Email Author Joe Donnelly

2008 Stories by Joe Donnelly

• It Started With a Kiss: Finding Shelter Among the Stray Cats

  published December 4, 2008

  Contributor 1996-2002 Deputy editor 2002-2008I moved to Los Angeles, for real as it turned out, in 1996. I’d done... More >>

• The Red Scare and Average Joes

  published October 30, 2008

  With precious little to distinguish himself from the Bush years, except possibly more intransigence than even W. when it comes... More >>

• L.A. Weekly Follow-Up: A Tortoise Reprieve — High Casualties Put Halt to Fort Irwin's Expansion Plans

  published October 16, 2008

  Click here for Joe Donnelly's "The... More >>

• Florida, Florida, Florida: Where Hillary Supporters Turn to Palin and Working-Class Men Love Joe Biden

  published October 16, 2008

  The greater Tampa–St. Petersburg area is a weird neck of the woods, a place where porn empires, strip clubs, regional... More >>

• Banking on Disaster: A Day in the Life at the End of the World

  published October 9, 2008

  You’re probably familiar with the ancient Chinese curse: May you live in interesting times. The curse has two other... More >>

• John Edwards' Rural Advocate Mudcat Saunders Pipes in From the Sidelines

  published September 4, 2008

  Those who bothered to check out the Rocky Mountain News before the Democratic National Convention were greeted by a... More >>

• Seeking the Rage: Among the Protesters at the Democratic National Convention

  published August 28, 2008

  Denver’s Civic Center Park, surrounded by vistas of rising skyscrapers, a beautiful public library, an art center, the... More >>

• In Search of a Midnight Kiss: Hollywood Ending

  published August 21, 2008

  Alex Holdridge remembers the moment when he didn’t quit; the moment when he found some faith to hold onto during the... More >>

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  The Tortoise and the Tank Face Off at Fort Irwin

  published August 21, 2008

  Sand in The Box The worst sandstorm in John Wagstaffe’s memory is at full howl. We’re deep inside Iraq,... More >>

• Not Dead Yet: The Novel as Lifeline

  published May 29, 2008

  I read and I read and I read. I read like Forrest Gump ran, because I didn’t know what else to do or where else to go.... More >>

• Jill Leovy

  published May 15, 2008

  Jill Leovy picks at the ruins of a piece of carrot cake and describes the scene she just witnessed in Los Feliz, a riot of... More >>

• New Fiction: "Sunday"

  published May 8, 2008

  It started up again. More >>

• How the Dems Could Blow It Again

  published January 31, 2008

  There was a candidate who beamed hope for the disenfranchised, the disillusioned, the folks who have been forgotten and... More >>