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Truman Capote's sexy gaze and other book ads: A Q&A with Dwight Garner
Jacket CopyIn "Read Me," Dwight Garner compiles a century of print ads for books, funny and formal, subtle and sensational. Garner is a longtime book critic at the New York Times, where he also has blogged at Paper Cuts. For his...... -
Forgotten treasures of the last century, from 25 writers
Jacket CopyIn 1999, the L.A. Times asked dozens of writers to look back at the prior century and share books they considered lost treasures -- books they loved that had slipped out of sight. Although the authors were formidable -- including...... -
Michael Flatley returning to 'Lord of the Dance'
Culture Monster"Camp," wrote Susan Sontag, "is art that proposes itself seriously, but cannot be taken altogether seriously because it is 'too much.'" By this definition, Michael Flatley's "Lord of the Dance" -- the over-the-top, sequins-and-lamé Irish step dance... -
Mia Wasikowska, star of Wonderland and The Kids are All Right
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelThe best two movies of the summer open this weekend and next in Orlando — Winter's Bone next week, and The Kids are All Right this week. I talked with Mia Wasikowska about Kids, a film that has been embraced by the gay community and others for its... -
Laura Linney and Anna Gunn: Portraits in excellence
Culture MonsterReporting from New York Plagiarism isnât a common theatrical vice. Actors of originality find their own way, discovering a character's reality in the depths of their singular individuality. This enduring truth was brought home after seeing Laura... -
In books: St. Clair McKelway, John D'Agata, Elif Batuman
Jacket CopyJohn D'Agata will be in Los Angeles this month, reading at the Hammer Museum and at the L.A. Public Library. In today's paper, David L. Ulin reviews D'Agata's latest book, "About a Mountain": Ostensibly a story about Yucca Mountain, "About...... -
An arresting art show at the ArcLight Cinemas
Brand XThere's an interesting-looking art show at the ArcLight Cinemas multiplex opening tonight that caught my eye in David Ng's post over at the Culture Monster blog. L.A. artist Rachel Schmeidler takes celebrity mug shots and renders them in a Warholian... -
Review: 'Our Kind of People' details AIDS crisis in Africa
-------------------- Our Kind of People A Continent's Challenge, A Country's Hope Uzodinma Iweala Harper: 228 pp., $24.99 -------------------- About halfway through "Our Kind of People: A Continent's Challenge, A Country's Hope," a stunning inquiry...
Tags: AIDS, Sex Crimes, Diseases and Illnesses, Authors, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Book review: 'I Remember Nothing and Other Reflections' by Nora Ephron
Los Angeles TimesI Remember Nothing and Other Reflections Nora Ephron Alfred A. Knopf: 142 pp., $22.95 It's good to be Nora Ephron. When you're Nora Ephron, you can get Meryl Streep, who once played a fictionalized version of you, to star as Julia Child in your...Tags: Nora Ephron, Julia Child, Graydon Carter, Health and Medical Professionals, Arianna Huffington
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Barney Rosset dies at 89; publisher fought censorship
Barney Rosset, the renegade founder of Grove Press who fought groundbreaking legal battles against censorship and introduced American readers to such provocative writers as Harold Pinter, Samuel Beckett, Eugene Ionesco and Jean Genet, died Tuesday in...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Arts and Culture, Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter, Jack Kerouac
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Books vs. Goons
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Does writing change anything?
A butterfly flaps its wings in India, and we feel the breeze on our cheeks here in New York. A throat is cleared somewhere in Africa and in California there's an...Tags: Arthur Miller, Charles Dickens, Arts and Culture, J.K. Rowling , Crime, Law and Justice
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A study of silence and separation
“Curious Silence” at the Brand Library Art Gallery is an exploration of types and causes of silence. The premise of the exhibition is an essay, printed in the exhibition brochure, written by A.S. Hamrah, a contributing artist who delineates...Tags: Arts, Arts and Culture, Photography
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