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Books
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People We Know -
December 14, 2006
The characters in two graphic novels remind us of ourselves
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Finding a Scapegoat -
November 9, 2006
Nick Schou's Kill the Messenger
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The Few, the Wide Open Spaces -
November 2, 2006
Hiker John McKinney puts a happy face on the remaining wild lands
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'Ruination Unending' -
October 5, 2006
Whoever he is, Manifestos author faces the abyss
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'I Write Like Suicide Bombers Pray' -
September 28, 2006
Poet Mindy Nettifee comes into her own with new book
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Selling Out -
August 31, 2006
Talented new novelist Maile Meloy needs to burn her bridges
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Brilliant Moments -
August 10, 2006
Mike the Poet takes Polaroids
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Psychotic Reaction -
July 27, 2006
The acid noir of Mickey Spillane, 1918-2006
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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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Now He's Cooking -
June 15, 2006
Rocky Fino
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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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Sorrow Floats -
May 4, 2006
Periodically buoyant, Perfect Example is a tender little yelp of a book
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Me Talk Pretty Sunday -
April 20, 2006
An Evening With David Sedaris
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South County Poetics -
April 20, 2006
Casa Romantica Poetry Series
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Lend Me Your Ear -
April 20, 2006
23rd Annual SoCal Story-Swapping Festival
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You'll Want More -
April 6, 2006
Derrick Browns words have their way with you
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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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Requiem for Surfing's Black Knight -
March 16, 2006
The sanctioned Miki Dora
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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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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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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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A Love Supreme -
January 5, 2006
Garcia Marquezs strangely uplifting Melancholy Whores
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