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April 19, 2012
Tickled Pink
Laguna Playhouse
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April 3, 2012
Ayn Rand's Deranged Scribblings On View At Chapman University!
You had Anthem foisted on you by your junior high school English teacher and later, as a pretentious college student, you slogged your way through The Fountainhead or Atlas Shrugged. Somehow you never woke up to the fact that Ayn Rand is a terrible writer and a bogus intellectual whose chief claim t ... More >>
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April 1, 2012
OC Bookly: Spring Forward. Fall Behind. Ask a Librarian!
The canyons and meadows are greening up. The sun lingers in the afternoon sky. Literary Orange and the LA Times Festival of Books are right around the corner. Springtime, when a middle-aged man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love, and the books arrive. Lots of 'em.No problem! Br ... More >>
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March 4, 2012
OC Bookly: OC Bookstores, Part I--You Should See What It's Like in There
The Bibliofella (see photo, right) never passes up even the least opportunity to invoke his earliest literary heroes, writers whose work helped transform the goofy adolescent I once was into, well, the adult goof I am today, a person for whom the truth-telling of novels, short stories, essays and po ... More >>
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January 31, 2012
Taco USA Gets Praise from Kirkus Reviews!
Believe it or not, I've actually been lagging in my plans to promote my much-promised book, Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America (out April 10) because of my responsibilities with being the editor of your favorite infernal rag and shit. Why, I still have a box of galleys to give out.Thank ... More >>
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January 23, 2012
¡Ask a Mexican! the Book Enters Second Printing!
As I'm putting the final, final touches on my forthcoming Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America (out April 10!), I received some cool, unexpected news: my first book, ¡Ask a Mexican!, is entering its second printing!The compilation of my column was first published in hardcover in 2007 and ... More >>
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January 19, 2012
Long Beach Writers Read
Portfolio
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January 5, 2012
Atomic Punks; Motley Inc.
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November 15, 2011
Victoria Patterson, OC's Best Author, to Speak at Fullerton Library THIS Thursday
Screw Dean Koontz, T. Jefferson Parker, yours truly, and all the other "authors" who couldn't write a kindergarten tract if you gave them the "see" and the "spot": Victoria Patterson is our best writer, both in fiction and in writing about Orange County, and an awesome, awesome mind.She'll be spe ... More >>
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October 27, 2011
Let It Bleed
Hard at work on his eighth novel, 'Deadwood' author Pete Dexter still packs a punch
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October 25, 2011
Victor Villaseñor Inspires Many at Libreria Martinez
As the Occupy OC movement began their rally on Saturday afternoon from SanTana's Santora Building, the legendary Libreria Martinez across the street hosted author Victor Villaseñor. The small store was close to capacity--about 150 people--and as soon as Villaseñor entered the room, the large cr ... More >>
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September 26, 2011
Sandra Cisneros Wows More than 200 at Libreria Martinez Reading
Written by new OC Weekly intern Mary Carreon. Hola, Mary!Beloved Mexican-American author Sandra Cisneros graced Libreria Martinez this past Saturday afternoon, with the legendary bookstore filled with over 250 Cisneros fans. Store owner Rueben Martinez stated that he had seen his store so full be ... More >>
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April 29, 2011
Five Shocking Excerpts From Jack Grisham's New Book, An American Demon
As Lille pointed out earlier today, our cover story this week is on T.S.O.L. front man and author Jack Grisham and his journey exorcising An American Demon--himself. You can read the article in its entirety right here, but what we didn't have room for in the story you can get right here.In his ne ... More >>
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October 14, 2010
Jimmy Buffett
Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
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October 7, 2010
Breaking Into the Boys Club: The New Crop of Female Comics Creators (Part 2)
Oni Press/Terry DodsonThe portrayal of fictional female characters took it on the chin this week. And that chin happened to belong to The Facebook Movie Social Network.Anyone who had ever hidden a friend's Farmville update dog-piled on the movie's negative depiction of women, claiming the filmmak ... More >>
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September 17, 2010
Two Gifted Vietnamese American Writers Coming to OC
TruongAuthors Monique Truong and Andrew Lam are scheduled to visit Orange County's Vietnamese American Arts & Letters Association (VAALA) on Tuesday, September 21 to celebrate the publishing of their new books.Truong, a Saigon native who lives in New York City, will discuss Bitter in the Mout ... More >>
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July 15, 2010
Criminally Underrated: Six Crime Comics You Haven't Read From the Past 10 Years
IDW/Darwyn CookeCrime comics used to be big business. Titles like Crime Does Not Pay, True Crime Stories and Crime SuspenStories flooded newstands in the 1940s and '50s. They had a flood of popularity that, along with horror comics, could only be staunched by a book on juvenile delinquency and su ... More >>
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July 14, 2010
10 Must-See Panels at Comic-Con
San Diego Comic-Con is a week away, but it's not too early to start strategizing about what you should see when you're there. Especially if you've seen the size of the event's program schedule.But there's no reason to battle eye strain. We've put together a list of the 10 comic-related events to ... More >>
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July 14, 2010
God's Lonely Man: R.I.P. Harvey Pekar
Fine Line CinemaHarvey Pekar"Life is a war of attrition. You have to stay active on all fronts. It's one thing after another. I've tried to control a chaotic universe. And it's a losing battle."--Harvey PekarGraphic novel writer Harvey Pekar, author of the autobiographical underground comic bo ... More >>
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May 6, 2010
Laura Bush Book Signing
Barnes and Noble
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April 28, 2010
Laura Bush Brings Her Shocking Memoir to Costa Mesa
The revelations contained in former first lady Laura Bush's new memoir are coming fast and furious.She and Dubya may have been poisoned at a G8 summit! She once lost her faith! She spied Prince Charles taking a nip from a hip flask! She still feels guilty about killing a dude at 17! She may suppo ... More >>
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April 22, 2010
Orange County Noir
Newport Beach Public Library
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April 6, 2010
Quang Pham's Memoir Is Coming Out In Paperback
Pham: come along way after a sergeant called him "Fang, Fong, Fam!"In time for the 35th anniversary of the fall of Saigon at the end of the month, Random House is publishing a $15 paperback version of "A Sense of Duty: Our Journey from Vietnam to America" by Mission Viejo resident Quang Pham.Pham ... More >>
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March 9, 2010
Athenian Burgers #3, Eddie Lin Gets the Good Food Treatment
I originally reviewed Athenian Burgers #3 in Buena Park nearly two-and-a-half years ago, and its reputation for wrapping the best breakfast burritos in Orange County remains, even continues to grow. May the following conversation I had about it with Evan Kleiman of KCRW-FM 89.9's Good Food bring it ... More >>
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November 12, 2009
Shore Book Club
Shore Books Art Gallery
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October 20, 2009
Book Banning Rears its Head in Huntington Beach
Aren't we all past this stuff? The Register's Annie Burris reports that last night's Huntington Beach city council meeting saw a former Westminster school district trustee reading aloud a graphic child-rape scene from Maya Angelou's autobiographical I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. Judy Ahrens pe ... More >>
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October 1, 2009
Amber Tamblyn's Book Release
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September 3, 2009
Poet Richard Beban Reading
Barnes and Noble
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July 9, 2009
Poetry in the Gallery
MOLAA
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June 4, 2009
Margaret Hyde Signing
Barnes and Noble
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April 2, 2009
George Galloway
Embassy Suites Anaheim South
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March 25, 2009
Former Weekling Pignataro Lives, Writes the Maui Life
The last time the Weekly pimped a book by Anthony Pignataro, it was El Toro Airport Watch: A No-Nonsense Guide to the Controversy Surrounding Orange County's Proposed El Toro International Airport. The title alone is nearly as long as the 54-page book, a staggering work of genius that is not really ... More >>
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March 19, 2009
Cry, The Beloved Country
Bowers Museum
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March 5, 2009
Banned Book Club
Barnes and Noble
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March 4, 2009
"Odd Man Out" Author to Sign Books in Fullerton Tonight
If you like or do not like what you have read in Odd Man Out or read about author Matt McCarthy, you can apparently tell him about it tonight in Fullerton. McCarthy is scheduled to sign copies about his tell-all book about a year in the Angels' minor league system at 7 tonight at the Barnes & No ... More >>
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January 15, 2009
Passare I Popcorn
Cinema Italiano: Le Chiavi de Casa
Columns
January 1, 2009
[¡Ask a Mexican!] Villa's Stolen Skull (Again)
Cinema Italiano: Le Chiavi de Casa
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November 20, 2008
Good Works
Mike Farrell
Blogs
September 30, 2008
OC Faux Pas of the Millennium!!!
Setting: West Hollywood Book Fair, 'round noon, Librería Martínez booth. Protagonists: Me, Librería Martinez volunteer Jess Baudillo, and a gaggle of gals from the Mission VIejo Public Library. Scene: They had just invited me to speak at some author's festival they're proposing for next year. I ... More >>
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June 12, 2008
Dragging On
Oscar De La Hoya Signing
Blogs
May 15, 2008
Write a best-seller on company time? Novel idea!
Tired (literally) of dragging your sorry ass out of bed at 5 a.m. Monday through Friday to crank out another 500 words on your first (second, third) novel? Sinking facedown onto the desk at work by mid-afternoon because of sleep deprivation? Your problems are over. At last night’s O ... More >>
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April 24, 2008
Deadline Distinguished
Calvin Trillin
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April 3, 2008
Book ’Em, Dan-o
Literary Orange 2008
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March 6, 2008
To Do Tonight - 3/6
NORM MACDONALD, 8:30 p.m. Most notably known for SNL's "Weekend Update" and Burt Reynolds. Brea Improv, 120 S. Brea Blvd. Brea LU-U 9:00 p.m. Cowboy on board. The Pike Bar & Grill, 1836 E. Fourth St. Long Beach REEFER MADNESS, 8:00 p.m Kids Dope = Musical? Saddleback College, 28000 Marguerit ... More >>
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January 10, 2008
Remember Books?
David Unger
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June 21, 2007
The Times and Me
Pick up the Los Angeles Times today and read my essay on the boneheaded Huntington Beach Fourth of July parade committee that decided to dick with Sylvia Mendez of Mendez vs. Westminster fame. Then browse through the Times' archives and find their June 17 best-seller list, in which my ¡Ask a Mexica ... More >>
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May 1, 2007
Congrats to Gustavo
At 8 p.m. tonight--after only a single day in release, Gustavo Arellano's Ask A Mexican reached #165 in nationwide book sales on Amazon.com. What will the number fall to after Gustavo--who appeared on CNN with Paula Zahn this afternoon--ends his national TV, radio and bookstore tour? Could it reac ... More >>
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April 5, 2007
!Ask a Mexican!
Villa's stolen skull
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March 14, 2006
Tapping the Source... and maybe your phone
Perhaps because it's in the Drinking Issue, Cornel Bonca's review of Paula L. Woods' new novel Strange Bedfellows (featured in Selected Reviews from the Weekly on the sidebar) reminded me both of my own experiences with bad novels and my favorite quote from one very good novel, Waguih Ghali's Beer i ... More >>
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