Playing “Hopscotch” with Julio Cortázar
Fifty years after it first published, Cortazar's novel is as innovative as the game from which it draws its names
Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 5:30 PM UTCEntertainment LA Review of Books, Books, Novels
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Detroit punk pioneers rock in "A Band Called Death," and "Under the Dome" is a creepy, kinky take on Stephen King
Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 2:00 PM UTCEntertainment Our Picks: Books, our picks: TV
He is Legend: Remembering sci-fi author Richard Matheson
Matheson's fiction crackled with a truthfulness that was beyond the means of many of his more famous contemporaries
Tuesday, Jun 25, 2013 6:56 PM UTCLife Pajiba, Books, Novels, authors
Sex, Spider-Man and the hubris of being a writer
Sarah Bruni, Adelle Waldman, Alissa Nutting and Periel Aschenbrand talk about writing in very few words
Tuesday, Jun 25, 2013 12:00 AM UTCLife Books, periel aschenbrand
Chasing the dragon with Tao Lin
For the disaffected hero of "Taipei," drug use is less about changing the world than it is about adjusting to it
Saturday, Jun 22, 2013 5:00 PM UTCLife LA Review of Books, Books
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Scandinavian entertainment wins our critics' acclaim, with "The Hijacking" and "The Bridge" high on the to-do's
Saturday, Jun 22, 2013 2:00 PM UTCEntertainment Our Picks: Books, our picks: TV
Stephen King’s biggest fear is Alzheimer’s
The novelist revealed this and more in an AMA on Reddit
Friday, Jun 21, 2013 2:30 PM UTCEntertainment Stephen King, The Shining, Novels
Colum McCann spins out
The leaden "Transatlantic" suggests he's exhausted the themes that made "Let the Great World Spin" so readable
Sunday, Jun 16, 2013 7:00 PM UTCLife LA Review of Books, Books, Novels
Colum McCann: Fiction helps us keep faith in humanity
The author discusses the thin line between history and fiction, and how Frederick Douglass anticipated Obama
Saturday, Jun 15, 2013 5:00 PM UTCLife LA Review of Books, Books, Novels
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Love and suffering plagues the Brangelina of the Big Top, and a recap of an epic "Game of Thrones" season finale
Saturday, Jun 15, 2013 2:00 PM UTCEntertainment Our Picks: Books, our picks: TV
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Hollywood “Crack-Up”
While the "Gatsby" author was wary of Hollywood glitz and glamour, he wrote some of his most enduring fiction there
Sunday, Jun 9, 2013 3:00 PM UTCLife LA Review of Books, Books
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"Much Ado" about Joss Whedon's DIY Shakespeare, and "In the Flesh" is a refreshing take on the zombie apocalypse
Saturday, Jun 8, 2013 2:00 PM UTCEntertainment Our Picks: Books, our picks: TV
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"East" is the morally complex eco-terrorist movie you've been waiting for, and "The Killing" comes back
Saturday, Jun 1, 2013 2:00 PM UTCEntertainment Our Picks: Books, our picks: TV
The Bachmann-inspired romance novel
A character based on the former presidential candidate crash lands in Siberia, and romance ensues
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 8:35 PM UTC 13Politics Michele Bachmann, Romance, Novels
Goodnight, sweet print
Are words on paper gone forever?
Sunday, May 12, 2013 7:00 PM UTC 15Life The Weeklings, Print, Novels
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In books, the Underground Man meets his counterpart. In TV, "The Good Wife" season finale sizzles
Saturday, May 4, 2013 2:00 PM UTCEntertainment Our Picks: Books, our picks: TV
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Add "The Bletchey Circle" to your Sunday night lineup and listen to David Sedaris read his latest book
Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 2:00 PM UTCEntertainment Our Picks: Books, our picks: TV
Owen King’s sparkling debut
"Double Feature" offers a heartbreaking and poignant meditation on the vagaries of art
Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 11:30 PM UTCEntertainment LA Review of Books, Books
I did not write a YA novel!
This publisher says I should make my novel over for young adults. But it's for grown-ups!
Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 23Life Since You Asked, Publishing
Sandra Lee to publish novel that bears resemblance to life with Andrew Cuomo
The WSJ notes that the main character's love interest has the governor's love for corny humor and motorcycles
Monday, Mar 25, 2013 1:07 PM UTCEntertainment Andrew Cuomo, New York
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