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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
“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
Oscar Villalon on the Shooting in El Paso
By
Oscar Villalon
| August 7, 2019
The Ongoing Exile of the Undocumented
Oscar Villalon on
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By
Oscar Villalon
| May 17, 2019
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
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
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Oscar Villalon
| November 13, 2015
Jack Livings Wrote the Best First Book of the Year
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Oscar Villalon
| June 11, 2015
At the LA Times Festival of Books
From the green room to the hoy stage
By
Oscar Villalon
| April 24, 2015
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