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People We Know -
December 14, 2006
The characters in two graphic novels remind us of ourselves
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A Graphic Adaptation -
October 26, 2006
A comic book based on The 9/11 Commission Report outdoes the original
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Mark Axelrod -
October 19, 2006
The Chapman University English professor shares some of his favorite things
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'Ruination Unending' -
October 5, 2006
Whoever he is, Manifestos author faces the abyss
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We Forget -
September 7, 2006
Five years after 9/11, Cornel Bonca finds your memory wandering around Vegas
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Selling Out -
August 31, 2006
Talented new novelist Maile Meloy needs to burn her bridges
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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
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Who We Are -
July 20, 2006
The jerk-offs and the killers in George Saunders In Persuasion Nation are us
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Roth, Waxing -
June 29, 2006
Everyman is the novelists third great book in a decade
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Cruel Summer Reading -
June 22, 2006
Where summer's concerned, misery is what's icumen in
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Live Review -
June 15, 2006
Music Center Monopoly! Pacific Symphony at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, Segerstrom Hall, Wednesday, June 7
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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
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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
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Reality Bytes -
June 1, 2006
The Real Thing is only partly genuine
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Sorrow Floats -
May 4, 2006
Periodically buoyant, Perfect Example is a tender little yelp of a book
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Not Particularly Reflective -
April 6, 2006
A mistake for The Ruins of California, the story of someones life
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The French Really Like Us -
March 23, 2006
American Vertigo expands upon Tocquevilles territory
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It Makes Television Smart -
March 9, 2006
Strange Bedfellows Orange County has more cliches than The O.C.
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Taxing Daze -
March 9, 2006
Life, the universe, and everything
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Lovemachine -
March 2, 2006
Nicole Krauss newest, The History of Love, generates its own romance
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Raging Against Dying -
February 2, 2006
In Love-Lies-Bleeding, Don DeLillo examines his own legacy
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An Energetic Presence -
January 19, 2006
Playwright Jeff Whitty speaks to the under-30 theater crowd
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Consider the Wallace -
January 12, 2006
Seven things that must be said about David Foster Wallace and his new book of essays
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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
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A Love Supreme -
January 5, 2006
Garcia Marquezs strangely uplifting Melancholy Whores
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