Posts Tagged “david ulin”
David Ulin interview
by Morgan on June 18, 2011
I meet David at the entrance to the La Brea Tar Pits on a beautiful Friday morning. April first. Sun’s shining, tar’s smelling like tar, and watching people scuttle around, I’m reminded, for the millionth time, how lovely it is (…)
David Ulin changed my life (no, for real)
by Morgan on June 13, 2011
On April 1st, I interviewed David Ulin, book critic for the LA Times. It’s June now, and the reason I haven’t posted the interview is twofold . One, I wanted to spend some time digesting the ideas in The Lost (…)
April reading
by Morgan on May 5, 2011
The Silent Land, Graham Joyce (my review, in which I compare it to the Fear Street series, is here) Fear Street No. 32, College Weekend, R.L. Stine (that’s right) All the Time in the World, E.L. Doctorow (Bookslut review here) The (…)
LA Times Festival of Books
by Morgan on May 2, 2011
Admittedly, I only made it to the festival on Saturday, despite reserving a full weekend’s worth of panel tickets, and for this I’d like to formally blame something called a “Moscow mule. ” Let’s not talk about it. USC is (…)
Celebrity Wallace reading
by Morgan on May 1, 2011
On Thursday night, I went to PEN Center USA’s night of monologues from The Pale King. The reading was held at the Saban Theater, sort of a stately choice for something like this. It was difficult not to be embarrassed (…)
The Pale King reading group
by Morgan on April 3, 2011
I am alive, I’ve just been in Vegas. So listen, I have some fun things to post in the next couple days (an indictment of what I’m calling the “ELLE memoir,” and an interview with the LA Times book critic, (…)
Belated March reading
by Morgan on March 24, 2011
I realized, since I’m starting to review on other sites, that it makes more sense for me to post my reading lists in retrospect. So here’s March’s reading, in no particular order. Girlvert: A Porno Memoir, Oriana Small Poseurs, Deborah (…)
Andre Dubus III/Joshua Foer/David Ulin
by Morgan on March 16, 2011
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 (…)