(image) People are always saying "I don't read books." Too often, the problem is reading too many of the wrong books, thus turning a potentially...

(image) Jack Kerouac died in 1969, the first of the major Beat writers to go by a long shot. Not that it's stopped people from trying to make a name...

(image) People are always saying "I don't read books." Too often, the problem is reading too many of the wrong books, thus turning a potentially...

(image) So here's a story that's blowing up the literature blogosphere right now: it seems the powers-that-be at publishing conglomerate Simon...

(image) People are always saying "I don't read books." Too often, the problem is reading too many of the wrong books, thus turning a potentially...

(image) Maybe you know Philip K. Dick as the guy who wrote the book that Blade Runner is based on. Or maybe you know him as the guy who wrote the books...

(image) People are always saying "I don't read books." Too often, the problem is reading too many of the wrong books, thus turning a potentially...

(image) Here's a nice read for a lazy Sunday evening: New York Times frequent contributor Henry Alford has an essay in the Online Sunday Book Review...

(image) People are always saying "I don't read books." Too often, the problem is reading too many of the wrong books, thus turning a potentially...

On 11 April 2007, a walking piece of meat with a mop of curly hair and a propensity for Pall Malls (the "classy way to commit suicide") stopped...

(image) Though not a sign of the apocalypse, many were shocked when Oprah Winfrey chose Cormac McCarthy’s The Road as the latest selection for her book...

(image) Fittingly, the story behind the creation of the novel Frankenstein is almost as famous as that of the monster itself. Mary Shelley, only nineteen...

I’m writing today’s column at New York’s JFK airport, taking advantage of the flight delay to gather together some tattoo goodness for your enjoyment.

Recently it came to my attention that the Turkish school curriculum has begun to feature Islamified versions of classic childrens' stories. I tend...

The days are counting down. You have until Friday, August 4th to download all the eBooks your hard drive can handle. After that the month long World eBook...

Wednesday Literary Quarterly features the newest works from some of Los Angeles’ brightest writers. The mag is all poetry and fiction—no interviews, no...

Mike the PoeT runs all of his shows as if everyone in the room is family, even if he's never seen them before. This may be because he is an artist...

There's a new article about a long time Los Angeles staple, SA Griffin, that appears in the latest issue of Los Angeles Alternative. It rightfully...

A few weeks back a client insisted that I had to “meet” Last Exit to Brooklyn author “Herbert” Selby through a new documentary narrated by Robert Downey...