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    Dec 28, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. 'Tenth of December' by George Saunders is accessible but with deeper layers underneath

    <strong>Tenth of December</strong>
    -------------------- Tenth of December Stories George Saunders Random House: 254 pp., $26 -------------------- George Saunders is often described as a satirist. That's not inaccurate: How else do we account for, say, the title effort of his first...

    Tags: Abusive Behavior, Auction Service, David Foster Wallace, Human Interest, Wars and Interventions

    2. May 15, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Literary journalism finds new platforms

    When National Book Award-winning novelist William T. Vollmann went to Japan this spring to report on the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant from inside the contamination zone, he did what any journalist would do. He bought a dosimeter to chart the radiation. He took "Cold War-era iodide tablets," which made his tongue tingle and left him with a rash. He decided to ignore statistics or official statements in favor of his observations, his conversations with survivors, his impressions: a kind of overview. "The stunning capacity of the Japanese official to say absolutely nothing," he writes, "is matched only by the absurd degree of trust that his public places in him."
    Los Angeles Times Book Critic
    When National Book Award-winning novelist William T. Vollmann went to Japan this spring to report on the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant from inside the contamination zone, he did what any journalist would do. He bought a dosimeter to chart the...

    Tags: Afghanistan, Democratic National Conventions, Mark Bryant, Democratic Convention (1968), Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan)

    3. Mar 13, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Book calendar events for the week of March 13, 2011

    Words & Ideas Compiled by Grace Krilanovich. SUNDAY 826LA Adult Writing Seminar Series: TV Writing: A series of panel discussions featuring industry professionals will cover multiple aspects of writing for television. Panelists include Emily Cutler,...

    Tags: Documentary (genre), Obstetrics, Soups, Damon Lindelof, Carlos Fuentes

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