novelist
American novelist, Professor of English at UCLA, and Writer in Residence at Bard College; author of Casebook and My Hollywood
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Mona Simpson
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FROM Mona Simpson
Bookworm
Mona Simpson: Casebook We are never prepared to discover our parents are fallible; Simpson's protagonist investigates his parents' lives but most of what he uncovers he doesn't wish to know.
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Second Opinion
STI: Sexually Transmitted Infections: Treatment for two There is something lost when treatment is only provided to one half of a couple.
Hollywood Breakdown
'West Side Story' illustrates the tricky business of remakes Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner held a town hall in Puerto Rico to talk to people about their remake of the famous movie musical and well, audience members have their doubts.
The Business
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.