I am trying to type this post, to get the links right, but it's a little hard when you feel you've just been kicked in the eyeballs and teeth and heart, by the essay my fellow Bad Girl of LA Lit Erika Schickel posted yesterday on LA Observed. What can I say but, Jesus, Erika. Also, that Cheryl, too, is a friend. And on we go, on we must.
My Articles
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- Is Portland the New Neverland?
Or do local 20-somethings measure success by a new clock? Yes. - Anatomy of a Child Pornographer
What happens when adults catch teenagers "sexting" photos of each other? The death of common sense. - No Exit Plan
The lies and follies of Laura Albert, a.k.a. JT LeRoy - Sacrificing Rebecca
Laurie Recht loved her daughter to death. Literally. - The Eventualist
William Langewiesche on The Atomic Bazaar and facing our worst fear - There Goes the Neighborhood
Race, real estate and gentrification on my block - Lives of the Carnies
On the road with the Cleanest Show in the West - The Great Alaskan Morel Rush of '05
Bears, guns, cash in the woods - Crying and Digging
Reclaiming the realities and rituals of death - Who She Took With Her
The husband, the son, the boyfriend: a drunk's tale - Apocalypse Now
Squatting at Slab City - Why Not to Write about a Supreme Master of the Universe
A day with the disciples of Ching Hai - Us and Them
The code of the cop bar - Sanctuary
Days and Nights at the King Edward Saloon - Hailey's Comet
How Bruce Willis romanced and jilted a small Idaho town - 40 Bucks and a Dream
The lives of a Hollywood motel (NB: Last section is missing. Email me and I'll send it to you.) - Jena at 15
A childhood in Hollywood - Grief's Gravity
When Jesica Santillan died of a botched heart-lung transplant, Nancy Rommelmann was nearly swallowed by the story - Brown Dirt Cowboys
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