Blog Archives
Saturday in the LA Times
In Saturday’s LA Times, I reviewed Benjamin Black’s A Death in Summer. My byline also appeared with a print version of this interview with author Patrick deWitt — whose novel…
Present!
I don’t think I can come up with all the work I’ve done since February. Recently, I’ve reviewed for the LA Times: The Kid by Sapphire, Bright’s Passage by Josh…
Again, Steve Martin talks about art and it doesn’t suck
On Thursday I went to LACMA to see Steve Martin talk about art. Dave Hickey, his interlocutor, had a hard time keeping up — but who can share a stage…
On Damon Galgut’s In a Strange Room
In today’s LA Times, I review Damon Galgut’s In a Strange Room, beginning: The traveler at the center of Damon Galgut’s new novel “In a Strange Room,” a finalist for…
in the Columbia Journalism Review
In the November/December issue of the Columbia Journalism Review, I look at Blur: How to Know What’s True In the Age of Information Overload by Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel,…
Patti and John had a really good dad
Patti and John had a really good dad. It’s terribly sad that he’s gone. We spent so much time with their family that no one ever thought to take pictures….
My bookish life
Last week The Paris Review posted my Culture Diary on their blog — parts one and two — which proves that as an LA-based bookish reporter I sometimes get up…
prizes prizes prizes
Yesterday I wrote about the National Book Award finalists for the LA Times. The day before that, I wrote about the Man Booker Prize for the LA Times. Now, I’m…