Once Upon a Time in Los Angeles: Kathryn Harrison’s “On Sunset”
Dinah Lenney journeys through “On Sunset,” a new memoir by Kathryn Harrison....
The World Is Not Enough
Jason Barker reviews "A World to Win: The Life and Works of Karl Marx."...
Remember to Forget: Patrick Modiano’s “Sleep of Memory”
Patrick Modiano's "Sleep of Memory" manages to attach a feeling not just of unease but of genuine terror to the past....
The Million Trumps of India
India’s business class of the future is already displaying some of capitalism’s worst features....
You Can Read (and So Can This Computer)
Sheila Liming reviews Andrew Piper’s “Enumerations: Data and Literary Study.”...
The Most Powerful Person in Hollywood Without a Studio
The most powerful man in Hollywood didn’t make movies. He was a shady journalist....
Fraught with Peril: On Lucia Berlin’s “Evening in Paradise” and “Welcome Home”
Ryan Smernoff greets the publication of “Evening in Paradise: More Stories” and “Welcome Home” by Lucia Berlin....
Excitingly Bizarre and Complicatedly Magical
A highly personal series of detailed “trip reports.”...
American Inequality and the Politics of Change
Philanthropy by the economic elite is undercut by their simultaneous efforts to deregulate the marketplace, a new book argues....
Arguing in Love
Diana Selig reviews Nathaniel Frank's "Awakening: How Gays and Lesbians Brought Marriage Equality to America."...
Fire, Books, and Memories: On Susan Orlean’s “The Library Book”
What can the 1986 LAPL fire tell us about today's library?...
Destroyed by Truth
Tridip Suhrud's careful work on Gandhi's "Autobiography" helps readers understand the man's experiments with the truth and the self....
