No More Bubblegum
Our sit-in 46 years ago was a guerrilla raid; this is Wall Street under siege by the Lilliputians.
October 21st, 2011“Hurt Into Poetry: On Poetry and Greece”By Stephanos Papadopoulos
Los Angeles Review of Books
The Embers of April 1992
"Los Angeles became a carnival of repression."
April 30th, 2012
Hiding in Plain Sight: The Origins of the Book of Mormon
The parallels between 'The Pilgrim's Progress' and the 'Book of Mormon'
October 30th, 2012
The Puck Stops Here: A Hockey Lit Survey
November 11th, 2012
Fight to the Death: Who Killed Davey Moore?
On the life and legacy of a champion boxer
March 21st, 2013
Hip-Hop-Academia: Omar Offendum and Arab Diaspora Rap
September 16th, 2012
Letter From Cairo
Because riot police aimed their firearms at protesters’ faces, over 80 Egyptians lost one of their eyes.
December 5th, 2011
A Response to Boer Deng’s “Forgetting Dorothy Wrinch”
April 14th, 2013
Federico García Lorca, Valentine
February 14th, 2013
Jay McInerney, the New York Fantasy, and Wine
A reckoning with the author of 'Bright Lights, Big City'
October 3rd, 2012
King & I: Stephen King and a Balanced Diet
On the debate over Stephen King's literary relevance
July 22nd, 2012
Feeding the Poor
In truth, it is the ones who uncritically embrace new technical innovations that are being naïve and idealistic.
March 3rd, 2012
Heart-Shaped Box: LARB Poetry Valentine Edition
February 14th, 2013
John Keats, Valentine
February 14th, 2013
Rivers of Blood: On Guillermo Fernández García
On the murder of the poet and translator Guillermo Fernández Garcia.
April 18th, 2012
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