http://dir.salon.com/topics/russell_banks/?source=rss&aim=russell_banks en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:10:00 PDT By Russell Banks Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/10/20/banks4/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/10/20/banks4/index.html?source=rss In this shocking final installment from Russell Banks' new novel, Hannah meets Woodrow's family in their jungle village. By Russell Banks Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/10/18/banks3/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/10/18/banks3/index.html?source=rss As the 20th century melts away (along with the 19th and 18th), Hannah finally reaches the village of Woodrow's ancestors. It isn't quite what she was expecting. By Russell Banks Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/10/14/banks2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/10/14/banks2/index.html?source=rss "The devil you know is better than the devil you don't know." Love and radical politics collide in the second of four installments from Russell Banks' riveting new novel. By Russell Banks Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/10/12/banks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/10/12/banks/index.html?source=rss A white American woman involved with the Weather Underground flees the country and finds refuge -- and an unlikely romance -- in 1970s Liberia. By Jonathan Miles Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2000/06/08/banks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2000/06/08/banks/index.html?source=rss In stories from nearly four decades, the writer demonstrates an astonishing range, a wonderful eye and a finely tuned talent for breaking hearts. By Mary Gaitskill Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/bag/1999/11/15/gaitskill2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/bag/1999/11/15/gaitskill2/index.html?source=rss The author of "Bad Behavior" picks five tales of guys at the end of their ropes. By Joyce Carol Oates Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/bag/1999/09/20/oates/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/bag/1999/09/20/oates/index.html?source=rss The author of "Bellefleur" selects five great "nonfiction novels." By Charles Taylor Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/01/08/reviewb/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/01/08/reviewb/index.html?source=rss Charles Taylor reviews 'Affliction' directed and adapted by Paul Schrader and starring Nick Nolte, James Coburn, Sissy Spacek and Willem Dafoe By Cynthia Joyce Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/int/1999/01/07/07int/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/int/1999/01/07/07int/index.html?source=rss Director-writer Paul Schrader talks about his acclaimed modestly budgeted "Affliction" and the pleasures of working the fertile emotional territory the big studios can't touch. By Salon contributors Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1998/12/24/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1998/12/24/feature/index.html?source=rss The worst books of 1998 By David Bowman Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1998/12/03/cov_04feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1998/12/03/cov_04feature/index.html?source=rss David Bowman reviews "Cloudsplitter," Russell Banks' effort at the Great American Novel, an ambitious resurrection of the life and times of anti-slavery crusader John Brown. By Cynthia Joyce Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/1998/01/05/int/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/1998/01/05/int/index.html?source=rss Novelist Russell Banks talks about "The Sweet Hereafter," "Continental Drift" and other work that has suddenly become hot property in Hollywood. By Cynthia Joyce Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/1998/01/05/cov_si_05int/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/1998/01/05/cov_si_05int/index.html?source=rss Novelist Russell Banks talks about "The Sweet Hereafter," "Continental Drift" and other work that has suddenly become hot property in Hollywood. By Charles Taylor Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/1997/12/24/24best/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/1997/12/24/24best/index.html?source=rss Salon Entertainment: Salon film critic Charles Taylor chooses the best movies of 1997.