Suzy Hansen

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  • "Things You Should Know" by A.M. Homes

    Urgent, hungry stories about the nightmare of suburban marriage (and one hilarious visit to a lonely Nancy Reagan), courtesy of a master of the form.
    By Suzy Hansen September 5, 2002

  • "Tourmaline" by Joanna Scott

    An American family seeking its fortune hunting precious gems on the island of Elba finds mystery and adulterous passion instead.
    By Suzy Hansen September 5, 2002

  • Not a drop to drink

    Forget oil -- an expert on the world's water supply talks about the vital substance we will hoard, ration and probably go to war for in the near future.
    By Suzy Hansen August 28, 2002

  • Ordinary people, extraordinary evil

    What kind of person can attack, mutilate and kill a total stranger or even a neighbor? A scholar talks about the dark potential in all of us.
    By Suzy Hansen August 22, 2002

  • "The Weather in Berlin," by Ward Just

    A washed-up American filmmaker returns to Berlin, where he made his one masterpiece and a mystery from his past awaits.
    By Suzy Hansen August 1, 2002

  • "Life of Pi," by Yann Martel

    A preposterous but utterly enchanting story about a young Indian boy adrift in a lifeboat with his good friend, a Bengal tiger, and some other zoo animals.
    By Suzy Hansen August 1, 2002

  • The price of pain

    The co-author of a book on Holocaust reparations talks about blood money, the importance of apologizing and the slavery reparations movement.
    By Suzy Hansen July 15, 2002

  • Hip-hop nation

    A spokesman for the new generation of African-Americans says hip-hop can ignite a fresh wave of black activism -- but first the civil rights veterans have to get out of the way.
    By Suzy Hansen July 10, 2002

  • "The Emperor of Ocean Park" by Stephen L. Carter

    The million-dollar novel just picked by the "Today" show book club melds a fascinating portrait of the black upper class to a less than thrilling thriller plot.
    By Suzy Hansen June 24, 2002

  • "The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque" by Jeffrey Ford

    An artist in turn-of-the-century New York is commissioned to paint the portrait of a mysterious woman whom no one has ever seen.
    By Suzy Hansen June 20, 2002

  • Six days that shook the world

    An Israeli historian talks about the 1967 war that shaped the modern Middle East and still fuels the Arab-Israeli conflict.
    By Suzy Hansen June 12, 2002

  • "There's an almost universal desire to see Israel eradicated"

    Listen to an excerpt from Suzy Hansen's interview with Michael B. Oren, author of "Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East."
    June 12, 2002

  • Taming the bear

    Strobe Talbott says Clinton deserves much credit for Russia's warming to the West -- and recalls a drunken Yeltsin calling for pizza in his underpants.
    By Suzy Hansen May 30, 2002

  • "The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits" by Emma Donoghue

    From the author of "Slammerkin," historically inspired stories of strange births, drugged bridegrooms and the intimate lives of famous thinkers.
    By Suzy Hansen May 23, 2002

  • "Lucky in the Corner" by Carol Anshaw

    Responsible, 21-year-old Fern tries to keep family life on track, despite her mother's wayward lesbian love affairs, an abandoned baby and a transvestite uncle.
    By Suzy Hansen May 23, 2002

  • A little bit at war

    Wall Street Journal's Max Boot says that, contrary to the Powell doctrine, America can and should fight small wars, build nations and do without an exit strategy.
    By Suzy Hansen May 16, 2002

  • The browning of America

    Author Richard Rodriguez talks about the erotic conundrum of race mixing in America, his strange love for Richard Nixon and why George W. Bush is our first Hispanic president.
    By Suzy Hansen April 27, 2002

  • "The Birthday of the World" by Ursula K. Le Guin

    Stories set in other universes and in outer space explore the intimate dilemmas of religion, sex, gender and family.
    By Suzy Hansen April 26, 2002

  • "The Dive From Clausen's Pier" by Ann Packer

    A young woman must choose between her suddenly quadriplegic fiancé and a brand new life in the big city.
    By Suzy Hansen April 26, 2002

  • Media O.D.

    Todd Gitlin talks about media overload, the cluelessness of the TV networks, the Washington Post's love for Ken Starr and why conservative viewpoints thrive on TV and radio.
    By Suzy Hansen April 15, 2002

  • Her father's keeper

    Laura Blumenfeld, author of "Revenge: A Story of Hope," talks about tracking down the Palestinian who shot her father.
    By Suzy Hansen April 5, 2002

  • "Can Asians think?"

    Singapore's ambassador to the U.N. talks about his controversial new book and the gulf between Western and Eastern minds.
    By Suzy Hansen March 25, 2002

  • "Jerusalem Calling" by Joel Schalit

    A disillusioned young Israeli living in the U.S. warns the American left that it's too reluctant to criticize religious fundamentalists -- including George Bush.
    By Suzy Hansen March 20, 2002

  • We're here, we're queer, we're penguins

    The romantic story of Wendell and Cass, tuxedo-clad life partners, as told by their keeper.
    By Suzy Hansen March 8, 2002

  • The mobsters and terrorists next door

    The founder of the federal witness protection program talks about hiding killers in the suburbs and why even al-Qaida members can become law-abiding citizens.
    By Suzy Hansen February 28, 2002
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