Ted Gioia writes on music, books and popular culture. His latest book is The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES

Why Gregory Bateson Matters
Ted Gioia reconsiders Gregory Bateson, whose counterculture classic, “Steps to an Ecology of Mind,” is eerily relevant again in our current crisis....

Remembering Scott Timberg
Los Angeles lost a beloved local writer and his friends remember him....

New Details Emerge About the Young William Gaddis
A Previously Unpublished Memoir by a Teenage Friend Presents the Future Author of The Recognitions as a Young Rebel and Prankster...

How to Win at Hopscotch: The 50th Anniversary of Julio Cortázar’s Novel
The 50th Anniversary of Julio Cortázar's 'Hopscotch'...

The Great American Novel That Wasn’t
75 years ago this month, Harcourt Brace reissued John Dos Passos’s three previous books under the name the U....

Fix-up Artist: The Chaotic SF of A.E. van Vogt
"The disjointed novel is more in vogue today than at any previous point in history."...
