission, a map mishap -- four excerpts take unexpected twists.
By Barry Yourgrau Apr 28, 1999
Wanderings in the world of imagination
The surreal tales in Barry Yourgrau's "Haunted Traveller" embody some hard-won real-world truths.
By Don George Apr 28, 1999
World English
The author of "Gain" and "The Gold Bug Variations" picks five novels from the edge of a new language.
By Richard Powers Apr 26, 1999
Expatriates on Japan
In his new book, T.R. Reid follows a grand tradition: Western writers evoking and explaining daily life in their adopted home.
By Don George Apr 21, 1999
L.A. stories
The author of "The Sea Came in at Midnight" recommends five great contemporary novels about Los Angeles.
By Steve Erickson Apr 19, 1999
Frances Mayes and the riches of Tuscany
The poet-turned-memoirist talks about Italy, writing and how a bestseller changed her life.
By Don George Apr 14, 1999
Overlooked
Five direly underappreciated U.S. novels >1960.
By David Foster Wallace Apr 12, 1999
Lonely Planet's hidden passion
Guidebook pioneer publishes Eric Newby collection, prepares to launch three new series.
By Don George Apr 7, 1999
Short list
The author of "Bad Behavior" picks her five favorite short stories.
By Mary Gaitskill Apr 5, 1999
Better _ead than _uck
New ABC books are breathing life into an old genre by making letters vanish, get lost and pop up in unexpected places.
By Polly Shulman Jan 20, 1999
Censorship and sensibility
I used to tell my daughter she could read anything she wanted -- until she took me up on the offer.
By Inda Schaenen Jul 17, 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
Mothers who read
Reading is the one thing worth staying up all night for -- but only if you find the right book.
By Kate Moses Oct 30, 1997
Time for one thing: Time for the Times
An ode to relaxing with the Sunday New York Times
By Lori Leibovich Aug 19, 1997
Christmas Books
The naughty, the nice and the nauseating. Snowed in by the spawn of The Christmas Box.
By Katherine Whittemore Dec 16, 1996
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