Erin Keane

Salon talks to poet Maggie Smith about her new memoir, “You Could Make This Place Beautiful”

Salon talks to author Minda Honey about her new Aughts-in-LA memoir about looking for love and finding herself

Reported casualties mount as Israel “moves into an offensive phase” after Hamas launched surprise attacks yesterday

Some House Republicans want to “bring back Kevin” McCarthy to address aid for Israel in response to Hamas attacks

A new book about the Oxford English Dictionary’s thousands of crowdsourced contributors

A list of the most popular personal essays, or life stories, of the year

The latest on the three migrants who died attempting to cross the Rio Grande from Mexico on Friday

A summary of the Iowa Poll heading into Iowa caucuses

The Congresswoman’s appearance on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures”

A commentary on a useful literary approach to reading pop music as a text, not a set of facts.