Archive

The Lone and Level Sands
A lively history of an underappreciated resource.
David AstrofskyAug 7, 2018
Revisions of Resistance in Beatriz Bracher’s “I Didn’t Talk”
Bracher’s slim, dense novel lingers in the eddies of personal memory and historical reckoning.
Victoria BaenaAug 7, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction
“Sneakerheads” at Canter’s Deli: Uttering the G-word on Fairfax
Fairfax Avenue's culture has transformed from a Jewish enclave to a hypebeast's dream, and maybe that's okay.
Isaac EngelbergAug 7, 2018
The Queerness of It All: An Interview with Jeffrey Kripal
"Are you suggesting that Jesus was gay?" "That’s an anachronistic question. The safest thing to say is that he was anything but straight."
Steve PaulsonAug 6, 2018
When a Rock Is a Stone: Finding “Spiral Jetty”
Louise Steinman goes in search of artist Robert Smithson’s “Spiral Jetty.”
Louise SteinmanAug 6, 2018
- Art & Architecture
Encountering Weegee: On Christopher Bonanos’s “Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous”
Geoff Nicholson exposes himself to “Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous” by Christopher Bonanos.
Geoff NicholsonAug 6, 2018
- Art & Architecture
L.A.'s Great Brotherhood of Taco Eaters: A Jonathan Gold Collage Poem
Carolina A. Miranda, Jonathan Gold’s colleague at the LA Times, eulogized him by making a kind of collage poem with sentences pulled from his writing:
Carolina A. MirandaAug 6, 2018
On Holy Ghost: An Interview with David Brazil
Yosefa Raz interviews David Brazil about his poetry collection "Holy Ghost."
Yosefa RazAug 6, 2018
Homer for Scalawags: Emily Wilson’s “Odyssey”
Richard H. Armstrong journeys through Emily Wilson’s new translation of Homer’s “Odyssey.”
Richard H. ArmstrongAug 5, 2018
- Poetry
Working Girl
Tausif Noor reviews Ottessa Moshfegh’s new novel of monotony, addiction, and loss, “My Year of Rest and Relaxation.”
Tausif NoorAug 5, 2018
- Fiction
The Shifting Horizon of Masculinity in Jamel Brinkley’s “A Lucky Man”
Brinkley offers visions of manhood and masculinity with a humane imagination for what characters miss, what they mean to say, what they might have done.
Evan McGarveyAug 5, 2018
- Fiction
What Jonathan Gold Understood About Korea
Colin Marshall on Jonathan Gold's appreciation for Korean food and Los Angeles's Koreatown.
Colin MarshallAug 5, 2018
It is Pleasant to Know Things: In Memory of Jonathan Gold
Laurie Winer remembers long lunches with Jonathan Gold.
Laurie WinerAug 5, 2018
Resurrection of the American Short Story: Nick White’s “Sweet and Low” and Lydia Millet’s “Fight No More”
Nandini Balial reviews new short story collections from Nick White and Lydia Millet.
Nandini BalialAug 4, 2018
- Fiction
A Burdensome Memory: Rebecca Makkai’s “The Great Believers”
Dan Lopez on the central concern of Rebecca Makkai’s “The Great Believers,” arguing for the urgency of the history for those marginalized in their time.
Dan LópezAug 4, 2018
- Fiction
- Gender & Sexuality
A Kitchen Window Peepshow: Eating Wildly and Traveling Widely with Lesley Blanch
Caroline Eden relishes the food writing of Lesley Blanch, author of the recently republished “Journey into the Mind’s Eye.”
Caroline EdenAug 4, 2018
- Around the World
- Food & Drink