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The Bookstore Strikes Back

In late February I am in my basement, which is really a very nice part of my house that is not done justice by the word basement. For the purposes of this story, let’s call it the Parnassus…
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2098 words)

LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS

LEE GUTKINDon John D’Agata and Jim Fingal’s The Lifespan of a Fact. John D’Agata and Jim FingalThe Lifespan of a Fact W.W. Norton & Company, February 2012. 128 pp.A writer…
LENGTH: 10 minutes (2690 words)

LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS

SVEN BIRKERTSon writer’s block.Image: Lisa Jane PerskyWhen I come upon a bad assonance or a repetition in my sentences, I’m sure I’m floundering in the false. By searching I find…
LENGTH: 24 minutes (6038 words)

Racism’s Hidden Toll

Does the stress of living in a white-dominated society make African Americans get sick and die younger than their white counterparts? Apparently, yes. In the fall of 1976, Arline Geronimus began…
LENGTH: 20 minutes (5219 words)
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