Indigenous to the Hood
On Los Angeles's Gang Tours
November 26th, 2012
“Hurt Into Poetry: On Poetry and Greece”By Stephanos Papadopoulos
Los Angeles Review of Books
The Criminal Kind: Bardsley, Piccirilli, Woods
On "Cash Out," "Last Kind Words," and "A Death in Mexico
November 26th, 2012
Choosing Not to Be: On David Foster Wallace
On 'The Bad Thing,' depression, and suicide
November 25th, 2012
Infinite Proofs: The Effects of Mathematics on David Foster Wallace
To the extent he was home anywhere, DFW was at home in the world of math.
November 25th, 2012
After the Flood: Old New York Catches Up with the Anthropocene
On realizing a favorite cultural nightmare: the destruction of NYC
November 24th, 2012
Barbarism in Cultured Soil: Rushdie’s Great Pakistani Novel
On 'Shame,' Salman Rushdie's great "forgotten" novel
November 23rd, 2012
A Three Act Journey in the Land of the Screenwriting Gurus
The education of a screenwriter
November 21st, 2012
New Girl & The Mindy Project: Thanksgiving Special
November 21st, 2012
James Ellroy on his latest novella.
L.A. is where I come back to when women divorce me.
November 21st, 2012
Privatizing Paradise in the Murder Capital of the World
November 18th, 2012
Anthony Burgess Answers Two Questions
November 17th, 2012
New Girl & The Mindy Project: The Gender Games
Leading Ladies?
November 16th, 2012
Jack Gilbert, 1925 - 2012
...the hard-hooks that fold you down to your knees...
November 14th, 2012
Philosophy as an Art of Living
November 14th, 2012
Books
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Percival Everett
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Nonfiction
"There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them.... More
Literary Fiction
"Mere flim-flam stories, and nothing but shams and lies." — Miguel de Cervantes... More
SF
"The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it." — F... More
Art & Architecture
"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it." — Frank Zappa... More
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