The Tuxedo Theater: On filmmaker Warren Sonbert
October 21st, 2012
“Hurt Into Poetry: On Poetry and Greece”By Stephanos Papadopoulos
Los Angeles Review of Books
American Caliban: On P.T. Anderson’s ‘The Master’
Of Master and disciple, an 'unresolved love story'
October 20th, 2012
Hotel Theory: The History of the Los Angeles Hotel
The History of the Los Angeles Hotel in the Twentieth Century: An Interview Roundtable
October 18th, 2012
Hotel Theory: The History of the Los Angeles Hotel, Part 3
The History of the Los Angeles Hotel in the Twentieth Century: An Interview Roundtable
October 18th, 2012
Hotel Theory: The History of the Los Angeles Hotel, Part 2
The History of the Los Angeles Hotel in the Twentieth Century: An Interview Roundtable
October 18th, 2012
The Voice of the Sea: Hurricanes in Life & Literature
The legacy of the hurricane in literature and Louisiana
October 17th, 2012
Exploding the Canon: On the African Writers Series
October 16th, 2012
Serial Killer: On "American Horror Story"
On Ryan Murphy's maximalist melodrama and the possibilities of 'anthology' TV
October 15th, 2012
Howard & Leo & Willie & Carol & Art & Michael & Vasco & Janis & Jacqui & Jack: A Speakership Fight In California
Howard Berman fights for his political life
October 13th, 2012
Dear TV: 'New Girl' and 'The Mindy Project'; Week 3, Post 2
How To Crush It
October 12th, 2012
Dear TV: 'New Girl' and 'The Mindy Project'; Week 3, Post 3
A Toast to the Douchebags
October 12th, 2012
The Most Romantic Story Ever Told
On 'Beauty and the Beast'
October 11th, 2012
Hungry Ghosts: Sex and the Sixth Sense
On following and straying from the 'righteous' path of desire
October 11th, 2012
Dear TV: 'New Girl' and 'The Mindy Project'; Week 3, Post 1
Of In-Groups and Out-Groups
October 11th, 2012
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