Contributors to SALON Arthur Allen is a former A.P. correspondent who has reported from Bosnia, Rwanda and El Salvador. He lives in Washington, D.C.
Jonathan Broder is an editor at National Public Radio and senior producer of the weekend edition of NPR's "All Things Considered." He is also the Washington correspondent for The Jerusalem Report.
Richard Covington is a Paris-based freelance writer. He interviewed Helen Mirren for SALON.
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.
Dick Lochte is an author and columnist for the Los Angeles Times. His most recent mystery novel, featuring J.J. Legendre, is "The Neon Smile" (Simon & Schuster; Ivy paperback). He can be reached at dlock@ix.netcom.com.
James Marcus is a freelancer critic, translator and all-around Renaissance man who lives in Portland. He has contributed to the Village Voice Literary Supplement, the New York Times Book Review, Harper's Bazaar and many other publications.
Tony Scherman's work has appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Musician and Life. He is the editor of the Musician anthology "The Rock Musician" and co-editor of "The Jazz Musician." He is currently working on a biography of New Orleans drummer Earl Palmer.
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.
Charles Taylor's essays on film, books and pop music have appeared in the Boston Phoenix, the Modern Review and Millennium Pop.
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.
Stephanie Zacharek is a Boston-based writer whose work has appeared in the Boston Phoenix, Rolling Stone and Entertainment Weekly.
