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    Nov 15, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Roberto Bolano's 'Woes of the True Policeman' a sketchy work

    <strong>Woes of the True Policeman</strong>
    -------------------- Woes of the True Policeman A Novel Roberto Bolaño, translated from Spanish by Natasha Wimmer Farrar, Straus & Giroux: 256 pp., $25 -------------------- An early death isn't the end for a writer. Like a special dispensation from...

    Tags: Book, Liver Disease, Robert J. Lopez, French Literature, Heroin

    2. Nov 5, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. How presidential candidates' stories get sold, from Nixon to now

    If the last week has taught us anything, it&rsquo;s the power, and limitations, of political narrative. First, there was Hurricane Sandy, which brought climate change back into the presidential race &mdash; and led to an essential photo op: President Obama clasping the arm of Chris Christie, New Jersey&rsquo;s Republican governor. Then there was the Romney campaign&rsquo;s attempt to &ldquo;expand the map&rdquo; by staging rallies in Pennsylvania, a state in which most polls put Obama comfortably ahead.
    Los Angeles Times Book Critic
    If the last week has taught us anything, it’s the power, and limitations, of political narrative. First, there was Hurricane Sandy, which brought climate change back into the presidential race — and led to an essential photo op: President...

    Tags: Politics, Book, Polls, Elections

    3. Sep 19, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Trivia quiz: Salman Rushdie's not-so-hidden life

    Salman Rushdie&rsquo;s new memoir of his time in hiding, "Joseph Anton," weighs in at more than 600 pages. The British-Indian author was the target of a <em>fatwa</em> death sentence issued by Iranian clerics. A lot of people helped him survive a decade of clandestine life, from British policemen to U.S. literary activists. Seemingly all of them are listed in his new book.
    Salman Rushdie’s new memoir of his time in hiding, "Joseph Anton," weighs in at more than 600 pages. The British-Indian author was the target of a fatwa death sentence issued by Iranian clerics. A lot of people helped him survive a decade of...
    4. Sep 9, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. D.T. Max takes on the life of David Foster Wallace

    D.T. Max knew what he was getting into when he decided to write a biography of David Foster Wallace. In March 2009, he published a long piece in the New Yorker about Wallace's suicide and the author's inability to finish "The Pale King," the novel left incomplete at the time of his death.
    D.T. Max knew what he was getting into when he decided to write a biography of David Foster Wallace. In March 2009, he published a long piece in the New Yorker about Wallace's suicide and the author's inability to finish "The Pale King," the novel left...

    Tags: Depression, Long Island, Arts and Culture, Fiction, Jonathan Franzen

    5. May 27, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Clarice Lispector: Four novels form a picture of Brazil novelist

    For a handful of people, Clarice Lispector's "A Breath of Life" being published in English for the first time is very good news. Sadly, that handful is fairly small.
    For a handful of people, Clarice Lispector's "A Breath of Life" being published in English for the first time is very good news. Sadly, that handful is fairly small. Lispector, an extraordinarily gifted writer who revolutionized Brazilian letters, was...

    Tags: Clarice Lispector, Religion and Belief, Marlene Dietrich, James Joyce, Arts and Culture

    6. Jun 21, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  6. Daum: 2012's pop song for grads

    Every year around this time, a few notable lines from a few notable commencement speeches start insinuating themselves into the canon of "words to live by." Recent favorites include Steve Jobs' 2005 speech at Stanford ("Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life"). Then there was Stephen Colbert's 2006 address at Knox College about "saying yes." Also in 2005 was David Foster Wallace's now-enshrined speech at Kenyon College, which discussed freedom, among other things, and which I won't even try to sum up in a single quote.
    Every year around this time, a few notable lines from a few notable commencement speeches start insinuating themselves into the canon of "words to live by." Recent favorites include Steve Jobs' 2005 speech at Stanford ("Your time is limited, so don't...

    Tags: Rush Limbaugh, Stephen Colbert, College Sports, Talk Shows (genre), YouTube

    7. Jun 4, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  7. Dolly Parton to publish new book, 'Dream More'

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    Country star Dolly Parton will publish a new book of inspirational wisdom, based on a commencement speech she gave in 2009....
    8. Apr 29, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Review: Jonathan Franzen's 'Farther Away' wants to bridge distance

    <strong>Farther Away</strong>
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    -------------------- Farther Away Essays Jonathan Franzen Farrar, Straus and Giroux: 322 pp., $26 -------------------- I didn't much like Jonathan Franzen's essay "Farther Away" when I read it a year ago in the New Yorker. A complicated mishmash of a...

    Tags: Daniel Defoe, Alice Munro, Donald Antrim, Arts and Culture, Authors

    9. Apr 27, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  9. On Sunday: Alain Mabanckou, Jonathan Franzen and lumber as history

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    In Sunday books: a talk with UCLA author Alain Mabanckou, plus reviews of the latest by Jonathan Franzen, lumber as history and Anne Morrow Lindbergh's letters and diaries....
    10. Dec 23, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  10. R. Kelly still trapped in closet; Adam Lambert released from jail

    Pop & Hiss
    R. Kelly has written 32 new chapters in his "Trapped in the Closet" saga, while "American Idol's" Adam Lambert was briefly detained in a Finnish jail after a bar fight with his boyfriend....
    11. Jan 5, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  11. A book trailer worth watching: Ben Marcus' 'Flame Alphabet' [video]

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    Is the book trailer for Ben Marcus' "The Flame Alphabet" good or not?...
    12. Feb 17, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  12. David Foster Wallace considered, at Pomona College Saturday

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    The work and legacy of David Foster Wallace will be the subject of a panel discussion with a critic, colleague and his biographer Saturday at Pomona College. The event is open to the public....
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