On autobiographies by Jay-Z, Patti Smith, and Johnny Ramone
December 7th, 2012
On the life and flourishing posthumous reputation of Walter Benjamin.
July 26th, 2012
At first I was skeptical about Occupy Riverside. But the more I heard about what was going on downtown, the more enthusiastic I became.
November 13th, 2011
Tom Waits's Los Angeles
December 29th, 2012
The late 'New Yorker' writer's short story masterpiece
August 26th, 2012
A short story excerpted from the 'New Yorker' writer's 'The Lists of the Past'
August 26th, 2012
I wondered if O’Brien’s words, like explosive devices hidden in the humid jungles, had triggered these awful images, or if Iraq simply played forever in Mike’s head, a fractured repetitive loop.
November 18th, 2011
Tintin est Mort!
December 27th, 2011
"We will all be destroyed whether we like it or not. I say let's like it."
September 20th, 2011
...the hard-hooks that fold you down to your knees...
November 14th, 2012
It was you ....
January 5th, 2013
Faulkner tried the personae of mentor, father figure, and literary conduit in an effort to have a love affair that trumped the other roles.
December 11th, 2011
"Read. Always read. No one can take that away from you."... More
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"I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead." — Samuel Goldwyn... More
"Mere flim-flam stories, and nothing but shams and lies." — Miguel de Cervantes... More
"There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them.... More
"The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it." — F... More
"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it." — Frank Zappa... More
