Ruminations on Riots
When it comes to matters of race, L.A. would rather forget.
May 2nd, 2012“Hurt Into Poetry: On Poetry and Greece”By Stephanos Papadopoulos
Los Angeles Review of Books
Reality Hunger: On Lena Dunham's "Girls"
For Hannah, talking is a way of coming to terms with, and owning, her appetites.
April 28th, 2012
Rivers of Blood: On Guillermo Fernández García
On the murder of the poet and translator Guillermo Fernández Garcia.
April 18th, 2012
Russia's New Time of Troubles
Russians applauded. They wanted order and didn’t mind if Putin suspended civil rights to provide it.
March 4th, 2012
Real Penguins in Imaginary Apartments
on Andrey Kurkov’s oddball Russian crime fiction.
February 11th, 2012
Romero, Blew, Aciman, Hughes
Some doors opened, were squeezed through, then slammed shut, trapping women like Blew in lives filled with unprecedented challenges.
October 22nd, 2011
Recessionary Measures in Support of Occupy Seattle
Many have been sleeping in money. The money is congregating in the street.
October 21st, 2011
The Room and the Elephant
On internet criticism, Wikipedia, and the waning of expertise.
June 7th, 2011
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Percival Everett
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Biography & Autobiography
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