What happened on September 30, 2007
BOOKS
Discoveries By Susan Salter Reynolds
Divine poetry By Mark Doty, Mark Doty is the author of several books of poetry, including "School of the Arts" and the memoir "Dog Years."
The inescapable By Tara Ison, Tara Ison is the author, most recently, of "The List."
Sort of black like me By Erin Aubry Kaplan, Erin Aubry Kaplan is a contributing editor to The Times' Opinion page.
Fields of battle By Mark Lamster, Mark Lamster is writing a book about the political career of Peter Paul Rubens.
Both sides of the street By Laurel Maury, Laurel Maury is a New York-based writer and critic.
True grit By Joy Nicholson, Joy Nicholson is the author of the novels "The Tribes of Palos Verdes" and "The Road to Esmeralda."
Selling 'Brand India' By Swati Pandey, Swati Pandey is a researcher for The Times' editorial pages.
A tapestry of secrets By Susan Salter Reynolds, Susan Salter Reynolds is a Times staff writer.
The counterlife By David L. Ulin, David L. Ulin is book editor of The Times.
Tell me, tell me lies By Amy Wilentz, Amy Wilentz is the author, most recently, of "I Feel Earthquakes More Often Than They Happen: Coming to California in the Age of Schwarzenegger."
OPINION
The fallout from Sputnik By Matthew Brzezinski, Matthew Brzezinski, a former Wall Street Journal Moscow correspondent, is the author of "Red Moon Rising: Sputnik and the Hidden Rivalries that Ignited the Space Age."
Classic confusion By Jeff Danziger, Jeff Danziger's editorial cartoons appear in The Times and other newspapers.
He's always been a tyrant By James Kirchick, James Kirchick is assistant to the editor in chief of the New Republic and reported from Zimbabwe last year.
Dueling diagnoses By Ezra Klein, Ezra Klein is a staff writer at the American Prospect. He blogs at EzraKlein.com.
A formula to put babies at risk By Wendy Orent, Wendy Orent is the author of "Plague: The Mysterious Past and Terrifying Future of the World's Most Dangerous Disease."
Coming to terms By Steven Pinker, Steven Pinker is a professor in the department of psychology at Harvard University and author of "The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature."
Check back in 2011 By Tony Quinn, Tony Quinn is co-editor of the California Target Book, a nonpartisan analysis of legislative and congressional elections.