http://dir.salon.com/topics/reading/?source=rss&aim=reading en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT By Garrison Keillor Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/06/04/summer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/06/04/summer/index.html?source=rss Watching my kid in the water, I have to ask myself, what do I love as much? By Garrison Keillor Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/01/30/education/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/01/30/education/index.html?source=rss No Child Left Behind has plenty of flaws, but throwing it out because it's a Republican plan is morally disgusting. By Cary Tennis Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/04/25/creativity/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/04/25/creativity/index.html?source=rss I don't want to be a laughingstock, but I am a creative type! Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/04/12/vonnegut/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/04/12/vonnegut/index.html?source=rss A five-minute audio clip of Kurt Vonnegut reading from his masterpiece. By Garrison Keillor Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/06/28/keillor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/06/28/keillor/index.html?source=rss Hard work is sweeter than the coffee you drink on break. But you may not know that yet. By Charles Taylor Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/log/2004/07/14/reading/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/log/2004/07/14/reading/index.html?source=rss Despite more gloom and doom on the Op-Ed pages, books have not been killed off by the "visual culture." By Alan Furst Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/bag/2001/02/16/furst/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/bag/2001/02/16/furst/index.html?source=rss The author of "Kingdom of Shadows" picks four great books that transport you to the '30s and '40s. By Whit Stillman Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/bag/2000/12/22/stillman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/bag/2000/12/22/stillman/index.html?source=rss The film director and author of "The Last Days of Disco, With Cocktails at Petrossian Afterwards" picks five essential books for the Bass Weejuns set. By Lisa Zeidner Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/bag/2000/12/15/zeidner/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/bag/2000/12/15/zeidner/index.html?source=rss The author of "Layover" picks five great books about malevolent houses. By Tom Perrotta Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/bag/2000/12/08/perrotta/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/bag/2000/12/08/perrotta/index.html?source=rss The author of "Election" and "Joe College" picks five great books set in places where everyone knows everyone else's business. Read by Priscilla Becker Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/audio/the_paris_review/2000/12/05/becker/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/the_paris_review/2000/12/05/becker/index.html?source=rss The poet and schoolteacher reads about the harsh reality in childhood drawings and offers "a translation from English to English." By Scott Malcomson Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/bag/2000/12/01/malcomson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/bag/2000/12/01/malcomson/index.html?source=rss The author of "One Drop of Blood: The American Misadventure of Race" picks five books in which racial lines go blurry. By Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/bag/2000/11/17/handler/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/bag/2000/11/17/handler/index.html?source=rss The author of "Watch Your Mouth" and "The Bad Beginning" picks five great books with "bird" in the title. By Robert Morgan Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/bag/2000/11/03/morgan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/bag/2000/11/03/morgan/index.html?source=rss The author of "Gap Creek" picks five great books of linked stories.   Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/11/02/violent_reading/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/11/02/violent_reading/index.html?source=rss By Amy Halloran By Amy Halloran Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/10/30/violent_reading/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/10/30/violent_reading/index.html?source=rss It turns out that reading aloud to your child is a violent act. By Robert Christgau Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/bag/2000/10/27/christgau/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/bag/2000/10/27/christgau/index.html?source=rss The rock critic and author of "Christgau's Consumer Guides" picks six great books about the history of popular music. By Frederick Busch Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/bag/2000/10/13/busch/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/bag/2000/10/13/busch/index.html?source=rss The author of "The Night Inspector" and "Don't Tell Anyone" picks five story collections with ideal physiques. By Stanley Crouch Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/bag/2000/10/06/crouch/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/bag/2000/10/06/crouch/index.html?source=rss The critic and author of "Don't the Moon Look Lonesome" picks eight great books that get race right. By Earl Shorris Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/bag/2000/09/29/shorris/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/bag/2000/09/29/shorris/index.html?source=rss The author of "Latinos: A Biography of the People" picks five great works of Mexican literature. By Jane Hamilton Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/bag/2000/09/21/hamilton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/bag/2000/09/21/hamilton/index.html?source=rss The author of "A Map of the World" picks five great books about depressed teenagers. By John W. Dean Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/bag/2000/09/15/dean/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/bag/2000/09/15/dean/index.html?source=rss The author of "Blind Ambition: The White House Years" and former counsel to President Nixon picks five favorite nonfiction books for the next POTUS to read. By Geoffrey O'Brien Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/bag/2000/09/08/obrien/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/bag/2000/09/08/obrien/index.html?source=rss The author of "The Browser's Ecstasy" picks five 19th century novels that "Masterpiece Theatre" missed. By Amy Bloom Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/bag/2000/09/01/bloom/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/bag/2000/09/01/bloom/index.html?source=rss The author of "Love Invents Us" and "A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You" picks five great books that are way out of fashion. By Aimee Bender Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/bag/2000/08/25/bender/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/bag/2000/08/25/bender/index.html?source=rss The author of "The Girl in the Flammable Skirt" picks five great books that play with numbers.