Didion, Revisited
“I didn’t know what I was getting into.” David L. Ulin on the experience of revisiting the writer whose novels…
David L. Ulin
David L. Ulin is the author, most recently, of Sidewalking: Coming to Terms with Los Angeles, shortlisted for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay. A 2015 Guggenheim Fellow, he spent ten years as book editor and book critic of the Los Angeles Times.
The Topeka School
In the new novel from the author of “Leaving the Atocha Station,” the boundary between invention and memory isn’t a…
Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark
The hybrid punctuation mark has met with resistance from many readers and writers since its invention by an early printer.…
Critically Uncertain: Zadie Smith and Marilynne Robinson
In two very different collections, Zadie Smith and Marilynne Robinson each take on the central questions of our moment. Essay…
The World through Words: An Appreciation of William H. Gass
The late writer William Gass is remembered by many for his monumental, groundbreaking novels. David L. Ulin argues for the…
The Great Los Angeles Novel?
Is there a novel that captures such an un-city-like city? David L. Ulin makes the case for James M. Cain’s…
Dana Spiotta Won’t Make It Simple
The author of “Innocents and Others” talks with David Ulin about playing tricks with readers — and then showing them…
Writing the City
The author of “Sidewalking” tracks down the elusive stories of a metropolis, one step at a time. By David L.…