Poetry and Pimm’s
I am not entirely certain that you can purchase Pimm’s at the Good Luck Bar, but I am sure that if you show up on Sunday night 8/7 at 7pm…
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Odeo odeeoooooo-oh
I remember odeeeeoh as what the evil guards chanted in the Wizard of Oz, when the Scarecrow and Lion and Toto and the Tin Man snuck into the wicked witch’s…
NYTBR: Shappell rocks
Once again the NY Times is packed full of nonfiction reviews, which I’ve decided to skim, leaving a bare whisper of fiction to check out after removing their take on…
Pen vs. Sword
Tonight the Smartgals Speakeasy stages a poetry slam pitting poets who died a natural death against those who offed themselves. It’s their first Dead Poets event, which asks members of…
woohoo! Tod Goldberg podcast
You may just find yourself saying Yo, Tod! just like the publisher of his first short story did, because Tod Goldberg is pretty darn funny. In the podcast, he talks…
The importance of being Forbes-approved
It’s not me that Forbes has declared best, it’s LAist, which I contribute to. And technically it’s not LAist, it’s big daddy Gothamist, but I’m willing to think they meant…
TV flashback with Jonathan Ames
Tonight there is a strange confluence of forces, as Jonathan Ames (Wake Up, Sir!) joins the panel of celebrity guest guessers on the contemporary stage version of the old TV…
Lisa Glatt and David Hernandez
This is a very nice picture of Lisa Glatt. The only thing wrong with it, really, is that it’s missing her hubby David Hernandez. The two of them make a…
one missing vermin
I’m so late to the Vermin On the Mount round-up that it hardly seems there’s anything left to say, after Karen’s summary for The Elegant Variation, writer Daniel Olivas’ spotlight…
My new favorite podcast
Podcasting has been keeping me up nights. Literally. My new favorite podcast is Little Gray Book, from the NY reading series. First of all, they have little wraparound bits that…
