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    Dec 4, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Holiday books: Fiction

    <strong>Aleph</strong>
    Aleph A Novel Paulo Coelho Alfred A. Knopf, $24.95 A crisis of faith prompts a man to begin a journey of self-discovery from Africa to Asia. The Angel Esmeralda Nine Stories Don DeLillo Scribner, $24 The first collection of short stories from a...

    Tags: Amos Oz, Michael Ondaatje, William Kennedy, Langston Hughes, Ry Cooder

    2. Jul 24, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Book Review: 'Millennium People' by J.G. Ballard

    When J.G. Ballard died in April 2009, he left behind a body of work dominated by a few key ideas. First were the erotic possibilities of violence, as embodied by his 1973 novel "Crash." Equally important was his sense of suburban life as not just soul-dead but also dangerous &#8212; where beneath a surface layer of conformity we find ugliness and rage. It's easy, in an age of workplace violence and school shootings, to take such a vision for granted; what Ballard is reflecting back at us is the essence of ourselves. But when he first explored these concepts in the 1960s, it was a departure as radical in its way as any of that era.
    Los Angeles Times Book Critic
    When J.G. Ballard died in April 2009, he left behind a body of work dominated by a few key ideas. First were the erotic possibilities of violence, as embodied by his 1973 novel "Crash." Equally important was his sense of suburban life as not just soul-...

    Tags: Psychology, Health and Medical Professionals, Psychologists, JG Ballard, Juvenile Delinquency

    3. Oct 16, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Book review: 'The Art of Fielding' by Chad Harbach

    The Art of Fielding
    The Art of Fielding A Novel Chad Harbach Little, Brown: 528 pp., $25.99 In terms of conjuring a shorthand for a certain American innocence, there are few delivery systems quite so direct as baseball. Touched on by a library's worth of authors...

    Tags: John Updike, Chuck Knoblauch, College Baseball, Raymond Carver, Herman Melville

    4. Aug 3, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Dana Spiotta writes firmly in the moment

    "Seventies Los Angeles is really not ever very far from my mind, for some weird reason," says author Dana Spiotta, a former Angeleno who now lives in upstate New York. "I just <i>love</i> '70s Los Angeles."
    Los Angeles Times
    "Seventies Los Angeles is really not ever very far from my mind, for some weird reason," says author Dana Spiotta, a former Angeleno who now lives in upstate New York. "I just love '70s Los Angeles." The city plays a big part in her latest novel,...

    Tags: Television, Satellite and Cable Service, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Human Interest, Iggy Pop

    5. Aug 7, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Review: 'My American Unhappiness' by Dean Bakopoulos

    My American Unhappiness
    Los Angeles Times
    My American Unhappiness A Novel Dean Bakopoulos Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: 277 pp., $24 Whichever way you turn, beacons of American inauthenticity and political dysfunction are all around you, clamoring for your head space, your dollars, your...

    Tags: Television, Comedy (genre), Satire (genre), JG Ballard, Starbucks Corp.

    6. Nov 25, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  6. In this Sunday's Times: Getting to know Don DeLillo

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    Unfamiliar with the works of Don DeLillo? For a primer of sorts, says David L. Ulin in a review featured in this Sunday's books coverage, you might turn to the collection "The Angel Esmeralda: Nine Stories." This short story collection,......
    7. Nov 22, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  7. 'Dangerous Method': David Cronenberg on Freud, Jung and hysteria

    24 Frames
    David Cronenberg, director of blood-soaked dramas like “A History of Violence” and cult genre pictures like “The Fly,” detours into the life of the mind with his new film, “A Dangerous Method.” Adapted from...
    8. Jul 12, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Carmageddon reading list: 19 books about the joys and terrors of transportation

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    Carmaggedon: your 19-book reading list. Hope it's enough to keep you busy while stuck in traffic....
    9. Jul 31, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  9. Reading L.A.: D.J. Waldie's spare, poetic 'Holy Land'

    Culture Monster
    Christopher Hawthorne's Reading L.A. series continues with D.J. Waldie's spare, poetic 'Holy Land'...
    10. Aug 3, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  10. Dana Spiotta on living the creative life

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    Dana Spiotta is interviewed by Carolyn Kellogg for the L.A. Times. Dana Spiotta is the author of "Stone Arabia."...
    11. Jan 29, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. J.D. Salinger dies at 91; reclusive author of 'The Catcher in the Rye'

    After "The Catcher in the Rye" exploded onto the literary scene in 1951, author J.D. Salinger had what every writer yearns for -- money, fame and critical acclaim. "Catcher" became a touchstone for the teenage culture just emerging in post-World War II America, and has remained one for every generation of youths since.
    After "The Catcher in the Rye" exploded onto the literary scene in 1951, author J.D. Salinger had what every writer yearns for -- money, fame and critical acclaim. "Catcher" became a touchstone for the teenage culture just emerging in post-World War II...

    Tags: Jack Kerouac, Norman Mailer, Career and Workplace, William Saroyan, Cults and Sects

    12. Oct 25, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. 'Last Night in Twisted River' by John Irving

    Last Night in Twisted River
    Last Night in Twisted River A Novel John Irving Random House: 558 pp., $28 The opening passages of "Last Night in Twisted River" recycle John Irving's signature themes at such dizzy speed, it's as though the author were ticking boxes. New England?...

    Tags: Literature, Chicago Bears, Richard Ford, Philip Roth, John Irving

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