Jack Gilbert, 1925 - 2012
...the hard-hooks that fold you down to your knees...
November 14th, 2012“Letter From Cuba: The Religious Revival of a Communist State”By Antal Neville
Los Angeles Review of Books
James Deen vs. the Nebbishes
October 21st, 2012
James Ellroy on his latest novella.
L.A. is where I come back to when women divorce me.
November 21st, 2012
Jay McInerney, the New York Fantasy, and Wine
A reckoning with the author of 'Bright Lights, Big City'
October 3rd, 2012
John Keats, Valentine
February 14th, 2013
Judy Blume: Three Essays
On "Deenie," "Tiger Eyes," "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret"
November 27th, 2012
Jumping the Dragon Gate: Life in Shaoyang
I lived in Shaoyang, a city in Hunan province famous for clementines and murder.
August 30th, 2012
Just Like a Woman
The shadow of the culture wars falls over these books, and Jane Austen becomes both the rescued and the rescuer.
September 5th, 2011
Genres
Science & Technology
"The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not." — Gertrude Stein... More
Biography & Autobiography
"I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead." — Samuel Goldwyn... More
SF
"The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it." — F... More
Literary Fiction
"Mere flim-flam stories, and nothing but shams and lies." — Miguel de Cervantes... More
Film
"There is only one thing that can kill the Movies, and that is education." — Will Rogers... More