Amazon to authors: Pipe down about publishing war
Best-selling author Douglas Preston is circulating a letter asking Amazon to keep authors out of the dispute
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Sarah Gray
“Tomlinson Hill”: A white man from Texas unearths his family’s shockingly racist past
The story of two families, one black, one white -- with a painful shared history
Sunday, Jul 20, 2014 9:30 PM UTC 0Entertainment Books, What to Read
The truth about clichés: Why the stigma against them isn’t entirely fair
Stock words and phrases often get used to death — but that isn't always the case
Sunday, Jul 20, 2014 5:30 PM UTC 0Innovation Books, cliches, Language, Speech
Stop calling soldiers “heroes”: It stops us from seeing them as human — and dismisses their experience
"Hero" sounds like praise, but it's not: It glosses over the human cost of war, and keeps us from helping our vets
Sunday, Jul 20, 2014 4:30 PM UTC 0Life Military, veterans
Why our brains love the ocean: Science explains what draws humans to the sea
Since time immemorial, humans have been captivated by water. And the reasons go beyond evolution
Saturday, Jul 19, 2014 9:00 PM UTC 0Innovation Books, nature, The ocean, Water
The best literary hashtags on Twitter
From #readwomen2014 to #WeNeedDiverseBooks, hashtags are helping to build community in the literary world
Saturday, Jul 19, 2014 3:00 PM UTC 0All Salon literary hashtags, Books, Twitter
Amazon’s new all-you-can-eat plan to devour the book business
The great disruptor disrupts itself. Kindle Unlimited is a great deal for consumers, but what about everyone else?
Friday, Jul 18, 2014 5:20 PM UTC 0Technology amazon, Jeff Bezos
Whiskey, potato chips and a Nobel prize: Nadine Gordimer, my friend
I was scared of the great writer for too long, as young writers often are. But she was ruthlessly honest, and warm
Thursday, Jul 17, 2014 9:07 PM UTC 0Entertainment Books, Nadine Gordimer, Apartheid
From “True Blood” to “The Strain”: Vampire-ifying stories is ruining perfectly good plots
We get it--pop culture is obsessed with the undead. But it's time to drive a stake through the bloodsuckers at last
Wednesday, Jul 16, 2014 11:00 PM UTC 0Entertainment Books, Vampires, Horror, the strain
Empathy, gentleness, patience: The right way to respond to parents who accidentally leave kids
We have all made wrong decisions in the moment. Losing a child that way is grief and judgment enough
Wednesday, Jul 16, 2014 11:00 PM UTC 0Life Books, Left kid in car
“Bring it sad sick dudes”: Emily Gould isn’t sorry about anything
Gould on "Friendship," what it would take to lure her back to Gawker and why people can't stop writing about her
Monday, Jul 14, 2014 4:12 PM UTC 0Entertainment emily gould, friendship
The universe according to Nietzsche: Modern cosmology and the theory of eternal recurrence
The philosopher's musings on the nature of reality could have scientific basis, according to a prominent physicist
Sunday, Jul 13, 2014 3:00 PM UTC 0Innovation Books, The universe, Science
CrossFit, neuroscience, surviving the zombie apocalypse: Is your workout a fraud?
Advocates say CrossFit movements build actual brain power -- and the science is oddly fascinating
Sunday, Jul 13, 2014 12:00 PM UTC 0Innovation CrossFit, Books, Greg Glassman
The problem with “coming out”: The flawed cultural expectations of gay life in America
"Coming out" has become the defining narrative of gay life in popular culture. Here's what that narrative misses
Sunday, Jul 13, 2014 10:59 AM UTC 0Life Books, LGBT, gay culture
Social media saved me from my fears: How Facebook brought me back into the real world
I've struggled with anxiety and OCD. Those who think Facebook makes us lonely should see the joy it brings me
Saturday, Jul 12, 2014 11:00 PM UTC 0Technology Books, julia fierro
Amazon’s loathsome tax scheme: How behemoths defeat Main Street — and how we can stop them
If Amazon had to pay its fair share of taxes, its bottom line would be squeezed. Finally, a level playing field
Saturday, Jul 12, 2014 6:30 PM UTC 0Innovation amazon, Books, hachette
Here are five books Jimmy Fallon knows you don’t want to read
One of them is, "List of Persons Whose Names Have Been Changed in Massachusetts. 1780-1883" VIDEO
Thursday, Jul 10, 2014 12:56 PM UTC 0Entertainment Video, Jimmy Fallon, Books
Haunted by the perfect kiss: It should have been her, and then it was
Decades of longing for a teenage dream-turned-special friend colored my relationships. And then we had a shot ...
Wednesday, Jul 9, 2014 10:59 PM UTC 0Life Josh Weil, Love and Sex, Books
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"Tomlinson Hill": A white man from Texas unearths his family's shockingly racist past
