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How an art historian became fixated on ossuariesObsession. It's in the bones. Sometimes the obsession is all about bones. Paul Koudounaris, an art history professor at Cal State Northridge,... More >>
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A couple of weeks ago at Village Books in Pacific Palisades, they were selling books like it was going out of style. Some came for the inscribed... More >>
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Two books cut to the core of an L.A. obsession: female beautyFragrant steam rises from an enormous vat of tea, and steeping in the brew at this Koreatown spa are three plump Korean grandmas. Their nudity,... More >>
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The Legacy of Ken KeseyIt's been nine years since the death of Ken Kesey, the author whom Tom Wolfe proclaimed "one of the most important American writers of the second... More >>
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An interview with the late Nobel laureateClick here for the extended version of Scott Foundas' interview with Jose Saramago.In September 2008, on assignment for this newspaper, I... More >>
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An interview with the late Nobel laureateIn September of 2008, on assignment for this newspaper, I traveled to the Canary Islands to interview the man whom, until June 18 of this year, I... More >>
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The world according to David MitchellTo those who like David Mitchell, he's the greatest novelist of his generation, heir to the polymath Thomas Pynchon — an ingenious, crafty... More >>
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Why the future of books might be old booksClick here for Nathan Ihara's list of perfectly aged summer reading.Last month much ink was spilled (and pixels burnt) on Bill Clegg's Portrait... More >>
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Perfectly aged titles to read this summerClick here for Nathan Ihara's feature The Tyranny of the New.After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie (1931) by Jean RhysIf your bedroom has ever felt too... More >>
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Jillian Lauren opens up about her life as a teenage harem girl in BruneiThe girl is young and pretty, of course. They all are, the women in the sultan's harem. But this one is different. She is a rebellious punk... More >>
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If originality is, as Vladimir Nabokov suggests, the true measure of greatness in an artist, then the argument can be made that J.D. Salinger... More >>
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It’s Angel Time for the famed authorAnne Rice will never write about vampires again. Not even with these tragically hip, newfangled bloodsuckers lurking about, dating high school... More >>
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... written by and for straight womenClick here for “Hot off the Press: A Gay-Romance Sampler.”Click here for “Pen Names and Prejudice,” by Gendy Alimurung.On... More >>
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Click here for “Man on Man: The new gay romance, written by and for straight women,” by Gendy Alimurung.From James Buchanan’s... More >>
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Click here for “Man on Man: The new gay romance, written by and for straight women,” by Gendy Alimurung.Take society’s worst... More >>
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Juicy Tidbits of a '60s CultThe Satanic Ritual Abuse (or SRA) conspiracy fad of the 1980s may have torn apart families, destroyed the lives of innumerable innocent people... More >>
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An excerpt from John O' Brien's novel, BetterJohn O’Brien, the author of Leaving Las Vegas, committed suicide in 1994 at the age of 33. Akashic Books is now publishing his novel,... More >>
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Debra Gwertner's memoir, Live Through This“For People magazine,” says Barry Lopez, watching as a photographer arranges a group of women before the Eugene, Oregon, condominiums... More >>
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The writer has a well-regarded short-story collection under his belt, and now a novel, This Wicked World, is about to breakAlso read: "Devil Rain," a fiction excerpt from the forthcoming novel "This Wicked World" by Richard Lange, to be published by Little, Brown and... More >>
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From the forthcoming novel This Wicked WorldAlso read about the author: "Something Wicked," a profile of Richard Lange by Joe Donnelly. Oscar awoke from a dream of heaven. Opening his... More >>
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Rudolph Ditzen took the pen name Hans Fallada in 1913 to protect his family — his father was a respected judge — from embarrassment... More >>
From the Print Edition
How James Turrell's Skyspaces Became a Hot Item for L.A. Art Collectors
Just before sunset in late April, architect Duncan Nicholson brought a group of guests down the steep hill behind the brashly spectacular, John Lautner–designed Sheats-Goldstein house, now owned by Jim… More >>
Solo Show At the Flash Looks at a Single Gay Bar Through the Decades
In March 2012, Ian MacKinnon presented a gay history one-man show at Moving Arts in Silver Lake, named Gay Hist-Orgy! Parts 1 & 2. It was a salacious performance that… More >>
What Office Trailers Can Teach Us About Los Angeles
Outside every building construction site, there's a box on wheels that's around 8 feet wide by 20 feet long. It's a simple structure, built to stay within the width of… More >>
With Dulce Rosa, an Isabel Allende Story Becomes Opera
It's taken 11 years to get director-lyricist Richard Sparks and composer Lee Holdridge's new opera, Dulce Rosa, from the germ of an idea to a full production. Sparks and Holdridge have… More >>
Urs Fischer Traffics in Clichés — But That's Not Necessarily a Bad Thing
You might resent artist Urs Fischer after seeing his survey at MOCA. Fischer, a Swiss artist who lives mostly in New York and produces iconoclastic messes with paradoxical precision, has… More >>
Marco Ramirez's The Royale and Theatre Movement Bazaar's Hot Cat Make Old Stories New
There's a road leading from the Actors Theatre of Louisville (Ky.) to Los Angeles' Center Theatre Group. Now onstage at CTG's Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City is the second… More >>
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