Every year on the last weekend in April, the Los Angeles Times gives a stupendous gift to the city...
Writers and Writing
Murder City: Chuck Bowden & Cuidad Juarez
The murder rate in Cuidad Juarez exceeds that of Baghdad. And there is no one better equipped to...
The ALA’s List of Top 10 Most Challenged Books (OMG!)
For the past 20 years, the American Library Association has collected reports of book challenges...
Treme
Just a note in passing, David Simon and Eric Overmyer’s new HBO series, Treme, about...
Art Saves: Poetry & Opera at Juvie
Starting at 4 p.m. on Friday night one large room at Central Juvenile Hall was crammed with around...
Getting Greg Boyle’s “Tattoos”….to the Page
As you know, Father Greg Boyle’s wonderful first book “Tattoos on the Heart,” has...