'Twin Peaks,' 'The Killing," lost girls, and the female detective story
April 6th, 2013
It is ironic that Ovid had barely finished his long poem when his exile was decreed.
November 24th, 2011
On the poetry of archery
July 28th, 2012
Reprint publications are crucial to maintaining an institutional memory for these popular genres.
July 1st, 2012
On Geoff Dyer and Andrei Tarkovsky, 'cinema's great poet of stillness'
July 12th, 2012
The anatomy of a second book of poems
November 10th, 2012
Second books of poetry by Tom Andrews and Jessica Greenbaum
December 15th, 2012
aviator’s goggles, Victorian waistcoats, top hats, bustle skirts, leather corsets, bizarre, mechanical accessories
July 11th, 2011
Hello, my name is Dyanne A., and I’m a self-published author.
January 6th, 2013
On Ryan Murphy's maximalist melodrama and the possibilities of 'anthology' TV
October 15th, 2012
Read in tandem, Starr’s and Braudy’s books offer a concise but compelling reflection on California history.
May 13th, 2011
The state of California's single payer movement
April 30th, 2013
John Lingan on Paul McCartney
July 27th, 2012
The 'unacknowledged legislators' of the women's movement
February 8th, 2013
Word and line can marry enticingly in the art of tattoo.
May 16th, 2011
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