Racial difference was an integral part of Linsanity since the beginning and, as the phenomenon grew, the issue would continue to snowball.
March 6th, 2012
On 'the first great godless writer of fiction.'
October 5th, 2012
On the power behind the power in postwar LA.
September 23rd, 2012
A primer on the South Korean novelist
May 18th, 2013
Alone, we can be comfortable in our discomfort.
September 25th, 2012
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
I’m not equating him with Hitler, mind you, or Joe Smith or Jim Jones. I’m just trying to understand my own compulsion.
July 1st, 2011
Are we in danger, then, of a widespread, coordinated, animal revolt?
June 6th, 2011
"For Robinson, America has declined because of pervasive and corrosive ideologies that ascribe human motivation solely to self-interest."
May 22nd, 2012
The police procedural is rich with political implications, a feature fundamental to Sjöwall and Wahlöö's literary accomplishment.
August 5th, 2011
What Gold modeled for me was the idea that the writer delivers stories that the reader needs. The point is to do that job well.
December 28th, 2011
"There are some howlers among the pros as delectable as the successes and just as fine a tool of learning."
December 26th, 2011
"The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not." — Gertrude Stein... More
"Mere flim-flam stories, and nothing but shams and lies." — Miguel de Cervantes... More
"There is only one thing that can kill the Movies, and that is education." — Will Rogers... More
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"Read. Always read. No one can take that away from you."... More
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"There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them.... More
"I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead." — Samuel Goldwyn... More
