John Grisham

Megan Hustad's Tips for Being Useful

M.E. Smith

The Fix Is In

Watch Your Back, Grisham: 'Michael Clayton' Is No Ordinary Legal Thriller

Ten Thousand Bullets

D.C. lifer George Pelecanos writes about murder, drug feuds, riots, dog-fighting—and also a little violence

The Last Supper

With an ambitious novel that centers on an ordinary family dinner, Jonathan Franzen sits down at America's table and feasts on dysfunction

The Book Keeper

Yesterday's used-book dealer was a far-flung librarian of Babel. Success on the Internet may make tomorrow's a desk-bound day trader.

Sandy Berman's Last Stand

For 26 years Hennepin County's head cataloger led the charge for libraries of, by, and for the people. When he took aim at a new target this spring, his boss fired back.

Stay Hungry

Surviving the book wars and outfoxing the wolves with the Hungry Mind's David Unowsky

Artists Of The Year

We list the best of the best of 1997.

Opera Man

Performing a Ritual: Matt Damon makes a new case for his old-fashioned director in John Grisham's The Rainmaker.

David Lebedoff: Cleaning Up

Performing a Ritual: Matt Damon makes a new case for his old-fashioned director in John Grisham's The Rainmaker.

Red Houses

Reflecting the State of Things: Ethan Hawke in Gattaca.

Wipe the Clock

Reflecting the State of Things: Ethan Hawke in Gattaca.

PRINTED MATTER

Reflecting the State of Things: Ethan Hawke in Gattaca.