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Salon.com
September 18, 2002
Jonathon Keats |
Not-so-sweet inspiration In Francine Prose's new book "The Lives of the Muses," the woman who triumphs is the one who refuses to submit.   |
Salon.com
September 17, 2002
Katharine Whittemore |
"Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam 1862" by James M. McPherson The great historian James McPherson presents his account of Antietam, the savage Civil War battle that made the freeing of the slaves possible. |
Salon.com
September 16, 2002
Christopher Dreher |
Bribes, threats and naked readings In a world where more and more new books get less and less attention, authors will do anything to promote their work. |
CIO
September 15, 2002
Carol Zarrow |
E-Pilogue for E-Publishing Two years ago, e-book evangelists were warning traditional book publishers that they'd better get on the e-book wagon fast, since the next two years were going to make or break them. But despite the tenacity of promoters, the future is uncertain. |
Salon.com
September 9, 2002
Douglas Cruickshank |
"The Partly Cloudy Patriot" by Sarah Vowell A "This American Life" commentator celebrates nerds and explains how to love your country without turning into a boorish, jingoistic, kitsch-crazed lout. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Audio Chat, Chief Visionary Officers, Nap Rooms and Other Excesses of the New Economy Decade A new book, Inside the Cult of Kibu and Other Tales of the Millennial Gold Rush by Lori Gottlieb and Jesse Jacobs, provides the latest opportunity to laugh or roll your eyes over the excesses of the New Economy decade. |
Salon.com
September 10, 2002
George Rafael |
"Tom Stoppard: A Life" by Ira Nadel The author of "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" has overcome youthful tragedy to live a charmed life -- but he's still just a slick showman with a high IQ. |
Outside
September 2002 |
Book Reviews: Worlds Beyond Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before, by Tony Horwitz... Seeing in the Dark: How Backyard Stargazers Are Probing Deep Space and Guarding Earth from Interplanetary Peril, by Timothy Ferris... etc. |
Salon.com
September 9, 2002
Laura Miller |
Imagining death From Alice Sebold's "The Lovely Bones" to Stephen King's "From a Buick 8" to Haruki Murakami's "After the Quake," post 9/11 fiction offers readers consolation, harsh truths and a glimpse of the great mystery. |
Salon.com
September 9, 2002
Douglas Cruickshank |
"Normal will never happen again" The author of two books about coping with sudden death talks about the emotional fallout of losing someone without having had a chance to say goodbye. |
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