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Salon Issue 27
August 5-16, 1996
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Thursday August 15, 1996: Hispanic Republicans: Strangers in their own land. Daily quote: Jack Kemp's magic trick. Wednesday August 14, 1996: Serious business: The GOP's hard-line agenda lives. Daily quotes: The politics of eating. Wedding bell blues. Tuesday August 13, 1996: The Powell speech: Feat of clay. For sale: The GOP's shopping mall. Daily quote: Radical chic, 1996. Monday August 12, 1996: The real power in the GOP (it's not Bob Dole). Friday August 9, 1996: Mars mania: Kim Stanley Robinson on science fiction -- and fact. Thursday August 8, 1996: Life on Mars? A lab rat's view. Wednesday August 7, 1996: Top dog at U.C. Berkeley digs into the deep pockets of the Far East. Tuesday August 6, 1996: Oregon's eco-militia holds off old-growth loggers. Monday August 5, 1996: Stoned Again: The combative filmmaker takes on all comers. Thursday August 15,1996: The Christian Coalition is right -- The press is biased. Wednesday August 14,1996: Pratfall: Comedy Central's Al Franken flops in San Diego. Tuesday August 13,1996: Dancing with the condoms on the GOP fringe. Monday August 12,1996: Selling dirt: How advertisers learned from politicians. Friday August 9,1996: High concept: Book publishers lure Tinseltown types. Thursday August 8,1996: Gifts for the creep who has everything. Wednesday August 7,1996:George magazine's first fabulous fashion foray! Tuesday August 6,1996: NBC's Olympic coverage: a horrible vision of the future. Monday August 5,1996: Right on: The Weekly Standard waves the neocon banner. Houghton Mifflin, reviewed by Stephanie Zacharek Set in the music and art scenes of the 1970s, this follow-up to Hagedorn's acclaimed "Dogeaters" follows the emotional travails of three young artists. Thursday August 15, 1996: Tasting Food, Tasting Freedom By Sidney W. Mintz (Nonfiction) Beacon Press, reviewed by Courtney Weaver An academic skillfully brings anthropology, semiotics, class and politics to bear on the question:Why do we eat what we eat? Wednesday August 14, 1996: Acts of Revision By Martyn Bedford (Fiction) Doubleday, reviewed by Dwight Garner This first novel, set in the U.K., is a psychological thriller about schoolboy humiliation and long-simmering revenge. Tuesday August 13, 1996: Portrait of My Body By Phillip Lopate (Nonfiction) Anchor Books, reviewed by David Futrelle A new collection of essays from the author of "Against Joie de Vivre," on subjects ranging from broken relationships to "shushing" people in theaters. Monday August 12, 1996: Into the Great Wide Open By Kevin Canty (Fiction) Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, reviewed by James Marcus While writing a history of the future, a surprisingly sophisticated teenage boy comes of age. Friday August 9, 1996: The Devil Problem (and Other True Stories) By David Remnick (Nonfiction) Randon House, reviewed by Stephanie Zacharek Essays on subjects ranging from dueling Shakespearian scholars to Michael Jordan, from the talented New Yorker staff writer. Thursday August 8, 1996: My Favorite War By Christopher John Farley (Fiction) Farrar, Straus and Giroux, reviewed by Charles Taylor A picaresque first novel about the tribulations of a young black reporter, by a Time magazine music critic. Wednesday August 7, 1996: Finding a Form By William H. Gass (Nonfiction) Knopf, reviewed by Phil Leggiere With rigor and biting wit, the novelist and essayist writes on Faulkner, Wittgenstein, Beckett and the failings of the Pulitzer Prize. Tuesday August 6, 1996: Short Stories of Langston Hughes By Langston Hughes (Fiction) Hill and Wang, reviewed by Maud Casey Sharp and subtle stories -- many of them long out of print -- from the noted black poet and fiction writer. Monday August 5, 1996: Sex and the City By Candace Bushnell (Nonfiction) Grove/Atlantic, reviewed by Christine Muhlke Essays on the mating and dating rituals of successful Manhattanites, culled from the author's column in The New York Observer. TABLE TALK: Posts of the week. SALON REGULARS: Servant of the Bones Tour Diary By Anne Rice The book tour begins with a gathering in a New Orleans church. Swamp Fever By James Carville Strange bedfellows: Holy rollers and tax rebels will duke it out at the Republican National convention in San Diego. Place your bets on the outcome in Table Talk. The Awful Truth By Cintra Wilson Word by Word By Anne Lamott Unzipped By Courtney Weaver Verbivore By Richard Lederer DEATH: A SALON SPECIAL ISSUE In this realm, there are only personal stories. Plus: A brief history of Western death. The Italian way of death By Camille Paglia Farewell, Lady Decca By Alexander Cockburn The Artful Suicide of Sally Binford By Susie Bright The Salon Interview: Irvin Yalom By Fred Branfman Ashes to ashes, bits to bits By Scott Rosenberg The Eastern way of death By Sophie Majeski My last year is my best Choose death By Fred Branfman Imaginary endings: A Salon Gallery Death: A Reading List By The Editors Post Mortem: Our new Table Talk section designated for discussions about death and dying. MUSIC: An ominous beat and vague fantasies of utopia from trip-hop artist Tricky. The charming oddball By Gavin McNett COMICS:
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