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…
Category Archives: LA events
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…
The view from above
That’s the view from the Soho House in Los Angeles, with downtown LA off to the southeast. I talked to James Ellroy there yesterday afternoon for a lovely book club…
A good end
Although yesterday began grimly, it ended well. Jonathan Lethem read at the LA Public Library’s ALOUD series, and answered questions, and was kind enough to hang out for a cocktail…
Monday book night with Richard Castle
Last night, after catching a reading that’s related to a piece I’m working on, I headed to the Barnes & Noble at The Grove — not my regular stomping grounds,…
Tonight at Vroman’s: Ben Greenman
Ben Greenman, who I get to needle and prompt at Vroman’s tonight, is on book tour for his new novel “Please Step Back.” And to let the world know what…
Festival, schmestival. Don’t miss Vroman’s on Tuesday
I love me some LA times festival of books. I’ve been soaking in it all day, and I think the panels will be great, the stages, the crazy big campus,…
Low levels of toxicity
“Exercising the blogging might help curb the desire to pollute Twitter,” Young Manhattanite writes. While I would like to think my tweeting has low levels of toxicity, it’s clear that…
Keeping busy
The Southern California chapter of the Mystery Writers of America invited me and Kassia Krozier and Lise Friedman, field rep for Macmillan, to talk about the future of publishing at…
This should be a picture of Etgar Keret
On Thursday night I went to see Ben Ehrenriech and Etgar Keret at the LA Public Library’s ALOUD series. They were in conversation with the topic, “Is reality overrated”? Easy…
