Signs and Wonders
Read in tandem, Starr’s and Braudy’s books offer a concise but compelling reflection on California history.
May 13th, 2011
“Letter From Cuba: The Religious Revival of a Communist State”By Antal Neville
Los Angeles Review of Books
Single Payer Health Insurance Bill Orphaned In California
The state of California's single payer movement
April 30th, 2013
Sir Paul and Impending Sire-hood
John Lingan on Paul McCartney
July 27th, 2012
Sister Arts: On Adrienne Rich, Audre Lorde, and Others
The 'unacknowledged legislators' of the women's movement
February 8th, 2013
Skin Deep
Word and line can marry enticingly in the art of tattoo.
May 16th, 2011
Skylight Series, Ep. 3: Emma Straub
October 3rd, 2012
Skylight Series, Ep. 4: DT Max
October 23rd, 2012
Smothered: Part 2
On 'love, drugs, madness, betrayal, self-deception, and youthful ambition.'
June 17th, 2012
Smothered: Part 3
On 'love, drugs, madness, betrayal, self-deception, and youthful ambition.'
June 24th, 2012
Smothered: Part I
On 'love, drugs, madness, betrayal, self-deception, and youthful ambition.'
June 10th, 2012
Socialism on the Small Screen: On "Parks and Recreation"
A History of Progressivism in Pawnee
April 23rd, 2013
Some Variations on Mark Lanegan
The ghost of Kurt Cobain haunts the music of Mark Lanegan
September 16th, 2012
Spring Break Forever, Bitches: 1920s France Meets 2013 Florida
'Spring Breakers,' 'Tender is the Night,' & the American promise of spring break
March 25th, 2013
Stephen Potter: Life Among the Acquaintances
The Potter voice: that mock-pedantic tone of winning modesty and warm condescension.
May 18th, 2011
Authors
Angilee Shah
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Percival Everett
"Read. Always read. No one can take that away from you."... More
Jon Wiener
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Genres
Biography & Autobiography
"I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead." — Samuel Goldwyn... More
Literary Fiction
"Mere flim-flam stories, and nothing but shams and lies." — Miguel de Cervantes... More
Television
"Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television." —Woody Allen... More
Art & Architecture
"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it." — Frank Zappa... More
Comics
"All lurid, unsavory, gruesome illustrations shall be eliminated." — Comics Code, 1954... More
