Craig Seligman is the author of "Sontag & Kael: Opposites Attract Me," and an editor at Absolute New York.

Craig Seligman's Salon stories

Tuesday, Jan 8, 2008 04:02 PST

Michael Pollan's manifesto on eating well

The polemical sequel to "The Omnivore's Dilemma," Pollan's new book shows how processed foods are making us fat and sick -- and why eaters must revolt.
Tuesday, Jan 4, 2005 14:15 PST

Fire and ice

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.
Friday, Jun 25, 2004 13:00 PDT

The gay attacks on Pauline Kael

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?
Thursday, Jul 6, 2000 12:00 PDT

"Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America With Einstein's Brain"

A journalist and a pathologist take off for California toting the greatest scientific brain of the 20th century as cargo.
Wednesday, May 3, 2000 09:00 PDT

"Hunts in Dreams" by Tom Drury

A gorgeous, inexplicably sad and funny novel about screwups trying to do better.
Tuesday, Feb 29, 2000 09:00 PST

Janet Malcolm

In her relentless pursuit of the truth she's left a few bodies in her wake, but isn't that part of a journalist's job?
Tuesday, Feb 1, 2000 09:00 PST

From the New Yorker to the rez

Former "Talk of the Town" reporter Ian Frazier talks about hanging out with the Oglala Sioux.
Thursday, Dec 16, 1999 09:00 PST

Salon Book Awards

Ten titles that kept us up all night in 1999
Friday, Oct 1, 1999 09:00 PDT

"How to Stop Time: Heroin from A to Z"

A volume of apergus on junk holds that addiction is no excuse for bad behavior.
Tuesday, Aug 10, 1999 09:00 PDT

You meet the nicest folks in porn theaters

Gay writer Samuel Delany mourns the late, great and sweetly raunchy Times Square.
Friday, Apr 23, 1999 09:00 PDT

Buzzed on metaphysics

David Cronenberg's "Existenz" imagines a dangerously exotic video game -- and it looks a lot like life.
Wednesday, Apr 21, 1999 11:06 PDT

"Last Things"

In a heartbreaking first novel, an 8-year-old watches her mother lose her mental bearings.
Thursday, Apr 15, 1999 08:52 PDT

"The World Through a Monocle"

A new study explores race, class and the New Yorker.
Wednesday, Mar 24, 1999 12:00 PST

Lost On Earth

Craig Seligman reviews 'Lost on Earth: Nomads of the New World' by Mark Fritz
Wednesday, Feb 17, 1999 12:00 PST

Ocean Sea

Craig Seligman reviews the novel 'Ocean Sea' by Alessandro Baricco
Friday, Jan 29, 1999 12:00 PST

Another Day in Paradise

Craig Seligman reviews 'Another Day in Paradise,' directed by Larry Clark.
Wednesday, Dec 9, 1998 12:00 PST

Amsterdam

Craig Seligman reviews 'Amsterdam' by Ian McEwan

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