Edward Gorey’s not as macabre as you think
Sure, his fiction accepts the terrible as inevitable, but it also offers its fair share of redemption
Monday, Nov 5, 2012 1:00 AM UTCEntertainment Television, Fiction
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Entertainment Television, Fiction
Neil Young’s kitchen-sink memoir
Occasionally fascinating and often disjointed,"Waging Heavy Peace" rarely matches the power of its author's music
Friday, Nov 2, 2012 10:21 PM UTCEntertainment Rock and Roll
Chris Ware: Loneliness has its merits
The author of "Building Stories" explains his creative process -- and his punishing self-doubt
Thursday, Nov 1, 2012 9:46 PM UTCEntertainment LA Review of Books, kindle
Who really wrote the Book of Mormon?
Members of the church have long held that it's Joseph Smith. The answer may be slightly more complicated
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 11:01 PM UTC 79Entertainment LA Review of Books
Ryan has more in common with Akin than you think
Don't be fooled by his carefully worded responses to abortion questions on the campaign trail. He's a true radical
Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 9:06 PM UTCPolitics 2012 Elections, Todd Akin
Mitt Romney: Disgrace to Mormonism
A new biography of Brigham Young depicts a religion founded on socialist ideals -- and embraced by the poor
Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 11:00 PM UTC 70Social Mormonism, Brigham Young
Emily Dickinson’s best zingers
A new book distills all of the 19th century poet's work to a collection of snarky one-liners. Amazingly, it works
Friday, Oct 26, 2012 6:24 PM UTCEntertainment literature, LA Review of Books
“Building Stories”: Sui generis masterpiece
Eschewing the narrative conventions of the graphic novel, Chris Ware has crafted something somehow more literary
Thursday, Oct 25, 2012 9:49 PM UTCEntertainment New York Times
Is “The Master” a retelling of “The Tempest”?
Paul Thomas Anderson's latest has more in common with Shakespeare's final play than you might think
Monday, Oct 22, 2012 4:50 PM UTCEntertainment Shakespeare, LA Review of Books
Is motherhood really a lie?
Jessica Valenti's new book challenges our preconceptions about the joys of parenting but misses what makes it vital
Friday, Oct 19, 2012 8:48 PM UTC 33Entertainment Why Have Kid?, Tiger Mom, Mothers
Black Power: American as apple pie
Pat Thomas's latest book reveals that the political movement has had an enduring influence on American culture
Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 4:28 PM UTCSocial Racism, LA Review of Books
Is “American Horror Story” the future of TV?
Eschewing more conventional season-long story arcs, the show offers a uniquely anarchic brand of entertainment
Monday, Oct 15, 2012 9:56 PM UTCEntertainment FX, Charlie Sheen, Louie
Who is Mo Yan, anyway?
He shocked the world when he won the Nobel Prize. A Chinese scholar explains why his fiction is essential
Sunday, Oct 14, 2012 11:00 PM UTCEntertainment China, literature
“Little House on the Prairie”: Tea Party manifesto
The far right has adopted the beloved children's books as an instrument for teaching the virtues of "lived liberty"
Wednesday, Oct 10, 2012 6:17 PM UTCPolitics Republican Party
Junot Díaz: My stories come from trauma
The effervescent author of "This is How You Lose Her" explains the darkness coursing through his fiction
Wednesday, Oct 10, 2012 3:36 PM UTCEntertainment LA Review of Books
Good without God
What George Eliot's atheism can teach us about building a sense of community
Monday, Oct 8, 2012 10:05 PM UTC 22Social faith, george eliot
America’s forgotten poet
James Franco's playing him in a movie now, but Hart Crane's genius has gone largely unrecognized since his death
Thursday, Oct 4, 2012 8:02 PM UTCSocial the Brooklyn Bridge, Hart Crane
What the hell happened to Jay McInerney?
I idolized the author until I served him at a bar. Now I'm left contemplating his unrealized potential
Wednesday, Oct 3, 2012 6:42 PM UTC 24Entertainment literature, Bret Easton Ellis
Scalia’s shameless political agenda
In his new tome, the Supreme Court justice refuses to acknowledge the Constitution as a living document
Monday, Oct 1, 2012 7:53 PM UTC 12Life Strict Constructionism
Sheila Heti gets sex wrong
For all the supposed bravery of her latest novel, the author fails to capture the emotions behind women's urges
Friday, Sep 28, 2012 11:30 PM UTCLife Domination, Masculinity
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