Claire Messud to Publishers Weekly: “What kind of question is that?”
Do you like Jonathan Franzen's characters? David Foster Wallace's? Roth? Then stop asking Claire Messud about hers
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 2:47 PM UTC 14Life Books, Claire Messud
Here's how to change the world
You can create global change -- if you go slowly and set goals. An expert explains a very real step-by-step process
Life Books, Claire Messud
Secret to happiness: “I want this job for a week”
How can we be fulfilled at work? A British theorist argues that we should experiment, not specialize
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 2:07 PM UTCLife Books, Roman Krznaric
Was Mother Teresa a masochist?
The nun viewed human suffering as integral to faith, prompting the question: Why does Catholicism fetishize pain?
Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 4:04 PM UTC 29Life AlterNet, Religion, Catholicism
Steven Soderbergh is writing a novella on Twitter
The "Traffic" and "Magic Mike" director has completed seven chapters so far
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 10:00 PM UTCEntertainment Steven Soderbergh, Twitter
Beastie Boys to write memoir
The hip-hop group wants to publish "a multidimensional experience" and oral history
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 3:50 PM UTCEntertainment Beastie Boys, Memoir, Music
How “Life of Pi” anticipated 9/11
Published the same month as the attacks, Yann Martel's novel offers a prescription for life post-catastrophe
Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 7:00 PM UTCOscars LA Review of Books, Life of Pi
When Derrida discovered Marx
Revisiting the post-structuralist's legendary lecture "Specters of Marx"
Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 3:00 PM UTC 34Social LA Review of Books, Books
Is Michael Pollan a sexist pig?
"Femivores" have made DIY domesticity cool. But critics who blame feminism for obesity and fast food have it wrong
Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 1:00 AM UTC 106Life Books, Food, Feminism
We tried to weaponize the weather
Cold War secrets: Melting polar ice cap with nukes, changing the sea level, even LSD weapons were all on the table
Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 7:00 PM UTC 41Technology Books, Cold War, Climate Change
Austerity opposition goes mainstream
Bad data, dodgy assumptions and a basic inability to use Microsoft Excel may have doomed the economic movement
Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 3:00 PM UTC 12Politics Jacobin, Economics, Austerity
New documents reveal A.A. Milne was a secret wartime propagandist
The "Winnie-the-Pooh" author was a pacifist, but was recruited by a secret British intelligence unit during WWI
Friday, Apr 26, 2013 8:52 PM UTCEntertainment a a milne, winnie the pooh
Owen King’s sparkling debut
"Double Feature" offers a heartbreaking and poignant meditation on the vagaries of art
Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 11:30 PM UTCEntertainment LA Review of Books, Books
David Sedaris has a pleasingly strange voice
The brilliant essayist already writes for the listener, which makes his new audiobook yet another triumph
Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 7:00 PM UTCEntertainment Books, Audio Books, The Listener
With crowdsourcing, everyone’s a detective now
Reddit got it all wrong. So why do we all think we have the expertise to solve crimes after watching "CSI"?
Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 11Entertainment Books, Mysteries, Crime, Reddit
Loneliness! Labial reconstruction! Some hostages!
What are the spring's hottest novels really about? Allison Amend, Amy Brill, Jennifer Gilmore and Fiona Maazel dish
Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 9:02 PM UTCEntertainment Books, Jennifer Gilmore
“Where Islam meets America”: The making of Zaytuna College
In "Light Without Fire," author Scott Korb tells the story of America's first Muslim liberal arts college
Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 6:38 PM UTCLife Religion Dispatches, Islam, Books
Secrets of the conservative media machine
After mastering TV news and talk radio, conservatives lost control of their message online. That's about to change
Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 4:21 PM UTC 28Politics Books, Conservatives, Sarah Palin
Augusten Burroughs: “What did normal people do when they stopped drinking?”
I had no idea how to fill the day when I got sober. Writing about it at least gave me something to do with my hands
Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 16Life Books, Alcoholism, Editor's Picks
“Cooked”: Michael Pollan takes kitchen duty
A great food writer considers the deeper meanings of turning food into meals
Sunday, Apr 21, 2013 10:00 PM UTC 14Entertainment What to Read, Nonfiction, Books
Page 1 of 315 in Books
Most Read
-
71 names so awful New Zealand had to ban them
-
He made me his drug mule
-
Is Michael Pollan a sexist pig?
-
Pictures of people who mock me
-
GOP creates Ted Cruz, now thinks he's a jerk
-
The Internet blew my mind
-
"This could be a career ender for Michele Bachmann"
-
Ted Cruz will never be president
-
Claire Messud to Publishers Weekly: "What kind of question is that?"
-
Glenn Beck's favorite immigrants
Popular on Reddit
links from salon.com
Meet Your 'American Idol' Top 3
'Mr. Hockey' Movie Coming To A TV Near You
He Wanted To Make A DMV Reality Show
Star Trekkers Big Secret - So What Went On?!