Carlene Bauer is an editor at Elle magazine.

Carlene Bauer's Salon stories

Monday, Aug 3, 2009 05:31 PDT

No sex in the city

Life in New York is notorious for sin and excess. But instead of going wild, I went Catholic
Monday, Jul 17, 2006 04:00 PDT

The riot quiets

The breakup of Sleater-Kinney signifies the end of an era when women made a loud and unapologetic noise -- onstage and in society.
Friday, Apr 29, 2005 19:34 PDT

God? Sure, whatever

A new book says that 80 percent of American teens believe in God -- but their God is a buddy who props up their self-esteem, and many don't even know who Jesus was.
Friday, Apr 15, 2005 07:12 PDT

Being black and British

Long before Zadie Smith and Monica Ali, Andrea Levy was exploring the rich textures of race, class and empire. Her bestselling new book, "Small Island," is her first to be published in America.
Monday, Oct 11, 2004 09:51 PDT

The sunny side of life

In her new book, "Exuberance," author Kay Redfield Jamison looks at who has joie de vivre -- and why.
Wednesday, Feb 25, 2004 13:03 PST

Readin', writin' and killin'

The author of a new book about school shootings talks about America's pernicious cult of athletics, the dangers of small-town intimacy, and why it's impossible to identify a school shooter in advance.
Thursday, Feb 19, 2004 12:35 PST

The hot naked tattooed guy next door

With its photos of lanky slacker bohemians, the new magazine Sweet Action is the thinking girl's antidote to bulging Chippendale hunks.
Tuesday, Jan 27, 2004 14:03 PST

This is your brain in love

In a fascinating new book, evolutionary anthropologist Helen Fisher examines the chemistry responsible for the giddiness, fixations and overarching lunacy associated with romantic love.
Thursday, Oct 9, 2003 13:36 PDT

Jesus is my crush

A popular new Bible for teen girls dresses up the New Testament to look and read exactly like a fashion magazine.
Tuesday, Oct 24, 2000 12:00 PDT

Joan of Arc goes Manic Panic

Director Lynne Ramsay talks about child actors, chugging Jack Daniel's on Latvian TV and her celebrated coming-of-age movie, "Ratcatcher."
Tuesday, Jun 27, 2000 12:00 PDT

Sharps & Flats

Wry, sweet and fresh Belle & Sebastian trade mannered music-box melodies for ... an issue song.
Monday, May 8, 2000 09:00 PDT

Sharps & Flats

Futures past to past futures, Broadcast fuse the cool sounds of '60s films to singer Trish Keenan's chilly fables.
Tuesday, Feb 15, 2000 09:00 PST

Welcome to the Machine

The women behind "The Mechanic's Guide to Putting Out Records" take up a new battle to save the indies.
Wednesday, Dec 15, 1999 09:00 PST

Sharps & Flats

Mogwai's migrainous wankery has absolutely no potential for popular appeal.
Thursday, Nov 11, 1999 09:00 PST

Sharps & Flats

Kathleen Hanna and Le Tigre say dance first and theorize later.
Thursday, Oct 14, 1999 09:00 PDT

Sharps & flats

Archer Prewitt's songs sound like they were written on a piece of shag carpet resting in a slice of sun.
Wednesday, Sep 8, 1999 09:00 PDT

Mightier than the sword

True-crime writer James Tully puts Charlotte Brontë -- survivor of three prematurely passed sisters -- behind the trigger in his new book.
Wednesday, Jun 23, 1999 09:00 PDT

Bearly reading

When a UC-Berkeley professor put the world's favorite Zen bear on her summer reading list, the Pooh hit the fan.

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