Carla Green

We’re constantly telling ourselves stories — who we are, where we’re going, what comes next. But what happens when the story you’re telling yourself turns out not to be true?

Chris Cander’s  The Weight of a Piano  explores characters with passionate attachments to things that have been lost.

The battle between the Writers Guild and the talent agencies is going to court.

Hunter Drohojowska-Philp talks about artist’s Bodega Run

Brain- numbing and head-splitting (literally the latter, since the cleaving of skulls is a recurrent motif).

Edward Goldman talks about the architectural glory of Los Angeles, with iconic buildings by Pritzker Prize winners within walking distance.

Do you think this is a good world?

In Nathan Englander’s  kaddish.com , a secular Jewish son experiments with the task of shepherding his father’s soul safely to rest.

Fans of the rapper Nipsey Hussle are remembering his music as well as his contributions to South LA, where he was raised.