Books
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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
Machine Project's Oddball Take on L.A. Architecture, From a Helicopter Experiment to the Spirit of Whitney Houston
Kamau Patton was having a drink at the BonaVista Lounge, the rotating bar atop the 34th floor of the Bonaventure Hotel downtown, when he realized he'd been looking at architecture… More >>
Two Plays on Politics and Frivolity in Europe
How many theater companies does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Chilean writer-director Guillermo Calderón's Neva, which just closed after playing its scheduled one week in a Kirk Douglas Theatre… More >>
A Mexican Telenovela Spawned a Teen Pop Sensation. Artist Yvonne Venegas Documented the Insanity
In a photograph, Anahi, the actress-singer who uses only one name and plays high school superstar Mia in the Mexican telenovela Rebelde, stares at the camera with an expression that… More >>
Hollywood Fringe Festival 2013: Our Preview
See also: *All of our Hollywood Fringe 2013 reviews from L.A. Weekly critics "Most of the stuff is awful, but it brings an entirely different crowd to the theater," says a local… More >>
Why Two Celebrated Theaters Have to Leave Their Hollywood Homes
Last month, at about the same time, Open Fist Theatre Company and Celebration Theatre gave notice to their respective landlords, the primary reason being rent increases that were pricing them… More >>
