Vladimir Nabokov, “Houdini of history”?
A new biography and a recently published play offer insights into how the author felt about the past
Sunday, Mar 17, 2013 7:00 PM UTCSocial LA Review of Books
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When neoliberalism exploded
Historian Daniel Steadman Jones traces the origins of the right's fascination with privatization and deregulation
Saturday, Mar 9, 2013 2:00 PM UTC 54Entertainment LA Review of Books, Books, essay
Sam Lipsyte’s latest: Less than the sum of its “Fun Parts”
In his new collection of short stories, the author of "The Ask" amuses himself -- and only occasionally his reader
Thursday, Mar 7, 2013 7:58 PM UTCEntertainment LA Review of Books, Books
Is “shiksa” an insult?
The Yiddish word has become a part of the English lexicon, but its connotation remains fluid
Wednesday, Mar 6, 2013 5:20 PM UTC 71Life LA Review of Books, Shiksa
HBO, please renew “Enlightened”!
Although it has yet to be picked up for a third season, the cable dramedy is one of the bravest series on TV
Sunday, Mar 3, 2013 8:00 PM UTCEntertainment LA Review of Books, TV, HBO
When the CIA infiltrated Hollywood
A new book exposes the incestuous relationship between the two and the extent to which they both feed us propaganda
Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 10:22 PM UTCEntertainment LA Review of Books, Books, CIA
Edward Gorey’s strange, curious world
The author's books tended toward the macabre, but there's an element of redemption in his ghoulish worldview VIDEO
Saturday, Feb 23, 2013 5:00 PM UTCEntertainment Video, LA Review of Books, Art
Melissa McCarthy: The new face of slapstick humor
The actress, who gets rammed by a car in "Identity Thief," is changing the way we traditionally see women in comedy
Saturday, Feb 23, 2013 2:00 PM UTCSocial LA Review of Books
Spanish capital en ruinas
Dispatches from Madrid, a city in political and economic turmoil.
Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013 4:42 PM UTCLife LA Review of Books, Travel, Spain
Karen Russell’s vampires have bite
In her second story collection, Russell demonstrates her gifts for genre-bending and whimsical, exuberant prose
Monday, Feb 18, 2013 5:00 PM UTCEntertainment LA Review of Books
Does “The Feminine Mystique” still matter?
The latest reissue of Betty Friedan's classic triggers an age-old debate about its place in the canon
Wednesday, Feb 13, 2013 2:00 PM UTCLife LA Review of Books
Philip Roth’s retirement lesson
The author hung it up when he lost his unreasonable devotion to writing fiction -- and inspired me to follow suit
Wednesday, Feb 13, 2013 12:39 PM UTCSocial LA Review of Books, Art, Fiction
Baudelaire makes a comeback
Two recent novels embrace the french poet's fascination with the flâneur's wandering gaze
Monday, Feb 4, 2013 7:15 PM UTCSocial LA Review of Books
Pauline Kael was my mentor
The legendary film critic helped teach me how to write, to think -- and even how to watch movies
Sunday, Feb 3, 2013 7:00 PM UTCEntertainment LA Review of Books, Movies
“Drag Race”: Reality TV feminism
With its sensational performances of femininity, RuPaul's campy show digs at the sexism of contemporary culture
Wednesday, Jan 30, 2013 7:55 PM UTCEntertainment LA Review of Books, Drag Race
Never stop crossing borders
A look at the work of Reyna Grande, whose searing stories explore the lives immigrants and their children
Sunday, Jan 27, 2013 3:59 PM UTCLife Immigration, LA Review of Books
Did Kafka invent noir?
Marek Krajewski's new novel reminds its readers that "The Trial" anticipated the works of Chandler and Welles
Monday, Jan 21, 2013 9:00 PM UTCEntertainment LA Review of Books, Franz Kafka
Even Anheuser-Busch hates Bud Light
William Knoedelseder's "Bitter Brew" offers a sometimes fascinating history of America's most famous beer-makers
Monday, Jan 21, 2013 3:00 PM UTC 44Entertainment LA Review of Books, Budweiser
We need to make the gun control debate about crime control
The author of "Glock: The Rise of America's Gun" discusses Newtown and how we can curb gun violence in America
Sunday, Jan 20, 2013 6:00 PM UTC 39Entertainment LA Review of Books
Film noir: Everything you need to know about postwar America
Richard Lingeman's "The Noir Forties" reveals how the film movement captured the period's creeping fear and anxiety
Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013 11:48 PM UTCEntertainment LA Review of Books, Books
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