The musician & storyteller's recent "Black Is King" snub is an example of what voters do or don't get about art

Megan Harlan reviews 'The Enchantment of Lily Dahl' by Siri Hustvedt.

Joss Whedon's unfairly canceled TV series "Firefly" comes to the big screen -- and marvelously. But for all its wit, it's just not the same.

Dolly Parton imparts advice onto the Time "100 Most Influential People" honoree

One book tries to pass off psychic hooey as science, and the other reveals the creativity at the heart of great biology research.

My mother and I had nothing in common, except cabbage soup

For all her words about shrews and muskrats, at heart Annie Dillard's work is a record of her search for God.

Salon's TV picks for Weekend, June 8-10, 2001

An interview with novelist Fernanda Eberstadt, author of When the Sons of Heaven Meet the Daughters of the Earth, Isaac and his Devils, and "Low Tide."

For most of my life, I felt nothing but guilt and shame for my fetish. Then I told Emily -- and everything changed

The Prime Video series hits it out of the park with its gently powerful pitcher

Thousands of men are shelling out $6,500 for hyper-realistic dolls that answer all their needs -- and don't talk back.

John Singleton's sequel to the brainless but exciting "The Fast and the Furious" is utterly indefensible -- and no fun either.

Actresses pack it on and lose it again for "The Help" -- what's the big deal?

I play him nice, but stupid.