Locked Up in America: The Essay in the Age of Mass Incarceration
"Fourth City" intervenes in an ongoing public debate about prisons by providing space for prisoners themselves to enter the discussion.
Memoir & Essay
"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf
The Evolution of a Writer
Lynne Sharon Schwartz discusses Joyce Carol Oates's "The Lost Landscape."
The Aphasia Book Club
The Echo Park Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library is home to the only aphasia book club in North America — and maybe the world.
Finding Order in Chaos
Barry Yourgrau is forced to confront his forever-mushrooming mess and, by extension, himself, in "Mess."
In the Habit
"Gamelife" is really a book about the incompatibility, rather than the affinity, of game life and human life.
Aftermaths of an Epidemic: On Dale Peck’s “Visions and Revisions”
Peck’s larger claim is that despite AIDS, and maybe even because of AIDS, gay men must make sure not to lose joy in sex.
Reading “Between the World and Me” in Context
Reading "Between the World and Me."
The Journalist: Judith Miller’s Side of the Story
Judith Miller's intentions for writing this memoir aren't in question. What has been, and what continues to be, questionable is the accuracy of her writing.
Writing in Cafés: A Personal History
Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft on writing in cafés.
Night Cycle
The chaotic and uncontrollable parts of Los Angeles that make it such a challenging city during the day fade away as the city falls asleep.
Silent Room
The search for a silent room of one's own.
Unnatural Disasters, or Queering Katrina
Photography by Jon Hughes / Photopresse
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