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Who Shaped You? (Part Five: Brimmer Descending)
When I began writing the soon-to-be aborted memoir Lust Angeles in 1995, I had no way of knowing that it would take another ten years before a book even began to emerge on the other side of the creati… more →
Carver's Dog
The most White Bread Book Review you'll ever read
Scarlettice wrote 2 weeks ago: I can’t find a book to read. I’m not saying that a book does not exist in the world to e … more →
Hank Moody, American Idol
Kevin Dupzyk wrote 3 weeks ago: I’d guess that Nathanael West is best known for three things: Writing The Day of the Locust, Coining … more →
Prose to Poetry in Miss Lonelyhearts.
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Martin Marks wrote 1 month ago: I once asked a poet how she writes poems. Her answer: very, very carefully. For some reason, this re … more →
One Day Ahead of Schedule
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Rodger Jacobs wrote 3 months ago: Whew! That was a relief. I finished my next Deconstruction Zone column for Pop Matters one day ahead … more →
Dog Star Man
Mulholland Kevin wrote 3 months ago: Los Angeles is well-known for its tolerance of eccentricity. Dress however you want. Act however you … more →
Excerpts from Miss Lonelyhearts
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lena wrote 4 months ago: But the gray sky looked as if it had been rubbed with a soiled eraser. It held no angels, flaming cr … more →
Miss Lonelyhearts / The Day of the Locust-- Nathanael West
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Randy wrote 5 months ago: If I were asked to submit a syllabus for a semester of Major American Fiction from 1900-WWII cours … more →
The Day of the Locust is Unmitigated Insanity of the Highest Sort
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Benjamin wrote 7 months ago: It’s no secret that I’ve a penchant for movies that movies that are curious and over the … more →
Who Shaped You? (Part Five: Brimmer Descending)
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Rodger Jacobs wrote 7 months ago: When I began writing the soon-to-be aborted memoir Lust Angeles in 1995, I had no way of knowing tha … more →
Perhaps a Little "Noir"?
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Rodger Jacobs wrote 11 months ago: Earlier this year we indulged in our first “community” read here at Carver’s Dog. … more →
November Books
kristyn wrote 12 months ago: My reading slowed during November, and I’ve been reading several short stories each week for t … more →
Walmart Special: Day of the Locust
pilgebump wrote 1 year ago: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081129/ap_on_re_us/wal_mart_death … more →
The End Goal Is "The End of Something"
consequentialart wrote 1 year ago: Our final project, that we will work on in class throughout the course, is a sixteen page comic adap … more →
PART TWO: SHADOWS OF COMPTON
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comedownfromthehillsandmakemybaby wrote 1 year ago: “Where do you go? When Santa Ana winds blow?” Shadows of Compton, Ikky Shivers. THE SECOND COMING OF … more →
PART FOUR: THE WIND TUNNELS
comedownfromthehillsandmakemybaby wrote 1 year ago: REALITY AND YOSHI ARE PLAYING FOOTSIE “This is the Braindead Soundmachine,” the television presenter … more →
PART SIX: PLEASE DON’T HATE OUR TOWN
comedownfromthehillsandmakemybaby wrote 1 year ago: DIE MOTHERFUCKING DEPECHE MODE DMFDM insists their name is a loosely translated German acronym for “ … more →
Some Notes on Violence, by Nathanael West
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Rodger Jacobs wrote 1 year ago: In America violence is idiomatic. Read our newspapers. To make the front page a murderer has to use … more →
"THE DAY OF THE HOUSE OF PIES"
kerobomb wrote 1 year ago: “THE DAY OF THE HOUSE OF PIES” by Cole Coonce (excerpted from PULL THE PIN: The K-Bomb R … more →
Lit Blogging 5.5
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Rodger Jacobs wrote 1 year ago: – SHARPEN YOUR GAZE: Over at Blogging L.A. yesterday, I gave Faboomama a Nathanael West-inspir … more →
