Something Wicked: Author Richard Lange Is Done With Rejection
Lately, I’ve been spending time in some pretty far-flung places — Paris, Indochina, the Alps, the Deep South, England, the apocalyptic future (isn’t it always?). READ MORE
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CULTURE.
LA People 2009: The Heart of Darkness — Jerry Stahl
I’m deep into a harrowingDiane Sawyer special about hillbillies in Kentucky (a cautionary tale about the pre- and post-natal effects of Mountain Dew if ever there was one) on a cold and stormy night in early March, when something slams into my front door, causing me to jump off the couch.
Opening the door, I spy an anonymous brown package on the porch. READ MORE
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CULTURE.
Down and Out in L.A.: Novelist Patrick deWitt Comes Home
I approach the Silent Movie Theatre on a recent Sunday night, looking out for the Echo Park porkpie-hat army I fear is already laying siege on Fairfax Avenue. READ MORE
