Updike's biographer tells Salon where he stands in the pantheon, and details of that David Foster Wallace review

Are video games marketed to girls more potentially harmful than the spectacles of violence aimed at boys?

All of them succeed, but only one is able to convince Kit Harington that "winter is coming"

Kit Harington's beard is back! He's been spotted in Belfast! When did we all become pop culture detectives?

Are exaggerated displays of female weakness comforting to men? What about women?

Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Oct. 13, 1999

This universally-compatible lens set is a necessity before family pictures

"Black Hawk Down's" gripping images of the U.S. military's missteps in Somalia grope about in a context-free void.

Cersei's cruelty — to say nothing of the showrunners' — knows no bounds

Tech-friendly toys, games, gifts, and gadgets for kids are perfect digital upgrades to your favorite retro classics

NBC's affectionate "Freaks and Geeks" lets high school nobodys have their day.

Newly minted Oscar winner Chloe Zhao's follow-up "Eternals" is one of many Phase Four MCU offerings in a teaser

How is it that defenses of the AR-15, from enthusiasts and the NRA, end up reading like reasons to ban the gun?

A government-supported project to create cyborg insects -- for the sake of education -- creates controversy

The launch of the federal Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) was a turning point in advocacy for rape victims