Samantha Gillison

Destination: New Guinea
Mysteries of these lush, exotic South Pacific islands are revealed by a horny anthropologist, a stricken war veteran and a curious young novelist.
Letters to the editor
Portrait of young author "makes it dang hard to miss him" Plus: Are concerts worth $200? Implications of Holocaust denier's court loss.
Flameout
A friend remembers the short, scary, brilliant life of novelist Robert Bingham.
Letters to the editor
Pro-anorexia article is irresponsible journalism Plus: Lay off teen sex, you baby boomer hypocrites! Mary Kay Letourneau is a rapist, not a victim
Too close for comfort
Why is Raymond Carver's masterpiece, "Cathedral," so much like a little-known D.H. Lawrence story?
Writer beware
Publishing that first novel often brings more terrors than thrills.

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