Author
Michael Frank’s short stories and essays have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, Slate, The Yale Review, and Tablet. His fiction has been presented at Symphony Space’s Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story, and his travel writing has been collected in Italy: The Best Travel Writing from The New York Times. He served as a Contributing Writer to the Los Angeles Times Book Review for nearly ten years.
'The Mighty Franks:' An unusual family in Laurel Canyon Michael Frank’s mother and her brother married into the same family -- brother and sister married brother and sister. They all lived within three blocks of each other. Aunt Hankie ruled over them all. She called the family “The Mighty Franks,” which is the title of Michael Frank’s new memoir.
The West Has Islam Dangerously Wrong University of Michigan professor and author Juan Cole explores our biggest misconceptions about the world's second-largest religion.
El Chapo trial: $100 million bribes and nighttime sewer escapes There’s been plenty of drama this week at the El Chapo trial, where it was revealed that he allegedly bribed a Mexican president. He also performed a movie-like escape in the dead of night as agents came to arrest him.
Diane Williams: The Collected Stories of Diane Williams The original and indescribable writing of Diane Williams is showcased in over three hundred dazzling new and previously published shorts fictions from six releases, The Collected Stories of Diane Williams.
Nadine Labaki on her Oscar-shortlisted film ‘Capernaum’ Lebanese filmmaker Nadine Labaki cast street children as the stars of ‘Capernaum,’ her gritty tale of 12-year-old Zain, who runs away from home and ultimately sues his parents for condemning him to a life of poverty and desperation.