Pick of the week: A Japanese legend bids farewell with a subtle, meditative epic about war, guilt and art

In the riveting new "Swimming Home," author Deborah Levy makes a compelling case

In a vast new biography, Peter Guralnick takes on the late, great, silky-smooth crooner Sam Cooke.

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Americans disproportionately deny climate change -- but hope for a green revolution remains. An expert explains

It's shocking how few people seem to notice the stark rise in inequality in the world

Jim Carrey has the eyes down cold, but the rest of the Andy Kaufman story melts after a series of smeared details.

America's foundational text bears closer relation to a piece of music than a legal document. An expert explains

David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin launch a dense, novelistic skewering of Mark Zuckerberg in the fall's hottest movie

Patti Smith talks about the people and the poetry in her new collection, 'Patti Smith Complete: Lyrics, Reflections & Notes for the Future'

Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst makes his directorial debut with this surprisingly quiet, introspective film about a sheltered Ivy League student visited by a bully from his past.

Salon speaks to a Philip K. Dick expert about the trouble with adapting his books to the screen

This week's new TV sitcoms offer two dismal duds -- and a sly, bittersweet comedy about a dissipated writer who hits on his own daughter.

Salon talks to A.M. Homes about her new story collection, "the white guys section" of the bookstore and more

Let's get past the stupid Nobel debates: Dylan is not just a great poet, but a prophet whose genius can sustain us