Event Recap: Gary Snyder
Poet Gary Snyder, an array of luminaries, and CBC host John Freeman gathered for nearly two hours to talk about Snyder’s prodigious influence, Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems, and The Practice of the Wild.
Industrialism’s High Premium on Its Own Survival
The industrial system is a pseudo-organism, and its survival entails the exclusion, and so finally the destruction, of social and natural systems.
Ed Ruscha’s Plays on Words Are As Relevant As Ever
The Ed Ruscha retrospective at LACMA—Now Then—takes on big questions about the passage of time and the march of civilization.
Issue 27: Los Angeles Storytellers
The Resounding Influence of John Coplans’s Artforum
The trailblazing publication left behind San Francisco’s provincialism to help establish the Los Angeles scene before decamping for the brighter lights of New York. Incisive criticism, the championing of pop art, and distinctive square covers are just a tiny part of this cofounder’s legacy.
L.A. LIT
THE MONDAY BOOK REVIEW
A Tragic Ending for a Disney Mouseketeer
An original member of Disney’s breakout television show went missing. Beneath the macabre details lies a saga of fleeting fame, economic hardship, and a performer's determination to be true to himself.
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California Book Club: Gary Snyder Transcript
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