Anti-non-Semitism: An Investigation of the Shiksa
Who, or what, is the 'shiksa'?
March 3rd, 2013“Hurt Into Poetry: On Poetry and Greece”By Stephanos Papadopoulos
Los Angeles Review of Books
Life in Storage: Of Capitalism and A&E's "Storage Wars"
On the American culture of accumulation, and the author's addiction to A&E’s "Storage Wars."
February 4th, 2012
The Time of Marx: Derrida’s Perestroika
Remembering Derrida's "Specters of Marx" lecture
April 23rd, 2013
Love, Boxing, and Hunter S. Thompson, Part 1
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
Love, Boxing, and Hunter S. Thompson, Part 2
I decided to get high.
January 15th, 2012
Smothered: Part I
On 'love, drugs, madness, betrayal, self-deception, and youthful ambition.'
June 10th, 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
The Wrong Marlowe
Let’s say it’s 1978 and you are Dan J. Marlowe, once one of the hottest suspense novelists of your day
March 10th, 2012
The Phantom Phone Booth
On the death and life of great American phone booths
January 9th, 2013
Halloween Fiction Roundtable
October 31st, 2012
Mentors: Marianne Moore
"One may be pardoned, yes I know / One may, for love undying."
January 3rd, 2012
Girls: "It's About Time"
On the season premiere of HBO's 'Girls'
January 14th, 2013
Girls: "I Get Ideas"
Really? Et al?
January 22nd, 2013
Girls: "Bad Friend"
You Probably Think This Show is About You
January 30th, 2013
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