http://dir.salon.com/topics/books/?source=rss&aim=/topics/books/ Book reviews, author interviews and publishing news from Salon critics and staff. en-us Copyright 2010 Salon.com. http://images.salon.com/src/rdf_salonlogo.gif http://dir.salon.com/topics/books/?source=rss&aim=/topics/books/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:20:00 PST Democrat goes rogue, declares Palin's book "great" Sandra Tsing-Loh Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:20:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/11/19/sarah_palin_going_rogue/index.html?source=rss&aim=/books/feature http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/11/19/sarah_palin_going_rogue/index.html http://letters.salon.com/books/feature/2009/11/19/sarah_palin_going_rogue/view/?source=rss&aim=/books/featureThe surprising charms of the week's most talked-about political memoir <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YHnBjSVYcP7S5ZhJawvhYLKvpo4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YHnBjSVYcP7S5ZhJawvhYLKvpo4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YHnBjSVYcP7S5ZhJawvhYLKvpo4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YHnBjSVYcP7S5ZhJawvhYLKvpo4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/salon/books/~4/YWlnlDUhRYg" height="1" width="1"/> Vanity book awards Laura Miller Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:18:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/11/17/vanity_book_awards/index.html?source=rss&aim=/books/feature http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/11/17/vanity_book_awards/index.html http://letters.salon.com/books/feature/2009/11/17/vanity_book_awards/view/?source=rss&aim=/books/featureWant to win some props for your masterpiece? We can do that -- for a price <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Vzv8bJxOeiBret0Hcr6L55MbS9o/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Vzv8bJxOeiBret0Hcr6L55MbS9o/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Vzv8bJxOeiBret0Hcr6L55MbS9o/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Vzv8bJxOeiBret0Hcr6L55MbS9o/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/salon/books/~4/E5dfBaD5g0I" height="1" width="1"/> How memoirs took over the literary world Laura Miller Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/11/15/memoir/index.html?source=rss&aim=/books/must_read http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/11/15/memoir/index.html http://letters.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/11/15/memoir/view/?source=rss&aim=/books/must_readA new book says: Fiction is dead, long live the age of autobiography <p><a 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Laura Miller Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:06:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/11/05/pw_10_best/index.html?source=rss&aim=/books/feature http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/11/05/pw_10_best/index.html http://letters.salon.com/books/feature/2009/11/05/pw_10_best/view/?source=rss&aim=/books/featureControversy about Publishers Weekly's year-end list has the Internet up in arms <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2Yx4znnVgMAx_Y-wUnn3-NubMwk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2Yx4znnVgMAx_Y-wUnn3-NubMwk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2Yx4znnVgMAx_Y-wUnn3-NubMwk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2Yx4znnVgMAx_Y-wUnn3-NubMwk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/salon/books/~4/kRzWqzSHWoI" height="1" width="1"/> Obama's half brother recalls their abusive father WILLIAM FOREMAN, Associated Press Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/2009/11/04/as_china_obama_brother/index.html?source=rss&aim=/books http://www.salon.com/books/2009/11/04/as_china_obama_brother/index.html http://letters.salon.com/books/2009/11/04/as_china_obama_brother/view/?source=rss&aim=/books<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/L37n5f2oH11gcNAnmqw8KWNct-M/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/L37n5f2oH11gcNAnmqw8KWNct-M/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/L37n5f2oH11gcNAnmqw8KWNct-M/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/L37n5f2oH11gcNAnmqw8KWNct-M/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/salon/books/~4/fVroZVXHZCQ" height="1" width="1"/> Archaeologists behaving badly Laura Miller Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:31:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/11/01/the_hidden/index.html?source=rss&aim=/books/must_read http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/11/01/the_hidden/index.html http://letters.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/11/01/the_hidden/view/?source=rss&aim=/books/must_readMystery and conspiracy plague a dig at the site of ancient Sparta in "The Hidden" <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/x9JfukrBLn724LMS7xn2hhviimo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/x9JfukrBLn724LMS7xn2hhviimo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/x9JfukrBLn724LMS7xn2hhviimo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/x9JfukrBLn724LMS7xn2hhviimo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/salon/books/~4/rsctLxiVo9g" height="1" width="1"/> Peter Straub on how to scare readers Laura Miller Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:30:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/30/straub_interview/index.html?source=rss&aim=/books/feature http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/30/straub_interview/index.html http://letters.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/30/straub_interview/view/?source=rss&aim=/books/featureThe author of "Ghost Story" and "Koko" talks about the fine art of literary terror <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/F_Hv_tIjLZ5nnlxZ8o5mUGXa-VQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/F_Hv_tIjLZ5nnlxZ8o5mUGXa-VQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/F_Hv_tIjLZ5nnlxZ8o5mUGXa-VQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/F_Hv_tIjLZ5nnlxZ8o5mUGXa-VQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/salon/books/~4/d3qzn9En1Dw" height="1" width="1"/> Memo to grammar cops: Back off! Laura Miller Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:24:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/10/25/lexicographers_dilemma/index.html?source=rss&aim=/books/review http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/10/25/lexicographers_dilemma/index.html http://letters.salon.com/books/review/2009/10/25/lexicographers_dilemma/view/?source=rss&aim=/books/reviewA new book on the history of "proper" English says you're just stuck up <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C4RyWexXDjJZTkWnPCl8XxJIdF0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C4RyWexXDjJZTkWnPCl8XxJIdF0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C4RyWexXDjJZTkWnPCl8XxJIdF0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C4RyWexXDjJZTkWnPCl8XxJIdF0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/salon/books/~4/UXH58Hix0ew" height="1" width="1"/> "Chronic" overachiever: Jonathan Lethem Kerry Lauerman Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:24:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2009/10/23/lethem/index.html?source=rss&aim=/books/int http://www.salon.com/books/int/2009/10/23/lethem/index.html http://letters.salon.com/books/int/2009/10/23/lethem/view/?source=rss&aim=/books/intThe writer talks about his new novel's ambivalent take on New York, and how cultural obsession can lead to madness <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wBoXuNGS4Mk0xguIT_9E0QmIdBU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wBoXuNGS4Mk0xguIT_9E0QmIdBU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wBoXuNGS4Mk0xguIT_9E0QmIdBU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wBoXuNGS4Mk0xguIT_9E0QmIdBU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/salon/books/~4/xElLQwJgrG4" height="1" width="1"/> Crowdsourcing "Coraline" Laura Miller Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:23:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/22/twitter_story/index.html?source=rss&aim=/books/feature http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/22/twitter_story/index.html http://letters.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/22/twitter_story/view/?source=rss&aim=/books/featureCan a hundred Neil Gaiman-imitating twitterers produce anything worth reading? <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DIPVY6sCNzPzW73BZOVooldHrMY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DIPVY6sCNzPzW73BZOVooldHrMY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DIPVY6sCNzPzW73BZOVooldHrMY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DIPVY6sCNzPzW73BZOVooldHrMY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/salon/books/~4/1iyTofB2J7s" height="1" width="1"/>