In the new anthology "Committed," male writers from Jay McInerney to Colin Harrison explain their decision to finally settle down. Salon asked their partners for the other side of the story.
Is the author's latest abused-woman fantasy -- this one set in China and France in the early decades of the 20th century -- revelatory or pornographic?
"Eyes Wide Shut" provokes literary couple Colin and Kathryn Harrison to spar over marriage, passion, jealousy and the lure of dangerous sex in a vanilla world.
By Colin Harrison and Kathryn HarrisonJul 23, 1999
Can you survive an insane mother with your own sanity intact? The latest in a spate of mad mom memoirs, Jacki Lyden's "Daughter of the Queen of Sheba" proves you can.
Salon magazine: An interview with Mary Karr, author of The Liars' Club about memoirs, Texas, childhood, Kathryn Harrison, The Kiss, child abuse, writing, literature, autobiography. By Dwight Garner