Ladies on the mic
LibriVox points out a Wired News report about the Podcast Expo this past weekend in Ontario, California. Only 15% of the people who showed up were women. I wonder what…
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Laila Lalami’s podcast, part two
Moorishgirl Laila Lalami continues discussion of Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, talking about language and the dialogue of her Moroccan characters, writing with music, and litblogging. The complete interview is…
Laila Lalami’s moorish podcast
Laila Lalami swings by the Paperhaus to talk about her new book Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits. Is it a short story collection? Is it a novel? Why aren’t the…
Esther jangles her keys
My 19th C. Brit Lit class is now reading Hardy’s Return of the Native and Bleak House by Charles Dickens. And I have finally figured out that if I bring…
Saturday and Saturday
Why, oh why did they do it? The ever-wonderful Vermin on the Mount reading series will be this Saturday Nov.12, as always, at the Mountain Bar with an eclectic array…
NaDruWruNi by blacklight
Eagle Rock Lanes. When we got here for Laura’s birthday, it was still all terrible flourescent lighting and no music. Now it’s evolved into blacklight and oldies, which are horrible…
Meghan Daum, 40s movie star
I’d heard that Paperhaus guest Meghan Daum had scored a gig writing for the editorial page of the LA Times, and a profile in the NY Observer confirms it. LA…
moonlighting
For the last few weeks, and for many to come, I’ve been doing my part at a new multi-city metroblog called afterhourscity that officially launched last week. I’m in LA,…
Driven to NaDruWruNi
Did you ever have one of those weeks where nothing goes right? You’re putting away groceries and the orange juice slips out of your hand and explodes on the kitchen…
Andrea Seigel’s sordid tales of high school
Andrea Seigel begins this podcast telling a tale of high school love gone wrong. What brings it back to her is Bruce Hornsby. Who knew that any high schooler ever…
