I wanted to highlight the Tea Party leader's lies. But playing a Fishbone song for her on the Fallon show backfired
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson and Ben Greenman Saturday, Jun 22, 2013 2:00 PM UTC
Life questlove, Jimmy Fallon
A staffer responds to criticisms that the publication doesn't have enough female contributors
Anna North Friday, Jun 21, 2013 6:21 PM UTC
All Salon london review of books, lrb
The novelist revealed this and more in an AMA on Reddit
Prachi Gupta Friday, Jun 21, 2013 2:30 PM UTC
Entertainment Stephen King, The Shining, Novels
Researchers claim reading fiction bestows marketable skills. That's not really what it's for ...
Laura Miller Friday, Jun 21, 2013 11:44 AM UTC
Entertainment Books, Readers and Reading
According to an inforgraphic in the Guardian, the LRB has virtually no female contributors
Prachi Gupta Thursday, Jun 20, 2013 9:27 PM UTC
Media literature
Andrew Hudgins' new memoir blends the serious and the silly
Kyle Minor Thursday, Jun 20, 2013 7:05 PM UTC
Entertainment The Listener, the joker
Sociologist Neil Gross dispels the myth that college campuses are overrun with lefty East Coast intellectuals
Jeffrey J. Williams, LA Review of Books Tuesday, Jun 18, 2013 6:52 PM UTC
Entertainment LA Review of Books, Books
In his first adult novel in eight years, the master of modern fantasy tells the story of a lonely, bookish boy
Laura Miller Sunday, Jun 16, 2013 9:15 PM UTC
Entertainment Books, What to Read
The leaden "Transatlantic" suggests he's exhausted the themes that made "Let the Great World Spin" so readable
James Santel, LA Review of Books Sunday, Jun 16, 2013 7:00 PM UTC
Life LA Review of Books, Books, Novels
How "Battle Hymn of the Republic" -- Reagan's favorite song -- became the background music of the modern GOP
John Stauffer and Benjamin Soskis Sunday, Jun 16, 2013 5:30 PM UTC
Media Music, American History
Pulitzer Prize-winner Joseph Ellis on Washington, Adams and the months when soldiers and statesmen forged America
Joseph J. Ellis Sunday, Jun 16, 2013 1:59 PM UTC
Politics Revolutionary War
When you stopped buying DVDs and started streaming on Netflix, Hollywood's economics changed. So did the movies
Lynda Obst Saturday, Jun 15, 2013 7:30 PM UTC
Technology Books, Movies, Editor's Picks
From incest to sperm competition and polyamory, anatomy -- not social arrangements -- explain how a species mates
Robert Martin Saturday, Jun 15, 2013 5:00 PM UTC
Life Editor's Pick, Reproduction
The author discusses the thin line between history and fiction, and how Frederick Douglass anticipated Obama
James Santel, LA Review of Books Saturday, Jun 15, 2013 5:00 PM UTC
Life LA Review of Books, Books, Novels
The novelist wrote an abrupt letter to the Times saying that sexism is worse in theater than it is in publishing
Prachi Gupta Saturday, Jun 15, 2013 3:40 PM UTC
Media Jonathan Franzen, frank bruni
Conservative media plays by its rules, and bends truth to back whatever argument they’ve decided to make that day
John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney Saturday, Jun 15, 2013 2:45 PM UTC
Entertainment Books, Media Criticism, Fox News
Al Jazeera is well-funded and doesn't need to make money. But its prospects, here and in Middle East, are uncertain
Shibley Telhami Saturday, Jun 15, 2013 10:00 AM UTC
Technology Books, Editor's Picks, Al Jazeera
In the years before World War II, Russian scientists attempted to revive fish and dog heads, and even a human being
Frank Swain Friday, Jun 14, 2013 11:30 PM UTC
Entertainment zombies, Russia
Karen Joy Fowler's funny, powerful novel of human-animal relations finds its ideal audiobook narrator
Laura Miller Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 7:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Books, The Listener, Audiobooks