Right now I'm writing a nonfiction book for FSG, The Undressing of America, about the bizarre cabal of cultural fringies who revolutionized publishing in the '20s with the original "r
Ayelet Waldman is blogging about her work for the Obama campaign, most recently a fundraiser she's running called "Books for Barack." Dozens of contemporary authors are sending her signed co
A new CNN poll has found the reason for John McCain's rise in the polls: a huge swing among white female voters. Before the conventions, Barack Obama led among them 50%-42%.
This is my Palin bounce, the event that's shifting my writing plans and priorities: tonight I know for sure that this election will not be an easy coast to victory for the
Sarah Palin stole the Republican show last night with a crowd-thrilling speech in what has become a Republican tradition: defensive, mocking, resentful, pit-bullish, divisive, blaming the press, an
I woke up this morning with many thoughts about Sarah Palin I was eager to blog about...and then I read about her daughter's pregnancy. I had a lot of reactions in a hurry.
I've been hearing from a lot of female Clinton supporters the last couple of days--directly, from friends and web contacts, and from reading blogs and on-line comments--and I'm seeing something I h
