When it comes to matters of race, L.A. would rather forget.
May 2nd, 2012
For Hannah, talking is a way of coming to terms with, and owning, her appetites.
April 28th, 2012
On the murder of the poet and translator Guillermo Fernández Garcia.
April 18th, 2012
Russians applauded. They wanted order and didn’t mind if Putin suspended civil rights to provide it.
March 4th, 2012
on Andrey Kurkov’s oddball Russian crime fiction.
February 11th, 2012
Some doors opened, were squeezed through, then slammed shut, trapping women like Blew in lives filled with unprecedented challenges.
October 22nd, 2011
Many have been sleeping in money. The money is congregating in the street.
October 21st, 2011
On internet criticism, Wikipedia, and the waning of expertise.
June 7th, 2011
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"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it." — Frank Zappa... 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
