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Into the woods...
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Sep 8 • 
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Nothing abides; no cause for alarm
A reader's guide to chapters 7-10 of Laughing in the Hills
Sep 5 • 
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A gambler in the golden age of television
If literary scholars write TV, is watching TV reading?
Sep 4 • 
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Life's Work with Ursula Lawrence
David Milch tells the truth
Sep 2 • 
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August 2025

All yield to its violence
A reader's guide to chapters 4-6 of Laughing in the Hills
Aug 29 • 
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Those who know don't tell
Longing for a time when bad guys liked to brag
Aug 27 • 
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The Biggest Game in Town with Lance Bradley
Al Alvarez finds poetry, romance, and loneliness at the World Series of Poker
Aug 25 • 
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Some dark and barbarous time
A reader guide for chapters 1-3 of Laughing in the Hills
Aug 22 • 
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“Not fun at all, really…”
Nervous breakdowns, late Vegas nights, and the friends we made along the way
Aug 20 • 
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Vegas with Haley Mlotek
John Gregory Dunne's emotional vandalism in Sin City
Aug 18 • 
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The Magician and the Cardsharp with Karl Johnson
Rascality meets artistry in Depression-era Kansas City
Aug 11 • 
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