AltWeeklies Wire
B.S. Johnson's 'The Unfortunates' is Resurrectednew
In his unique 1969 narrative The Unfortunates (New Directions) finally published in May for the first time in the United States, Johnson pursued the question of how creating a novel that would not be bound by conventions might necessitate a book that would not even be bound between covers.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Anthony Miller |
07-07-2008 |
Fiction
Michael Chabon Fills in the Blank Spacesnew
Maps and Legends, Chabon's first essay collection, unearths some of the author's source texts and offers his exuberant ruminations on the role of the writer as protector and defender of artistic ancestors.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Anthony Miller |
05-12-2008 |
Nonfiction
The Satirical Intellectualnew
Alexander Theroux on the paradoxes of love and the importance of plenitude and redemption.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Anthony Miller |
11-16-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Alexander Theroux
Phantasmagoric Landscapes Haunt Denis Johnson's New Novelnew
Tree of Smoke, the author's seventh novel and his first since The Name of the World seven years ago, offers all manner of characters with turbulent and twisted psyches in a Vietnam that resembles a sort of historical fugue state.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Anthony Miller |
09-28-2007 |
Fiction
An American Hymnal for Gastronomesnew
American Food Writing samples culinary history through sumptuous prose.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Anthony Miller |
06-29-2007 |
Nonfiction
Hot Type: Summer Book Reviewsnew
Sailing the seas of summer reading.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Anthony Miller |
05-18-2007 |
Books
A Wild Imaginationnew
The Israeli writer tells strange and riveting tales in The Nimrod Flipout.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Anthony Miller |
04-06-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Etgar Keret, The Nimrod Flipout
Into the Light of 'Day'new
At the start of one century, Pynchon's latest novel illuminates the dawn of the last.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Anthony Miller |
12-15-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Against the Day, Thomas Pynchon
The Personal and the Philosophicalnew
The author discusses human sensitivities, the Manson Family, and the nature of American-ness.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Anthony Miller |
10-27-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Gender Bendernew
Phillips' new book unravels the double life of science-fiction author James Tiptree Jr.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Anthony Miller |
10-27-2006 |
Nonfiction
Revolutionary Roadsnew
House of Leaves author Mark Z. Danielewski returns with an epic poem/novel that travels across the American landscape.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Anthony Miller |
09-25-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Odyssean Tasknew
The Suitors delves into Homer's tale for a modern rumination on desire.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Anthony Miller |
05-19-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Ben Ehrenreich, The Suitors
