Is 2011 really just 1991?
Kurt Andersen argues the culture is stuck. Perhaps it is -- for boomers who don't keep up and are what they buy
Sunday, Dec 18, 2011 2:49 PM UTC 122Entertainment Nostalgia
Maria Russo
Entertainment Nostalgia
What Chandra Levy didn’t know
Today's writers see affairs between younger women and older men as ambiguous transactions that sometimes lead to tragedy.
Monday, Jul 23, 2001 10:54 PM UTCEntertainment Philip Roth, Infidelity, Books
Depression mania!
Why has a cultural cottage industry sprung up around the most isolating of illnesses?
Wednesday, Jun 27, 2001 11:10 PM UTCEntertainment Books
“I Only Say This Because I Love You” by Deborah Tannen
The author of "You Just Don't Understand" turns her eagle eye on the stinging, maddening, sneaky ways that family members communicate.
Tuesday, Jun 26, 2001 8:04 PM UTCEntertainment Books
“Thinks” by David Lodge
The author of "Changing Places" offers another delightful comedy of manners about academia, adultery and human consciousness.
Friday, Jun 22, 2001 6:16 PM UTCEntertainment Books
“The Collected Stories of Richard Yates”
The bard of disintegrating marriages and deluded artists is enjoying a posthumous boom with a masterly story collection.
Tuesday, Jun 19, 2001 9:13 PM UTCEntertainment Books
Little devils
Novelist Pat Barker talks about the nature of evil, children who kill and the similarities between writers and psychiatrists.
Wednesday, May 30, 2001 5:44 PM UTCEntertainment Author Interviews, Books
“Empire Falls” by Richard Russo
In the latest from the author of "Mohawk" and "Nobody's Fool," the residents of a small Maine town survive on simmering feuds, dirty backroom deals and plenty of comic relief.
Monday, May 21, 2001 7:00 PM UTCEntertainment Books
“My Little Blue Dress” by Bruno Maddox
The touching memoir of a 100-year-old woman -- forged by a young media commentator at the end of his rope.
Monday, May 21, 2001 7:00 PM UTCEntertainment Books
Gloom at the top
Get a bunch of bestselling authors together and what do they talk about? The agonies of success.
Thursday, May 10, 2001 11:18 PM UTCEntertainment Books
Built on the buzz
Drugs like alcohol and tobacco created the modern world, argues one historian, but caffeine still rules it.
Thursday, May 3, 2001 4:44 PM UTCEntertainment Drugs, Books
“This Is Not a Novel” by David Markson
Another cheeky, strangely moving tour de force from a master of experimental fiction.
Thursday, Apr 19, 2001 7:40 PM UTCEntertainment Books
“The Immortal Class” by Travis Hugh Culley
A suburban lad tells how he found guts, glory and a sustainable transit option in the renegade world of bike messengers.
Tuesday, Apr 10, 2001 7:34 PM UTCEntertainment Books
Psycho factories
Nonviolent criminals go in and sadistic thugs come out, but with military spending down, America's small towns are hooked on prisons.
Thursday, Mar 29, 2001 10:47 PM UTCEntertainment Books
The marriage hoax
Conservative moralists, alarmed by the divorce rate, want us to return to a Golden Age of Marriage. Too bad it never existed.
Monday, Mar 19, 2001 10:18 PM UTCEntertainment Coupling, Divorce, Books
When authors attack
Calling a reviewer at home and putting a bounty on a critic are two ways unwise writers respond to negative reviews.
Friday, Mar 2, 2001 4:47 PM UTCEntertainment Books
“The Bonesetter’s Daughter” by Amy Tan
The bestselling author returns to the epic, cross-generational storytelling that made her "The Joy Luck Club" an international hit.
Wednesday, Feb 21, 2001 6:43 PM UTCEntertainment Books
“The Body Artist” by Don DeLillo
A grieving woman, an almost empty house and a very strange visitor add up to a metaphysical puzzle by this American master.
Wednesday, Feb 21, 2001 6:37 PM UTCEntertainment Books
It’s a plot
Salon's book editors pick the 10 most paranoid tomes of all time.
Tuesday, Feb 13, 2001 8:00 PM UTCEntertainment Laura Miller
Unhappy meals
"Fast Food Nation," a stomach-churning critique of the health and labor practices of the burger business, argues that Americans should change their dietary habits. Good luck.
Thursday, Feb 8, 2001 4:54 PM UTCEntertainment Unemployment, Books
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