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We’re All Just Extras Here: Wandering the Back Streets of Old Hollywood

We’re All Just Extras Here: Wandering the Back Streets of Old Hollywood

David L. Ulin Traces a Season of Displacement in Old Los Angeles

By David L. Ulin | January 26, 2022

Did This Iconic 1962 Short Film Show Us Our Dark Future?

Did This Iconic 1962 Short Film Show Us Our Dark Future?

David Ulin Reflects on Death, Science Fi and Scenes From La Jetée

By David L. Ulin | November 7, 2019

On the Countercultural Influence of <em>Peanuts</em>

On the Countercultural Influence of Peanuts

David Ulin Considers Linus, Boy Philosopher

By David L. Ulin | October 22, 2019

On the Excavation of My Desk

On the Excavation of My Desk

David Ulin Digs Through Stacks of Memories, Literal and Figurative

By David L. Ulin | January 10, 2019

The Beats' Holy Grail: The Letter That Inspired <em>On the Road</em>

The Beats' Holy Grail: The Letter That Inspired On the Road

On Neal Cassady's Rediscovered "Joan Anderson Letter"

By David L. Ulin | October 5, 2018

David Ulin on the Broken Politics of Rage

David Ulin on the Broken Politics of Rage

Two Minutes is Long Enough for Things to Go Wrong

By David L. Ulin | March 19, 2018

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Fire, Fury, and America's Failure to Learn From the Past

By David L. Ulin | August 16, 2017

In Grief, Joan Didion's Move From Fiction to Memoir

By David L. Ulin | June 15, 2017

How to Be a Patriot in America

By David L. Ulin | February 21, 2017

How to Report the Truth in the Age of Trump

How to Report the Truth in the Age of Trump

Sarah Glidden Sees the Objective in Life's Subjective Details

By David L. Ulin | January 19, 2017

David Ulin: Beware a Kinder, Gentler American Fascism

David Ulin: Beware a Kinder, Gentler American Fascism

Bear Witness and Behave As If You Are Free

By David L. Ulin | November 16, 2016

Leave Elena Ferrante Alone

Leave Elena Ferrante Alone

David L. Ulin on the Baffling Impulse to Unmask a Beloved Writer

By David L. Ulin | October 3, 2016

Jenny Diski's Jisei: On Death Poems and <em>In Gratitude</em>

Jenny Diski's Jisei: On Death Poems and In Gratitude

How Writers Approach the Unapproachable

By David L. Ulin | July 21, 2016

Luis J. Rodriguez: LA is a Great Poetry Town.

Luis J. Rodriguez: LA is a Great Poetry Town.

David L. Ulin on Los Angeles's poet laureate

By David L. Ulin | May 13, 2016

John D'Agata and the Art of the American Essay

John D'Agata and the Art of the American Essay

Exploring the Limits of Non-Fiction, One Fact at a Time

By David L. Ulin | March 17, 2016

Donald Trump, All-American Know-Nothing Nativist

Donald Trump, All-American Know-Nothing Nativist

As Sinclair Lewis Foretold, It Can Always Happen Here

By David L. Ulin | February 1, 2016