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A LIST OF STAFF FAVORITES, UPDATED WEEKLY

BOOKS | MUSIC | MOVIES | GAMES | TV

B O O K S "The Treatment" by Daniel Menaker, reviewed by Caroline Knapp "The Time of Our Time" by Norman Mailer, reviewed by Vivian Gornick "Mayhem: Violence as Public Entertainment" by Sissella Bok, interviewed by Dwight Garner "Cities of the Plain" by Cormac McCarthy, reviewed by Vince Passaro "A Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea" by Gary Kinder, reviewed by Jonathan Miles - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - M U S I C Jeff Buckley "Sketches for My Sweetheart, The Drunk," reviewed by David Bowman The Connells "Still Life," reviewed by Gavin McNett The Gourds "Stadium Blitzer," reviewed by Meredith Ochs Quasi "Featuring Birds," reviewed by Adam Heimlich Nnenna Freelon "Nnenna Freelon," reviewed by Ezra Gale - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - M O V I E S "The Last Days of Disco," reviewed by Laura Miller "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," reviewed by Cintra Wilson "Under the Skin," reviewed by Charles Taylor - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - G A M E S "Starcraft," reviewed by Andrew Leonard - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - T E L E V I S I O N "The Larry Sanders Show," reviewed by Joyce Millman SALON | May 29, 1998