AltWeeklies Wire
Seven False Starts About the Death of David Foster Wallacenew
By now you may have heard. The most influential and innovative fiction stylist of his generation, the smartest, funniest, strangest, most endearing and (let's just say it) the greatest writer under 50 in America, killed himself at his Claremont home on Sept. 12.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Cornel Bonca |
12-05-2008 |
Books
Pulp Mag Reprints Find an Audience ... Againnew
A publisher quaintly called Nostalgia Ventures offers us a peek into the national fantasies of the last time America was broke, whipped, and paranoid all at once.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Ron Garmon |
09-26-2008 |
Books
The God Who Capped Himself: Thomas M. Disch, 1940-2008new
In a literary culture that supposedly cherishes irony, the passing of such a master ironist has been remarkably little noted. That Disch likely took his life on July 4th (his body was discovered July 5) probably wasn't meant as tribute to our subtle wits either.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Ron Garmon |
08-01-2008 |
Books
Truth and 'Consequences'new
Book publishers are still so hooked on the cash dreams of true confessions, they'll risk repeated bouts of fake-memoir scandal to give the public what it wants. Last week we learned that half-white/half-Native American author Margaret B. Jones's acclaimed new Love and Consequences, her memoir of gangsta life as a South Central L.A. foster child, was totally made up.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Natalie Nichols |
03-14-2008 |
Books
Typing in Neonnew
One author's determination to publish and be damned (maybe for eternity).
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
11-19-2007 |
Books
Hot Type: Summer Book Reviewsnew
Sailing the seas of summer reading.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Anthony Miller |
05-18-2007 |
Books
Hunter S. Thompson Was Wrongnew
Strange rumblings from the Gonzo afterlife ... Ralph Steadman ink stains and battle scars ... the suicide solution ... an outlaw's farewell, a son's revenge.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Steve Appleford |
01-02-2007 |
Books
Do You Haiku?new
We celebrate Siobhan Adcock's Hipster Haiku with one of our own.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Natlie Nichols |
11-28-2006 |
Books
What Happened to Stephen King?new
The author rolls on, but pop fiction may not see such a juggernaut again.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
07-14-2006 |
Books
Bride of Frankensteinnew
Harvard student Kaavya Viswanathan committed plagiarism with the help of an invisible and ruthless marketing machine.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumbel |
05-12-2006 |
Books
The 'Da Vinci' Plagiarismnew
Where does ownership of an idea really begin?
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
03-24-2006 |
Books
Tags: The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown
