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Motherhood and Celebrity Penises
- One question I am often asked by readers of my novel, THE SUMMER OF NAKED SWIM PARTIES, is, “Have your daughters read it?!”
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Everyone is Big In LA
I was born in San Francisco, and it is San Francisco and the Bay Area that makes the most sense to me, even when the things and people there are wacky. I understand the nature of, say, Berkeley,
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L.A.'s 2008 Alt Book Bazaar
I recently received an email from my old friend and editor, now also an author and producer, Rob Cohen, out in Hollywood. It was a mass email, but its topic is good and may appeal to authors out
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WHEN AUTHORS GIVE READINGS
Things to Do and Not Do if You’re the Person Up Front
On Halloween night, I read my story "Dracula Slinks Into the Night" at Skylight Books in Los Angeles after four other authors read their short works.
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Must See Museums: Los Angeles and Vicenza
Looking for a museum fix? I am blogging about two interesting exhibits over at my home blog: http://aknickerson.blogspot.com/
Check it out!
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Even the Ground Shakes Beneath Your Feet
- As I stood outside our home in Santa Monica yesterday after the earthquake, having apparently done exactly the opposite of what I was supposed to do, which is stay inside, find something heavy like a
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Book Signing Adventure - Part One
(photo: Sarah, Bobby, M
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I am cohosting "Crawling Down Cahuenga: Tom Waits' LA" bus tour on Aug. 30
- WHAT: Esotouric debuts "Crawling Down Cahuenga: Tom Waits' Los Angeles" bus tour, followed by a group reading and signing of host David Smay's new book
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Celtics Didn't Beat Lakers, Celebs Did, Gambler Says
LOS ANGELES, Calif, June 18...
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One Week To Speak Up To Save the LA Public Library Budget
Citizens using the tools provided by the SaveLAPL website I helped launched have already made a difference in the future of the Los Angeles Public Library: the proposed $1-per-
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