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i'm ballin' right now, so i'll get to that later...

kurtneyd wrote 1 month ago: woah i so need to update book klub yo! I am currently reading this: kurtney x courtney love i am kno … more →

Tags: blah, Adrian Tomine, David Boring, Daniel Clowes, Sloane Crosley, The Mysteries of Pittsburg, Michael Chabon, Joan Didion, The Quality Of life Report

Games of Chance in Oakland

rimpletide wrote 2 months ago: I just read Play It As It Lays. Papa didn’t preach that knowledge, but somebody else is … more →

Tags: Games of Chance in Oakland, players of all kinds, my bodega

another false start

zoeruiz wrote 2 months ago: I am sharing with you another piece of writing that I never finished. This is part of an essay I sta … more →

Tags: Books, West, California

Where nothing appears easy

zoeruiz wrote 2 months ago: I found out MIA was playing at Coachella and wanted to see her but couldn’t afford the ticket. … more →

Tags: Mojave Desert, Mia, Kelso San Dunes, Nothing, Didion

Deliciously Addicting: Didion's Play It as It Lays

cmcdona1 wrote 3 months ago: I began reading Joan Didion’s Play It as It Lays over Spring Break with the idea that since I have a … more →

Tags: 1, Tulane, Joan Didion

February Reads2 comments

Erin wrote 4 months ago: You will notice that toward the end of the month, I abandoned all pretense of being a mature indivi … more →

Tags: Books, children's literature, God Is Not Great, Graceling, Into Thin Air, Oryx and Crake, talking to dragons, Teen Fiction, the canning season

Play It As It Lays1 comment

bz62 wrote 6 months ago: “Palestinians try to dig out the remains of a security force officer from Hamas as he lays in … more →

Tags: Usage Peeves, Words and Usage, huffington post, Joan Didion, lay, lie

my second paper wallet

zoeruiz wrote 7 months ago: I decided not to use words for my second paper wallet and instead focus on design. I used the cover … more →

Tags: paper wallet, first edition, Joan Didion, Library

The Art of Bluffing2 comments

aubreewyattsmith wrote 9 months ago: Now I’m no gambler, but this video captures the understated superstar of poker, Phil Ivey … more →

Tags: ST Observations, Phil Ivey, poker bluff, the art of bluffing, calling a bluff, Joan Didion

Play It As It Lays

nycmagnet wrote 9 months ago: Maria, the protagonist of Joan Didion’s introspective work, has difficulty talking to people … more →

Tags: Literature, 1970, Abortion, actress, anger, Books, Drama, Fury, guilt

Friday is Boss's Day: Madison Square Garden, Oct. 17, 2007

30daysout wrote 1 year ago:   Photo courtesy of Backstreets.com My friend, Matt Stephens, called me out of the blue last Septem … more →

Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Danny Federici, Patti Scialfa, Madison Square Garden, Mute Math, anthony hopkins, Late Night With Conan O'Brien

Review: Patti Scialfa, "Play It As It Lays"

30daysout wrote 1 year ago: In some ways you have to feel sorry for “the first lady of love” Ms. Patti Scialfa. Bei … more →

Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Patti Scialfa

Narcissus Reads Joan Didion3 comments

Rodger Jacobs wrote 1 year ago:  She pulled a copy of Joan Didion’s “Salvador” off the shelf and studied the dust … more →

Tags: Narcissus in L.A., Writers, writing, Los Angeles, L.A. Stories, Books, Literature, Short Fiction, Joan Didion

The Boss's Wife17 comments

bloglily wrote 1 year ago: I am from that generation of people who listened to Bruce Springsteen really, really loud — o … more →

Tags: Music, Patti Scialfa, 23rd Street Lullaby, Rumble Doll

Play It As It Lays1 comment

Rodger Jacobs wrote 3 years ago: Just finished reading Joan Didion’s “Play It As It Lays” for the first time in 20 … more →

Tags: L.A. Stories, Books & Literature, Writers, writing, Literature, Books, Los Angeles, L.A. novelists


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