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AskMen.com
August 20, 2003
Matthew Simpson |
Top 10: Classic American Authors Books still shape our society. It has been so for centuries; the great thinkers of humanity put their ideas into writing for the benefit of all. And America has produced great artists whose musings are still studied today. Let's explore the top 10 most influential American writers.   |
Salon.com
June 9, 2000
Stephan Talty |
Slaves of a different color Historians mostly ignore the fact that some white people, too, were enslaved before the Civil War. |
Salon.com
February 16, 2001
Alan Furst |
War zone The author of "Kingdom of Shadows" picks four great books that transport you to the '30s and '40s. |
Salon.com
January 3, 2001
Charles Taylor |
The crime of my life Election and recession getting you down? Check out the mystery novels that got me through a very tough year... |
Salon.com
November 26, 2002
Charles Taylor |
Kiss Miss Marple goodbye Scottish mystery author Val McDermid talks about the tough reality of life in today's Britain and why crime writers, not literary novelists, are the ones facing up to it. |
Salon.com
February 23, 2001
Judith Greer |
Between pro-life and pro-choice Richard North Patterson tries to write a "fair" abortion novel in "Protect and Defend," but there's no such thing... |
Wired
January 18, 2008
Clive Thompson |
Clive Thompson on Why Sci-Fi Is the Last Bastion of Philosophical Writing If you want to read books that tackle profound philosophical questions, then the best -- and perhaps only -- place to turn these days is science fiction. |
AskMen.com
August 1, 2012
Poe & Hill |
Novel Mistakes Today, if you want to be an author, you have to ask yourself only one question: Do you have a story to tell? Here are some tips to help you avoid the pitfalls many first-time novelists encounter. |
Salon.com
May 28, 2002
Tom Bissell |
I'd prefer not to My list includes Toni Morrison, Henry James, Faulkner and Beckett. Why are there some great writers we just cannot read? |
Salon.com
May 30, 2000
David Horowitz |
The latest civil rights disaster Ten reasons why reparations for slavery are a bad idea for black people -- and racist too. |
Salon.com
August 11, 2000
Laura Miller |
The death of the Red-Hot Center From literary giants tapping out the Great American novel through multiculturalism, Kmart realism and the Brat Pack to Oprah and your book club: A short history of fiction after 1960. |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2001
Charles Oliver |
Southern Nationalism Exploring the roots of the Civil War... |
Salon.com
June 12, 2000
David Horowitz |
Stuck on Oprah Earl Ofari Hutchinson sets up a straw woman to knock down my arguments against reparations, and he fails. |
Salon.com
February 27, 2002
Dorman Shindler |
The outsider Dan Simmons, whose novels range from science fiction to thrillers, talks about the feebleness of today's "serious" fiction and what we can all learn from Tom Wolfe... |
