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Letter from San Francisco: When the Shadow is Looming

Letter from San Francisco: When the Shadow is Looming

Oscar Villalon on Desperation and Abandonment

By Oscar Villalon | July 28, 2020

Oscar Villalon on the Many Ghosts We Call Family

Oscar Villalon on the Many Ghosts We Call Family

“You might as well be a ghost. But yet, the dead have come to you.”

By Oscar Villalon | October 17, 2019

The Evolving Monologue in My Head Desde Saturday, August 3rd

The Evolving Monologue in My Head Desde Saturday, August 3rd

Oscar Villalon on the Shooting in El Paso

By Oscar Villalon | August 7, 2019

The Ongoing Exile of the Undocumented

The Ongoing Exile of the Undocumented

Oscar Villalon on The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez

By Oscar Villalon | May 17, 2019

Paul Beatty on Los Angeles Lit, <em>The Sellout</em>, and Life After the Man Booker

Paul Beatty on Los Angeles Lit, The Sellout, and Life After the Man Booker

In Conversation with Oscar Villalon

By Oscar Villalon | June 4, 2018

Who Can Resist Ecstasy?: Mourning Prince in San Francisco

Who Can Resist Ecstasy?: Mourning Prince in San Francisco

Among a Dancing Crowd, Oscar Villalon Remembers Sneaking Into Purple Rain

By Oscar Villalon | April 22, 2016

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Diversity in Publishing: What Happens Now?

By Oscar Villalon | March 11, 2016

The Runaway Success of Portland's Wordstock

By Oscar Villalon | November 13, 2015

Jack Livings Wrote the Best First Book of the Year

By Oscar Villalon | June 11, 2015

At the LA Times Festival of Books

At the LA Times Festival of Books

From the green room to the hoy stage

By Oscar Villalon | April 24, 2015