CORNEL BONCA

  • People We Know - December 14, 2006
    The characters in two graphic novels remind us of ourselves
    Books
  • A Graphic Adaptation - October 26, 2006
    A comic book based on The 9/11 Commission Report outdoes the original
    News
  • Mark Axelrod - October 19, 2006
    The Chapman University English professor shares some of his favorite things
    Best of OC
  • 'Ruination Unending' - October 5, 2006
    Whoever he is, Manifestos author faces the abyss
    Books
  • We Forget - September 7, 2006
    Five years after 9/11, Cornel Bonca finds your memory wandering around Vegas
    News
  • Selling Out - August 31, 2006
    Talented new novelist Maile Meloy needs to burn her bridges
    Books
  • The Homecoming - August 10, 2006
    One terrifying night in Nairobi, UCI professor Ngugi wa Thiongo proved that changing the world means you might have to scream
    News
  • Who We Are - July 20, 2006
    The jerk-offs and the killers in George Saunders In Persuasion Nation are us
    Books
  • Roth, Waxing - June 29, 2006
    Everyman is the novelists third great book in a decade
    Arts
  • Cruel Summer Reading - June 22, 2006
    Where summer's concerned, misery is what's icumen in
    Summer Guide
  • Live Review - June 15, 2006
    Music Center Monopoly! Pacific Symphony at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, Segerstrom Hall, Wednesday, June 7
    Music
  • Judas: So Hot Right Now! - June 1, 2006
    After a 2,000-year career as Christianitys bad boy, Judas Iscariot is getting his 15 minutes of fame and freaking out the faithful
    News
  • Bright Lights, Bummed City - June 1, 2006
    Jay McInerney aims for dignified post-9/11 but cant ditch the soap opera of the yuppie class
    Books
  • Reality Bytes - June 1, 2006
    The Real Thing is only partly genuine
    Theater
  • Sorrow Floats - May 4, 2006
    Periodically buoyant, Perfect Example is a tender little yelp of a book
    Books
  • Not Particularly Reflective - April 6, 2006
    A mistake for The Ruins of California, the story of someones life
    Books
  • The French Really Like Us - March 23, 2006
    American Vertigo expands upon Tocquevilles territory
    Books
  • It Makes Television Smart - March 9, 2006
    Strange Bedfellows Orange County has more cliches than The O.C.
    Books
  • Taxing Daze - March 9, 2006
    Life, the universe, and everything
    Drinking
  • Lovemachine - March 2, 2006
    Nicole Krauss newest, The History of Love, generates its own romance
    Books
  • Raging Against Dying - February 2, 2006
    In Love-Lies-Bleeding, Don DeLillo examines his own legacy
    Books
  • An Energetic Presence - January 19, 2006
    Playwright Jeff Whitty speaks to the under-30 theater crowd
    Theater
  • Consider the Wallace - January 12, 2006
    Seven things that must be said about David Foster Wallace and his new book of essays
    Books
  • Hot for Teacher - January 12, 2006
    The conviction of Sarah Bench-Salorio raises questions wed rather not think about. And so we havent. Not much, anyhow. Maybe just a little
    News
  • A Love Supreme - January 5, 2006
    Garcia Marquezs strangely uplifting Melancholy Whores
    Books
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