Poems

“Mystery Novel”

March 11, 2010

by Sarah Maclay

Always, he said, one should carry three wigs. He had just removed the one she most associated with his hair. She hadn’t seen it coming. Now he looked like a clown. Odd how it most affected the look of his teeth.

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Poems: Archives

from Field Recording

On March 8, 2010

by Junior Clemons

honesty exists in the midwest—
what is said if asked: there are horses
and they encourage moments

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The Excavation

On March 4, 2010

by Beth Understahl

Digging up the frozen mammoth brought about all kinds of speculation. Like how faces can become painfully distorted. I can’t look away. And try to calm my mouth into a comforting gesture.

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Songless Era

On March 1, 2010

By Brenda Hillman

A fine ash obscured the sun.
Leaves grew large as rooms.
Stamped recreants strolled near the pond of wands.
There was a great and terrible brightness

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Ron

On February 25, 2010

by Victoria Chang

We drive into Ron’s house through the front door up the marble
stairs. The tires don’t damage the stairs. We don’t slip. I don’t know
where my child is, but I think she is standing at a sink pouring water

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Articles

Feuilleton
Monday, July 6, 2009
Abe Lowenthal on Globalizing California
Swati Pandey

Abe Lowenthal

According to Abraham F. Lowenthal, professor of international relations at the University of Southern California, California shouldn't get too preoccupied with its current economic crisis, however pressing. "It is important to pay attention to the urgent, but it is equally vital to keep our eye on what's going to be truly important in the 21st century....

Poetry
This week in L.A.
From the green room
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Orson Welles
Swati Pandey

Orson Welles was born on May 6, 1915, and directed his most acclaimed film, Citizen Kane, at age 26. Years later, after a couple disastrous movies and a sojourn in Europe, he would reunite with one of its stars, Joseph Cotton, in The Third Man. Welles' character, Harry Lime, is the missing center of the movie until he appears, finally, and explains his motives for entering a less-than-savory line of work....

 
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