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Anthony Mostrom

Anthony Mostrom is a journalist living in Los Angeles. He was formerly a Los Angeles Times columnist and a book reviewer and travel writer for the L.A. Weekly. Currently he writes about music and culture for Pleasekillme.com.

Articles

America’s “Mein Kampf”: Francis Parker Yockey and “Imperium”
A shadowy fascist, the late Francis P. Yockey (1917–1960) has followers today.
Anthony MostromAug 8, 2020
- History
- Politics
“The Faster You Pour It Down”: On Charles Bukowski’s “On Drinking”
Anthony Mostrom gets a taste of “On Drinking” by Charles Bukowski, edited by Abel Debritto.
Anthony MostromOct 1, 2019
- Fiction
- Poetry
“Sing of Human Unsuccess / in a Rapture of Distress”: The Tragicomic Poetry of John Tottenham
Anthony Mostrom profiles Los Angeles’s premier poet of poems of regret and resentment, John Tottenham.
Anthony MostromApr 7, 2019
- Poetry
Dark Knights and Sunny Disquisitions: On David Kipen’s “Dear Los Angeles: The City in Diaries and Letters, 1542 to 2018”
Anthony Mostrom pores over “Dear Los Angeles: The City in Diaries and Letters, 1542 to 2018” by David Kipen.
Anthony MostromJan 29, 2019
- History
- Nonfiction
An Unwelcome Brother
A cultural biography of America’s censor and the new Puritanism.
Anthony MostromSep 18, 2018
- Gender & Sexuality
- History
The Thin White Dunc: A Jaded Dandy in 1970s New York
A portrait of punk-era New York’s art and music scenes.
Anthony MostromJul 25, 2018
“Having Repeatedly Supped with the Devil…”: The Strange Muses of John Gilmore
Anthony Mostrom writes about the life of noir author and gonzo journalist John Gilmore.
Anthony MostromJun 8, 2018
- Noir
- Nonfiction
Lionel Rolfe and the Rise and Fall of the L.A. Coffeehouses
Anthony Mostrom profiles legendary L.A. bohemian Lionel Rolfe and the coffeehouses in which he thrived.
Anthony MostromJan 10, 2018
- Memoir & Essay
- Nonfiction

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