Power wars and populism in Argentina
May 19th, 2013
On Richard Linklater's "Before Midnight"
May 24th, 2013
On 'The End of Men,' 'Vagina,' and 'Gaga Feminism'
October 7th, 2012
On autobiographies by Jay-Z, Patti Smith, and Johnny Ramone
December 7th, 2012
On the life and flourishing posthumous reputation of Walter Benjamin.
July 26th, 2012
At first I was skeptical about Occupy Riverside. But the more I heard about what was going on downtown, the more enthusiastic I became.
November 13th, 2011
Tom Waits's Los Angeles
December 29th, 2012
The late 'New Yorker' writer's short story masterpiece
August 26th, 2012
A short story excerpted from the 'New Yorker' writer's 'The Lists of the Past'
August 26th, 2012
On Track and Swimming
August 10th, 2012
The Epilogues
August 13th, 2012
I wondered if O’Brien’s words, like explosive devices hidden in the humid jungles, had triggered these awful images, or if Iraq simply played forever in Mike’s head, a fractured repetitive loop.
November 18th, 2011
"Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television." —Woody Allen... More
"There is only one thing that can kill the Movies, and that is education." — Will Rogers... More
"I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead." — Samuel Goldwyn... More
"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it." — Frank Zappa... More
"There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them.... More
