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Salon.com May 31, 2000 Patricia Kean |
"The Happy Bottom Riding Club" by Lauren Kessler A juicy, smart biography of heiress Pancho Barnes, who wanted only one thing: More.  |
Salon.com May 30, 2000 Kate Moses |
The real Sylvia Plath Her newly published, unexpurgated journals reveal the poet's true demons -- and support a little-known theory about what drove her to suicide. First of two parts.  |
Salon.com May 30, 2000 Melanie Rehak |
"Enola Gay" by Mark Levine A forceful book of poems about our barely disguised appetite for destruction.  |
Salon.com May 26, 2000 Meisha Rosenberg |
The procrastinator's way I succumbed to my embarrassing addiction to writers' self-help books and wound up with a dog and a purple fountain pen.  |
Salon.com May 26, 2000 Andrew Roe |
Martin Amis The man who has been called "the best American writer England has ever produced" and "the Mick Jagger of literature" once again finds himself the subject of speculation and scrutiny...  |
Salon.com May 25, 2000 Laura Miller |
"Of Two Minds" By T.M. Luhrmann A subtle study of the conflict between talk-oriented and drug-oriented psychotherapy -- and a frightening demonstration of how medical budget cutters are betraying the mentally ill and putting the rest of us at risk.  |
Salon.com May 25, 2000 Pam Rosenthal |
"Plowing the Dark" by Richard Powers A riveting novel conjures up the bygone days of virtual reality and the promise of the unreal world that might have been.  |
Salon.com May 23, 2000 Jonathan Miles |
"Chang and Eng" by Darin Strauss A daring first novel probes the psychological -- and sexual -- lives of the celebrated Siamese twins.  |
Salon.com May 22, 2000 Nelson George |
Gritty city The author of "One Woman Short" and "Hip Hop America" picks five great urban books: The Heat Is On by Chester Himes; Let It Blurt by Jim DeRogatis; Land of Opportunity by William M. Adler; Paris Noir: African-Americans in the City of Light by Tyler Stovall; White Jazz by James Ellroy  |
Salon.com May 19, 2000 Ann Hodgman |
Just give me the recipe, and shut up already! Reviews: Simply Tuscan: Recipes for a Well-Lived Life By Pino Luongo and No Need to Knead: Handmade Italian Breads in 90 Minutes By Suzanne Dunaway  |
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