Brief Lives: The Short Stories of Julie Hayden
On her one and only book, 'The Lists of the Past'
August 22nd, 2012“Hurt Into Poetry: On Poetry and Greece”By Stephanos Papadopoulos
Los Angeles Review of Books
Bringing Chaos to Order: On Kurt Vonnegut's Literary Remains
On Kurt Vonnegut's literary remains
February 24th, 2013
Brumaire
On Occupy Cal and the fight over public education in California.
November 13th, 2011
Buster Keaton and the World of Objects
Given the choice between a book and a baseball bat, there is no choice for Buster. He’ll take the bat every time
April 19th, 2011
C-Span for Radicals
The live stream’s redirection of our attention from single zap action to ongoing occupation parallels precisely the evolution of tactics represented
October 21st, 2011
Carousel Country: Of Power Wars and Populism in Argentina
May 19th, 2013
China Future
July 8th, 2012
Choosing Not to Be: On David Foster Wallace
On 'The Bad Thing,' depression, and suicide
November 25th, 2012
Christina Rosetti, Valentine
February 14th, 2013
Cicero’s Tongue: Beyond “I Have a Dream”
Awakening A Dreaming, Comfortable King
January 21st, 2013
Consolation from Chaos: on playwright and novelist Luigi Pirandello
On the redemptive prose of Italian novelist and playwright Luigi Pirandello
August 18th, 2012
Contact With The Real: On 'Cosmopolis'
The Singularity & late capitalism & technological despair — oh my!
September 12th, 2012
Conversion Experience: Terrence Malick’s "To The Wonder"
Terrence Malick's "To the Wonder"
May 12th, 2013
Counter-Culture Colophon
On Barney Rosset and the history of Grove Press
September 7th, 2011
Counter-Culture Colophon Part II: Grove Press in the 1960s
The second installment of Glass’s history of Barney Rosset’s legendary publishing empire.
September 30th, 2011
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