Who, or what, is the 'shiksa'?
March 3rd, 2013
On the American culture of accumulation, and the author's addiction to A&E’s "Storage Wars."
February 4th, 2012
Remembering Derrida's "Specters of Marx" lecture
April 23rd, 2013
His last words to me as he opened the door and stepped into the hallway were: "Feel free to use any of this in the script."
January 15th, 2012
I decided to get high.
January 15th, 2012
On 'love, drugs, madness, betrayal, self-deception, and youthful ambition.'
June 10th, 2012
On 'love, drugs, madness, betrayal, self-deception, and youthful ambition.'
June 17th, 2012
On 'love, drugs, madness, betrayal, self-deception, and youthful ambition.'
June 24th, 2012
Let’s say it’s 1978 and you are Dan J. Marlowe, once one of the hottest suspense novelists of your day
March 10th, 2012
On the death and life of great American phone booths
January 9th, 2013
"One may be pardoned, yes I know / One may, for love undying."
January 3rd, 2012
Experimenting with Plot
March 6th, 2013
On neuroplasticity and narrative
July 15th, 2012
As the tent city grows, a community has sprouted, igniting human interaction in ways that are often anathema to Los Angeles’s sprawl.
November 12th, 2011
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