New Jersey's poet laureate, facing a hailstorm of criticism for his fevered 9/11 poem, tells Salon that 4,000 Israelis really did stay home from the WTC that day.

Nearly 40 years ago, I watched his remains be laid to rest -- a poignant coda to his years of celebrity

The movie's director discusses the long-awaited sequel and how news anchors are growing ever more like Ron Burgundy

President Trump's senior policy adviser is on an anti-immigrant crusade, which is ironic given his own heritage

Salon talks to poet Rita Dove about why degrading language and the arts threatens democracy and humanity

Efforts to diversify the authors of high school canon is facing both backlash and approval

NBC's jingoistic provincialism is missing what the Olympics are all about -- but the Games will prevail.

The poet talks about breathing, the Pope's penis, and the necessity of getting out of art's way.

The legendary American literary critic Leslie Fiedler talks about his encounters with Hemingway and Faulkner, his falling out with Bellow and which contemporary novelists will last.

Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell and Sam Rockwell excel in this smart, rollicking dark comedy

South Carolina's governor recently vowed to fight Biden to "the gates of hell." Where is this even coming from?

Elizabeth Alexander has been commissioned to write a poem for Inauguration Day. But the checkered history of the form suggests it's an almost impossible task.

I've read the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic more than any other novel -- and with each reading, I grow more convinced

With President Obama talking about the scourge of low wages, conservatives are completely confused by the problem

Martín Espada spoke to Salon about dehumanization of migrants, embracing being haunted & his new book "Floaters"