Contributors to SALON
Mark Hertsgaard is the author of "On Bended Knee: The Press and the Reagan Presidency" and "A Day in the Life: The Music and Artistry of the Beatles" (the paperback edition of which has just been released by Delacorte). He is currently working on a book about the world environmental crisis.
Denis Johnson, born in Munich, Germany, in 1949, was raised in Tokyo, Manila and the suburbs of Washington, D.C. He received his B.A. and M.F.A. from the University of Iowa. He has published five books of poetry: "The Man Among the Seals," "Inner Weather," "The Incognito Lounge," "The Veil" and "The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millenium General Assembly: Poems Collected and New." His four novels are "Angels," which won the Sue Kauffman Prize for First Fiction of the Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters; "Fiskadoro," "The Stars at Noon" and "Resuscitation of a Hanged Man." His short stories have appeared in The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, Esquire, Paris Review, and twice in the annual "Best American Short Stories." His volume of stories, "Jesus' Son," was published in 1992. Since 1984 he has served as a correspondent for The New Yorker, Esquire and other magazines, writing about Nicaragua, the Philippines, Malaysia, Liberia, Somalia, and the Persian Gulf. Among his other awards are fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim, Whiting, and Lannan Foundations, an Award for Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Robert Frost Award.
Language expert Richard Lederer's latest book is "The Write Way: A Guide to Real-life Writing." He is also the author of such best-selling books as "Anguished English," "Crazy English," "The Miracle of Language" and "Literary Trivia." Richard comments on language for National Public Radio and other radio stations and is the Grammar Grappler for Writer's Digest. In his spare time, Richard makes approximately 200 speaking appearances a year, addressing fundraisers, corporations, academic groups and library associations. He can be reached at rlederer@tiac.net.
Milo Miles is a Cambridge, Mass.-based freelancer. His reviews of world music can be heard on NPR's "Fresh Air."
Derrick DePledge is a Washington correspondent for Knight-Ridder Newspapers.
Ian Shoales has been around the block a few times. His commentaries can be heard on public radio. His syndicated column may or may not appear weekly in a newspaper near you. A vast smattering of his pieces from the past 15 years will emerge as a CD and book in early 1996, from 2.13.61, Henry Rollins' publishing house. Please purchase them.
Amy Wallace is the co-author of many books, including "The People's Almanac," and the author of "The Prodigy," a biography, and "Desire," a novel. She lives in Berkeley, California.
Cintra Wilson was a reigning bitch princess of the San Francisco theatre demimonde for several years, writing and acting in her own plays "XXX Love Act", "Arbuckle", "Soul Hunt", "Bitzy LaFever's Kingdom of Passion Trilogy", "Dognite", and "Juvee." Her animated series "Winter Steele," for which she received meager pay, has been in re-runs on MTV's "Liquid Television" for the last six years, and her advice column in the "San Francisco Examiner," CINTRA WILSON FEELS YOUR PAIN, is a minor cult phenomenon. She lives in New York City.
