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Salon Issue 17
May 31, 1996
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Sign up today for our weekly newsletter with the latest Salon headlines. Thursday May 30, 1996: How free are the Freemen? Insider exposes militia leaders. Quote of the Day: Leah Rabin packs her bags Wednesday May 29, 1996: Blitzkreig: Luftwaffe in the skies of New Mexico; Quote of the Day: Death as a career path Tuesday May 28, 1996: Gen X vs. the polluters. Quote of the Day: Gen. Franco's teeth Thursday May 30,1996: ESPN' s jiggle aerobics gives net big ratings bounce. Wednesday May 29,1996: Soundbite saturnalia! CNN's daily fix for political junkies. Tuesday May 28,1996: Pressing the flesh at France's Golden Penis Fest. Ardent, erudite essays from the brilliant literary critic, on T.S. Eliot, Trollope, Salman Rushdie, the Holocaust and other subjects. Thursday May 30: Other Women by Evelyn Lau (Fiction) A slim, eloquent first novel, from a 25-year-old Canadian writer, about a young woman's affair with an older, married man. Wednesday May 29: Bucking the Sun by Ivan Doig (Fiction) A big, strapping novel about the building of the monumental Fort Peck Dam over the Missouri River in the 1930s. Tuesday May 28: Knee Deep in Paradise by Brett Butler (Nonfiction) Not another slight, sit-com memoir, this tough and funny account of the author's difficult life makes for serious, compelling reading. TABLE TALK: Posts of the week. COLUMNS: In memoriam. She could never imagine life without him. Now he's gone. Word by Word. By Anne Lamott BOOKS: Bright lights, bad reviews -- Jay McInerny on the aftermath of literary stardom. MODERN LIFE: Like a river flows gently to the sea, darling so it goes -- some people were meant to be remarried in Vegas by Elvis, and our author is one of them. MOVIES: Brian De Palma is the director who came in from the cold with "Mission: Impossible," a summer blockbuster hiding a secret, subversive message. ISSUES AND POLITICS: Why baby boomers hate Clinton -- and themselves.
In Memoriam. By Ian Shoales MUSIC: A skeptical interview with the idealistic woman behind the forthcoming Tibetan Freedom concert, the all star benefit of the '90s. Plus: An interview with Freedom Concert performer Yoko Ono. The People's Pete. By Sam Hurwitt Salon REGULARS: Test your mastery of Washingtonia against our word maven. The winner receives a $25 gift certificate from Borders Books & Music. COMICS: Tom Tomorrow: This Modern World. |