Reyna Grande on Immigration’s Toll
Stories of the 'deep, permanent costs of immigration'
January 23rd, 2013“Hurt Into Poetry: On Poetry and Greece”By Stephanos Papadopoulos
Los Angeles Review of Books
Consolation from Chaos: on playwright and novelist Luigi Pirandello
On the redemptive prose of Italian novelist and playwright Luigi Pirandello
August 18th, 2012
The Three Gunas: Breaking Up is Hard to Do
On Marriage, Writer’s Block and Transcendence
June 7th, 2012
Hungry Ghosts: Sex and the Sixth Sense
On following and straying from the 'righteous' path of desire
October 11th, 2012
Enchantment Dispelled: On Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit'
On Peter Jackson's THE HOBBIT
January 1st, 2013
Decapitating the Chivalric Hero: On "Game of Thrones"
Comparing 'Lord of the Rings' to the HBO series
March 30th, 2013
Dear TV: 'New Girl' and 'The Mindy Project'; Week 3, Post 2
How To Crush It
October 12th, 2012
Dear TV: 'New Girl' and 'The Mindy Project'; Week 1, Post 1
Groove is in the Heart
September 26th, 2012
Dear TV: 'New Girl' and 'The Mindy Project'; Week 1, Post 2
A Serial Takeover
September 28th, 2012
Dear TV: 'New Girl' and 'The Mindy Project'; Week 1, Post 3
Party Girl vs. Rom-Com Girl
October 1st, 2012
Dear TV: 'New Girl' and 'The Mindy Project'; Week 2, Post 1
When Worlds Collide
October 3rd, 2012
Dear TV: 'New Girl' and 'The Mindy Project'; Week 2, Post 2
Romney-Dad: Conservatives in Comedy
October 4th, 2012
Dear TV: 'New Girl' and 'The Mindy Project'; Week 2, Post 3
Moby-Nick, or The Whale Belt
October 5th, 2012
Dear TV: 'New Girl' and 'The Mindy Project'; Week 3, Post 1
Of In-Groups and Out-Groups
October 11th, 2012
Dear TV: 'New Girl' and 'The Mindy Project'; Week 3, Post 3
A Toast to the Douchebags
October 12th, 2012
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