Michael Tolkin lives in Los Angeles. His daughter skates for the Los Angeles Derby Dolls. He will hold that accomplishment up against anyone who writes for the London Review of Books.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
Radio Hour: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s Debut Novel, the Villainy of Tom Sawyer, and Donald Trump
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's debut novel "Mycroft Holmes," rereading the character of Tom Sawyer, and finally we tackle Donald Trump....
No Other Gods: Walter Kirn's "My Mother's Bible"
WHEN I WAS 14, after my Reform Bar Mitzvah, I went through confirmation at Temple… call it Temple X. ...
Remembering Maurice Sendak
MICHAEL TOLKIN Maurice Sendak, My Friend I dedicated my third novel, Under Radar, "For Maurice Sendak, after a long conversation one ...
One Inch Above the Ground
There’s a voice that, while still a bit controlled, opens on to something savage, even ugly....
