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Jeff Garlin’s book club met at Book Soup last night, to discuss Tim O’Brien’s Tomcat in Love. Full disclosure: Jeff and I got together yesterday to talk about hosting strategies, and review some potential discussion questions. So it’s with both (…)
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In case you haven’t heard, Philip Roth won the Man Booker International Prize, which some people aren’t so happy about. Not surprising; I’m not sure I’ve ever overheard a conversation about Roth that didn’t turn at least mildly combative. He’s (…)
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I went to Book Soup to hear Andre Dubus III read from Townie last night. Stay tuned for a recap of the evening (link to come), but I’ll preface by saying that Dubus is seriously pleasant. In all honesty, I (…)
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Last night, Jonathan Evison read from his new novel West of Here at Skylight. I went on a whim, and I’m glad I did. Evison is one of the funniest, most amiable and disarming writers I’ve ever met. (He also (…)
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I dropped in on Tyson Cornell of Rare Bird Lit at his dope Columboesque office downtown yesterday. I wanted to chat with him because Tyson is a literary gangster in Los Angeles, seriously one of maybe four people I know who’s (…)
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The desert is insane. 29 Palms is insane. Giant Rock isn’t as giant as I thought it’d be. This is really insane. Back to reality. I picked up the new Slake today. I’m really hoping this issue is better than its (…)
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Last week, at Jeff Garlin’s book discussion group, I noticed Book Soup has vastly improved their Children’s section. Looks like they’re taking a cue from the curated stores that are popping up everywhere in LA; the ones that offer a (…)
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Facts: 1. Almost no one in attendance had read the novel, aside from myself, one other woman, and the employees of Book Soup. (There were about twenty people there.) 2. Some people didn’t even know what kind of meeting they (…)
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Okay, I know I said I’d limit myself to six, but I’ve been meaning to go to Jeff Garlin’s discussion group at Book Soup since I heard about it, and they’re doing Bernard Malamud’s A New Life this month, so, (…)
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Lord of Misrule, Jaimy Gordon As I mentioned, I’m going to attempt a super slow, close read of the National Book Award winner, mostly because I want to love Jaimy Gordon as much as Silverblatt does. I want to love her (…)
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