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September 29, 2014

Chasing the Dirty Old Man’s ghost through the City of Angels.

August 15, 2014

Remembering the Dirty Old Man and his relationship to Los Angeles.

June 19, 2014

A little positive reinforcement from your favorite authors while you daydream about pre-gaming for the weekend. Go ahead, pour yourself a tall one.

April 17, 2014

Brewing up beer and author pairings, because great writers deserve great drinks.

February 03, 2014

Can you continue loving an author’s work after discovering that he or she was a bigot?

November 05, 2013

On this, the anniversary of the F.B.I.’s report on Langston Hughes, we revisit the bureau’s oddest forays into the literary world.

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