I lived in Shaoyang, a city in Hunan province famous for clementines and murder.
August 30th, 2012
All around me were Charles’s lines and poems: his deck, the shrubs and flowers, the weather and hillside, and the Pacific below were all characters.
August 12th, 2011
on Christianity and homosexuality
February 23rd, 2012
This play unfolds, as so many contemporary dramas now do, over the medium of email.
November 25th, 2011
Read in tandem, Starr’s and Braudy’s books offer a concise but compelling reflection on California history.
May 13th, 2011
The moment came when the essay began to confuse itself with the article…
March 18th, 2012
For Hannah, talking is a way of coming to terms with, and owning, her appetites.
April 28th, 2012
A Serial Takeover
September 28th, 2012
When Worlds Collide
October 3rd, 2012
A Toast to the Douchebags
October 12th, 2012
'Good Grief'
October 31st, 2012
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