Author of the best-selling You Suck: A Love Story as well as
Bloodsucking Fiends and Practical Demonkeeping
Chris Moore on KCRW
More from KCRW
LA supervisor race is more important than you might realize
Election 2022The next LA County supervisor from the San Fernando Valley and Westside will represent over 2 million people and control billions of dollars. But where’s the campaign?
Michelle Huneven: ‘Search’
BooksIn her latest novel, Michelle Huneven writes about a search committee at an Altadena Unitarian Universalist Church who seeks a new minister.
Replay: Creating ‘Reservation Dogs’ with Indigenous cast and crew
EntertainmentBefore he co-created the FX comedy series “Reservation Dogs,” Sterlin Harjo directed three micro-budget films in his home state of Oklahoma.
Natalia Molina: ‘A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community’
BooksNatalia Molina tells the story of Nayarit, her grandmother’s Mexican restaurant, a space that became a cherished hub for immigrants and the LGBTQ community in Echo Park.
‘Dear Mr. Brody’ looks at thousands of unopened letters to a millionaire
EntertainmentIn 1970, a 21-year-old heir to a margarine fortune became a nationwide sensation when he vowed to give away his money to anyone who needed it.
Stories shouldn’t have to justify Blackness or womanness: Natasha Rothwell
EntertainmentNatasha Rothwell played Kelli on HBO’s “Insecure,” and the beleaguered spa manager in “The White Lotus.” Now, she’s in the hit sequel “Sonic The Hedgehog 2.”
Young Creators Project spotlight: Salome Agbaroji
PoetrySalome Agbaroji, a high school student in Artesia, loves the adrenaline of performing spoken word poetry. Her writing speaks to the beauty and disparities in her hometown of LA.
Too Fast and Furious: Netflix focuses on quantity over quality
EntertainmentAs Netflix loses subscribers, insiders reveal that poor leadership and a quantity-over-quality strategy could tank the business.
Emily Skillings and John Yau: John Ashbery’s “Parallel Movement of the Hands: Five Unfinished Longer Works” (Re-air)
BooksEditor/poet Emily Skillings and poet/critic John Yau speak about an iconic poet of the 21st century, John Ashbery, and his posthumous book, “Parallel Movement of the Hands: Five…