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Topic: Books (page 353)

When students take over, the real learning begins.

"Paisley Girl": A terminally hip young heroine splotched by a possibly terminal disease

Laura Morgan Green

A year after her creator's death, Eloise plays hard to get at the Plaza

The Red Hat diaries: Are Linux coders and companies on a collision course?

Gray Lady down: Has the influence of the New York Times bestseller list declined?

"The Predictors": Mathematicians play the stock market

Bush vs. Bork: George W. backs out of skirmish with judge

School Days: Freshman Lillie Wade caught between a miraculous staircase and new age Santa Fe

"Ethel & Ernest": A gem of a graphic novel -- small in scale, big in spirit

War torn: The bleakly hilarious comic art of Zograf

Dear Mr. Blue:

Garrison Keillor

Laurie Anderson beaches "Moby-Dick"

"Yes We Have No": Another England, wild and bursting with sap

Stephanie Zacharek

Dead boys: Why some families' response to a terrible loss is too noble

Fiction or nonfiction? Bestseller lists reach verdict on "Dutch"

"The Remains of River Names": Pot-dealing parents and their damaged kids

Rockets' red glare: Robert Stone picks five great war novels

Ivory work camp: Even at elite universities, women are still battling the old boys' club.

Eggheads vs. Las Vegas: Mensa loosens up with a gambling guide

Diary of a teacher's last year: When the ego dwarf rears his ugly head.

"Assuming the Position": Memoirs of a hustler

Dennis Drabelle

Thin gruel for Vonnegut fans: In Alan Rudolph's film, "Breakfast of Champions," the self-satirizing, anti-intellectual Fath

Alissa Lara Quart

The Salon Interview: Kurt Vonnegut talks about his last book, the idea of progress and the end of the world

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