I never read Push when everyone else did, but in preparation for Sapphire’s KCRW event with Michael Silverblatt, I’m reading it now (back-to-back with her new release, The Kid). Jesus. When I watched Precious, there were moments when I had to (…)
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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 (…)
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It’s Sunday morning. I’d planned to wake up early, head to Fix for a coffee, and then go down to Sunset to watch some of the marathon. But it was pouring rain and freezing when I woke up at 7:30. (…)
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