Tag Archives: los angeles
Oh noes! The bright spot on the LA radio dial just went dark.
Was it just this morning that I was listening to Indie 103.1 on the radio in the car while driving to work? I could have sworn it was. I heard…
What’s shaking in the metropolis
On Saturday, three authors read from their entries in the 33 1/3 album-focused series: above, Hayden Childs reading from his book on “Shoot Out the Lights” by Richard and Linda…
This way to paradise
LA is really fucking cool. I get to write for Jacket Copy at the LA Times. I got to write book reviews for the LA Times, too. My apartment, built…
To read and be pursued in LA
That there is Salman Rushdie on the right and Carrie Fisher on the left. I had a question about something she said in during the interview, so afterward I talked…
Transportation meditation
Yesterday I sold my Honda. It was a great little grad school car: didn’t break down with any costly repairs, could park anywhere, drove me all around the country last…
All good news edition
Good news: Maud Newton throws a story into the universe, the universe throws her a $1500 prize. Good news: I’m catching up with back issues of One Story and “Bar…
Graduate school has stolen my brain
It’s stuck in a vortex of two papers due very soon. One paper is for my Narratives of Teaching and Learning class, and it’s actually a two-parter. I’m spending about…
Beyong Baroque headed to the great beyond?
Longtime Los Angeles literary nonprofit Beyond Baroque may lose its lease. It’s been in its location, in Venice, for decades. This isn’t simply a matter of changing real estate realities….
