Suzy Hansen

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  • "A Ship Made of Paper" by Scott Spencer

    A small-town interracial affair becomes a destructive juggernaut in the latest novel of obsessive passion from the author of "Endless Love."
    By Suzy Hansen March 6, 2003

  • Battle of the NBC titans!

    In dueling ads for and against war with Iraq, conservative Fred Thompson of "Law and Order" faces down "The West Wing's" Martin Sheen. Who wins? Salon's ad panel decides.
    By Suzy Hansen March 4, 2003

  • A drug user's guide to not writing

    Essayist Geoff Dyer on the difference between fiction and nonfiction (none), the usefulness of marijuana, and the importance of doing nothing.
    By Suzy Hansen February 24, 2003

  • Bingeing and learning

    Author Betsy Lerner explains why 20 years of therapy wasn't enough to save her from food addiction and manic-depression.
    By Suzy Hansen February 21, 2003

  • English for Americans

    The author of "Brit-think, Ameri-think" explains how our closest ally cherishes our good relations, even though we talk about ourselves too much.
    By Suzy Hansen February 5, 2003

  • Strange fruit

    The true story of the last mass lynching in America is a chilling whodunit, but the legacy of vigilante attacks on blacks continues beyond the history books.
    By Suzy Hansen January 29, 2003

  • Flower power?

    Antiwar protesters revive the famous "daisy" ad. We assemble our panel of experts and ask them: Do they love it, or do they not?
    By Suzy Hansen January 18, 2003

  • "Dancer" by Colum McCann

    A novel that captures the wild, glorious life of Rudolf Nureyev -- beautiful, arrogant and brilliant -- and the tragic country he abandoned.
    By Suzy Hansen January 17, 2003

  • "A Memory of War" by Frederick Busch

    A troubled psychiatrist sleeps with a young patient, obsesses about his wife and his best friend, and ponders the secret buried in his parents' past.
    By Suzy Hansen January 17, 2003

  • Another shade of black

    John McWhorter talks about the pitfalls of reparations and affirmative action, why Eminem will never be hip-hop's Elvis, and why the N-word doesn't bother him much.
    By Suzy Hansen January 14, 2003

  • Highway to heaven

    A shy, uptight journalist talks about the months he spent aboard the Playboy Miss Millennium bus, searching the nation for the ultimate Playmate.
    By Suzy Hansen December 17, 2002

  • Sex, lies and revolution

    Gioconda Belli talks about leaving her marriage for Nicaragua's Sandinistas and a tumultuous life of love affairs, espionage and power struggles.
    By Suzy Hansen December 10, 2002

  • "Child of My Heart" by Alice McDermott

    A remarkably beautiful young girl and her mysteriously bruisable cousin share a last summer of innocence in a town that isn't as safe as it seems.
    By Suzy Hansen December 5, 2002

  • "The Soldier's Return" by Melvyn Bragg

    An English soldier returns from World War II to his wife, son and cozy village, but finds the horror and the glory of his wartime memories hard to shake.
    By Suzy Hansen December 5, 2002

  • The decline and fall of the American empire

    An expert on geopolitics says forget Islamic terrorism -- the real future threat to America's supremacy will come from Europe.
    By Suzy Hansen December 2, 2002

  • "Love at Goon Park" by Deborah Blum

    Psychologist Harry Harlow proved that children need warmth and affection -- but he tormented dozens of monkeys to do it.
    By Suzy Hansen November 13, 2002

  • How the world sees Americans

    Journalist Mark Hertsgaard traveled the globe gathering opinions about the U.S. He talks about the surprising results.
    By Suzy Hansen November 6, 2002

  • Unsafe at any speed

    The author of "High and Mighty" explains why SUVs are not just gas-guzzling pollution machines, they're dangerous to drive.
    By Suzy Hansen October 24, 2002

  • Amiri Baraka stands by his words

    New Jersey's poet laureate, facing a hailstorm of criticism for his fevered 9/11 poem, tells Salon that 4,000 Israelis really did stay home from the WTC that day.
    By Suzy Hansen October 17, 2002

  • The land where terror won

    An author and activist talks about the atrocities committed in Guatemala, the people too frightened to speak of it and America's shameful support of the perpetrators.
    By Suzy Hansen October 16, 2002

  • Sunnyside down

    A new book gives waitresses a chance to say what they really think of their work -- and their customers.
    By Suzy Hansen October 14, 2002

  • "Desolation" by Yasmina Reza

    In this spellbinding diatribe, a deliciously wicked man rants about his friends, his women and the son who disgusts him by being happy.
    By Suzy Hansen October 10, 2002

  • Rethinking the Nazi nightmare

    Two historians challenge the idea that the Holocaust was unique, describe how anti-Semitism was worse in prewar America than in Germany and compare Hitler & Co. to the '60s generation.
    By Suzy Hansen October 2, 2002

  • "If not for 9/11, Bush's approval ratings would be very low"

    In his interview with Suzy Hansen, Alan Dershowitz talks about racial profiling and Osama bin Laden as Bush's reelection campaign manager.
    By Suzy Hansen September 17, 2002

  • Why terrorism works

    Alan Dershowitz says the world community opened the door to al-Qaida by rewarding Palestinian terrorists -- and makes the case for national I.D. cards and torture.
    By Suzy Hansen September 12, 2002
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