Monica Drake recalls a brush with fame, when a famous actress took an interest in making a movie from her novel.
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Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Weighing the Costs — and Occasional Benefits — of Ethnic Ambiguity
Aram Mrjoian reflects on his experiences of being part Armenian in America.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction
My Date with Hollywood
Monica Drake recalls a brush with fame, when a famous actress took an interest in making a movie from her novel.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Bootlegging Jane’s Addiction
Aaron Gilbreath considers the impact a live Jane’s Addiction recording has had on him, and the effect heroin had on the band’s — and his own — creativity.
Posted inNonfiction
Finding the Soundtrack to My Desert Life
In the ’90s, discovering the music of Friends of Dean Martinez helped Aaron Gilbreath stop running and appreciate life in his native Arizona.
Posted inArts & Culture, Profiles & Interviews, Story, Uncategorized
What Happens Between What Seems Like All the Facts: On Interviewing Artists
Curator Michael Auping on the forty years he spent interviewing artists in their studios.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Sports, Story
Tennis vs. Tennis
German tennis player Andrea Petkovic meets the band.
Posted inBooks, Crime, Nonfiction, Quotes
Processing Clues About a Friend’s True Identity to Make Sense of Her Murder
In an excerpt from her memoir, Carolyn Murnick tries to piece together the stabbing murder of her childhood friend.
Posted inNonfiction
It’s Like This and Like That and Like What?
When the nineties’ heart of whiteness met g-funk, it was the illest — and wackest — of times.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Hellish Days in the City of Angels: Michelle Tea on the L.A. Places She Hit Rock Bottom
At Buzzfeed, sober writer Michelle Tea takes readers on a tour of some L.A. establishments where she partied hard in 2001, the year she says she was hitting rock bottom with her addictions.
