Susan Sontag - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/susan_sontag/?source=rss&aim=susan_sontag en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST Articles about Susan Sontag Susan Sontag's final wish By Steve Paulson Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/02/13/david_rieff/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/02/13/david_rieff/index.html?source=rss She wanted hope, a reason to believe she would survive cancer. In a candid interview, her son, David Rieff, discusses his mother's battle to live and his struggle to hide the truth. Portrait of the public intellectual as mere mortal By Amy Benfer Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2008/12/18/sontag/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2008/12/18/sontag/index.html?source=rss Susan Sontag's journals mean something different to just about everyone. Blood-and-guts politics By Camille Paglia Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/paglia/2008/02/13/political_wars/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/paglia/2008/02/13/political_wars/index.html?source=rss Old-guard feminists caterwaul for Hillary, while the "weird old coot" rattles right-wing radio. Plus: Balancing the climate debate, real "Teeth," and Suzanne Pleshette, RIP. Annie Leibovitz's reckless candor By Sarah Karnasiewicz Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2006/11/18/leibovitz/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2006/11/18/leibovitz/index.html?source=rss The renowned photographer's snapshots of her partner Susan Sontag and of her family, exhibited for the first time, are shocking in their intimacy -- but they should have stayed inside that shoe box. Fire and ice By Craig Seligman Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2005/01/04/sontag/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2005/01/04/sontag/index.html?source=rss Susan Sontag wrote out of glorious, coldblooded anger. It's painful that today, when clarifying rage is about all we have left, her powerful voice is silent. My dinner with Sontag By Val Wang Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/archives/2005/01/04/susan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/archives/2005/01/04/susan/index.html?source=rss I crossed chopsticks with America's most ferocious intellectual -- and the sushi turned to ashes in my mouth. The gay attacks on Pauline Kael Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/06/25/seligman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/06/25/seligman/index.html?source=rss How did America's leading film critic, who was fearlessly opposed to cant and dogma of all stripes, come to be seen as a homophobe? The "traitor" fires back By David Talbot Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/10/16/susans/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/10/16/susans/index.html?source=rss Denounced as a fifth columnist by the right, Susan Sontag blasts America's cowlike media and scaremongering leaders -- and says she fears that another terror attack could turn the U.S. into a police state. The sphinx By Vivian Gornick Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/08/10/sontag/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/08/10/sontag/index.html?source=rss Susan Sontag's beauty and brains made her America's most famous intellectual, but her true self is a mystery. FilmAid By Peter Landesman Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/1999/07/08/filmaid/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/1999/07/08/filmaid/index.html?source=rss When some Hollywood producers tried to bring the cinema -- and a few celebrities -- to an Albanian refugee camp, they found their audience, though appreciative, had more pressing dramas to deal with. My syndrome, myself By Laura Miller Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1998/06/24/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1998/06/24/feature/index.html?source=rss A recent crop of memoirs chronicles our obsession with illness, from Tourette's syndrome to anorexia to obsessive-compulsive disorder.