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April 9, 2012
Sam McPheeters, of the '90s Punk Band Born Against, On His Bizarre Novel About L.A.'s Angriest Chevron Owner
"I wanted it to be like a firework show," Sam McPheeters says about the crescendo of energy and tension in his debut novel, The Loom of Ruin. "It just gets more and more insane." Co-founder of the legendary hardcore punk band Born Against, McPheeters' first novel was just released via Mugger Books ... More >>
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December 30, 2011
Top Books We Read in 2011, by L.A. Weekly Writers
Yes, bookstores are closing all around us, from the giant Borders to the tiny Village Books. But Angelenos still read, and to prove it, we asked LA Weekly's staff writers, editors and freelance contributors to tell us their favorite book they read this year, and why. Answers after the jump. What's ... More >>
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October 4, 2011
Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls Murder Book Shoots to Top of Amazon
Murder Rap, the book written by former LAPD detective Greg Kading implicating Sean Combs and Suge Knight in the slayings of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls, officially came out today. So far, only LA Weekly has interviewed Kading about his self-published book and the revelations he shares, which ... More >>
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September 22, 2011
Let's Get Ready to Toga!
Murder Rap, the book written by former LAPD detective Greg Kading implicating Sean Combs and Suge Knight in the slayings of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls, officially came out today. So far, only LA Weekly has interviewed Kading about his self-published book and the revelations he shares, which ... More >>
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August 5, 2011
Daphna Edwards Ziman, NY Times Bestselling Author of The Gray Zone: Our 'Ask the Author' Interview
Ziman's first novel, The Gray Zone, published by Greenleaf Book Group Press in June 2011. Local author Daphna Edwards Ziman garnered a lot of attention for socially aware novel The Gray Zone, which chronicled the fate of kids put in the American foster care system via a fast-paced thriller o ... More >>
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July 5, 2011
Tom Neely's The Wolf: New 'Painted Novel' About Wolf-On-Human Romance is 'A Love Song to My Wife'
Courtesy of Tom Neely L.A. cartoonist Tom Neely is perhaps best known for his role as founding father of Igloo Tornado, the crazy comic collective who published the hilarious mini comic Henry Glenn Forever, which reimagined the friendship between hardcore punk musicians Henry Rollins and Gl ... More >>
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June 16, 2011
An Evening with Max Weinberg
Courtesy of Tom Neely L.A. cartoonist Tom Neely is perhaps best known for his role as founding father of Igloo Tornado, the crazy comic collective who published the hilarious mini comic Henry Glenn Forever, which reimagined the friendship between hardcore punk musicians Henry Rollins and Gl ... More >>
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June 9, 2011
Bloomsday
Courtesy of Tom Neely L.A. cartoonist Tom Neely is perhaps best known for his role as founding father of Igloo Tornado, the crazy comic collective who published the hilarious mini comic Henry Glenn Forever, which reimagined the friendship between hardcore punk musicians Henry Rollins and Gl ... More >>
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April 15, 2011
Food Memoir(s) Review: A Tiger In The Kitchen And The Problematic Food Memoir Genre
Memoirs have never been easy to pull off. For starters, no matter how interesting we may personally find our own Pinot Noir-enlivened nights, publishers have long gravitated to those authors who are famous enough to keep those Williams-Sonoma book signing lines out the front door. Even if tho ... More >>
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February 24, 2011
Russell Simmons
Memoirs have never been easy to pull off. For starters, no matter how interesting we may personally find our own Pinot Noir-enlivened nights, publishers have long gravitated to those authors who are famous enough to keep those Williams-Sonoma book signing lines out the front door. Even if tho ... More >>
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February 17, 2011
Andre Codrescu
Memoirs have never been easy to pull off. For starters, no matter how interesting we may personally find our own Pinot Noir-enlivened nights, publishers have long gravitated to those authors who are famous enough to keep those Williams-Sonoma book signing lines out the front door. Even if tho ... More >>
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December 9, 2010
Artist As Outlaw
The Legacy of Ken Kesey
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December 9, 2010
Adventures: The Journey of DC Comics
The Legacy of Ken Kesey
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September 16, 2010
Evgenia Citkowitz and Annette Bening
The Legacy of Ken Kesey
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July 15, 2010
Natasha Vargas-Cooper signs Mad Men Unbuttoned: A Romp Through 1960s America.
The Legacy of Ken Kesey
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July 15, 2010
Peep Show Reading
The Legacy of Ken Kesey
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July 15, 2010
Global Touch
The world according to David Mitchell
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July 8, 2010
Adam Jones of Tool Launches New Comic Book Series, Selected as Featured Artist for Alternative Press Magazine's 25th Anniversary Exhibit
http://cosm.typepad.comAdam Jones holds his bronze sculptureMany know Adam Jones from Tool as one of the world's greatest guitarists, however the L.A.-based musician also has an unrelenting passion for visual arts that spans his entire life. From finding refuge in comic books as a child, to a ... More >>
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June 24, 2010
EAT IT AND WEEP
http://cosm.typepad.comAdam Jones holds his bronze sculptureMany know Adam Jones from Tool as one of the world's greatest guitarists, however the L.A.-based musician also has an unrelenting passion for visual arts that spans his entire life. From finding refuge in comic books as a child, to a ... More >>
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June 17, 2010
The Tyranny of the New
Why the future of books might be old books
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June 10, 2010
Bloomsday at The Hammer
Why the future of books might be old books
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April 29, 2010
The Comfort of Anne Rice's Shadow
Why the future of books might be old books
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April 29, 2010
The Comfort of Anne Rice's Shadow
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April 29, 2010
HEY NERD -- WANNA A FREE COMIC BOOK?
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April 29, 2010
Jim Lehrer
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April 22, 2010
I WANNA GO TO CHELSEA
Why the future of books might be old books
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April 15, 2010
Children's Storytelling
Why the future of books might be old books
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March 6, 2010
A Big Shot Writer in Pasadena
Why the future of books might be old books
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January 26, 2010
Michelle Huneven's 'Blame' A Finalist for National Book Critics Circle Award: Fiction, Not Food Writing
Michelle HunevenBlame, the third novel of longtime Weekly contributor Michelle Huneven was announced as a finalist for the 2009 National Book Critics Circle award in fiction. Squid Ink couldn't be happier. Sure, Huneven has been writing for the Weekly for what seems like half of forever, incl ... More >>
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January 21, 2010
DON'T FEAR THE WEEPER
Michelle HunevenBlame, the third novel of longtime Weekly contributor Michelle Huneven was announced as a finalist for the 2009 National Book Critics Circle award in fiction. Squid Ink couldn't be happier. Sure, Huneven has been writing for the Weekly for what seems like half of forever, incl ... More >>
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October 15, 2009
Michael Connelly: The Kid Who Couldn't Write
Michelle HunevenBlame, the third novel of longtime Weekly contributor Michelle Huneven was announced as a finalist for the 2009 National Book Critics Circle award in fiction. Squid Ink couldn't be happier. Sure, Huneven has been writing for the Weekly for what seems like half of forever, incl ... More >>
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October 8, 2009
Hammer Conversation
Michelle HunevenBlame, the third novel of longtime Weekly contributor Michelle Huneven was announced as a finalist for the 2009 National Book Critics Circle award in fiction. Squid Ink couldn't be happier. Sure, Huneven has been writing for the Weekly for what seems like half of forever, incl ... More >>
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September 17, 2009
A TOAST, NOT IN JEST
Michelle HunevenBlame, the third novel of longtime Weekly contributor Michelle Huneven was announced as a finalist for the 2009 National Book Critics Circle award in fiction. Squid Ink couldn't be happier. Sure, Huneven has been writing for the Weekly for what seems like half of forever, incl ... More >>
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June 18, 2009
How Fiction Works: King James and the Battle for the Novel
It's James Wood's World and We're Just Reading In It
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June 11, 2009
MORE PROOF THAT MAKING FUN OF PEOPLE CAN LEAD TO A FULFILLING CAREER
It's James Wood's World and We're Just Reading In It
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April 2, 2009
Can Authors Riff? Discuss.
It's James Wood's World and We're Just Reading In It
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February 23, 2009
Jewish Boys and Comic Books: Zap! Pow! Bam! The Golden Age of Comic Books at the Skirball
View more photos of superhero and comic book rarities in the "Golden Age of Comics" slideshow. There is a pretty amazing collection at the Skirball Cultural Center's new exhibit "Zap! Pow! Bam! The Superhero: The Golden Age of Comic Books, 1938-1950." Some stuff on display just blew my mind, like ... More >>
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November 27, 2008
Denis Anyone?
View more photos of superhero and comic book rarities in the "Golden Age of Comics" slideshow. There is a pretty amazing collection at the Skirball Cultural Center's new exhibit "Zap! Pow! Bam! The Superhero: The Golden Age of Comic Books, 1938-1950." Some stuff on display just blew my mind, like ... More >>
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October 16, 2008
Singular Sensations
View more photos of superhero and comic book rarities in the "Golden Age of Comics" slideshow. There is a pretty amazing collection at the Skirball Cultural Center's new exhibit "Zap! Pow! Bam! The Superhero: The Golden Age of Comic Books, 1938-1950." Some stuff on display just blew my mind, like ... More >>
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October 7, 2008
Last Night: Neil Gaiman The Graveyard Book Reading and Interview
"One of things that I wanted to do when I was writing the book was create a world in which dead people are never dangerous, dead things are never bad," says acclaimed fantasy writer Neil Gaiman of his latest work, The Graveyard Book. And so the author of such bestsellers as American Gods and Cora ... More >>
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September 11, 2008
Turning Darkness into Light
"One of things that I wanted to do when I was writing the book was create a world in which dead people are never dangerous, dead things are never bad," says acclaimed fantasy writer Neil Gaiman of his latest work, The Graveyard Book. And so the author of such bestsellers as American Gods and Cora ... More >>
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March 6, 2008
Support Your Local Bookstore
"One of things that I wanted to do when I was writing the book was create a world in which dead people are never dangerous, dead things are never bad," says acclaimed fantasy writer Neil Gaiman of his latest work, The Graveyard Book. And so the author of such bestsellers as American Gods and Cora ... More >>
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December 19, 2002
Seduction of the Degenerate
Rebel Visions and the underground-comics revolution
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September 20, 2001
Books From Our Contributors
Rebel Visions and the underground-comics revolution
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March 9, 2000
¿Por Qué?
The works of Paco Ignacio Taibo II offer a one-man walking tour of Mexican history
Art+Books
June 10, 1999
The Prisoner
Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesia's leading writer, out on tour
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May 13, 1999
Global Entropy
Going blind, can't find mommy, whatever . . .
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March 4, 1999
Marketing Memory
Life after publication
Art+Books
February 4, 1999
The Entertainer
Ian McEwan, after Amsterdam
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January 28, 1999
An Irishman in Malibu
Novelist Brian Moore has left behind his homeland and dodged celebrity in favor of an independend-minded and highly successful literary life.
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