Stories By Michael
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Non-Fiction Reviews
An Interview With “Pistol Pete” Maravich Biographer Mark Kriegel
October 27, 2023"One of the components of genius, I would argue, is an unnaturally high tolerance for practice....
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Architecture
An Interview With Louis Kahn Biographer Carter Wiseman
October 26, 2023"I think the most powerful common thread running through Kahn’s work was his humanity. He seems...
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Psychology
Allen Shawn Discusses Phobias
October 26, 2023"When I finally encountered the concept of ‘agoraphobia’, I recognized myself. I have an intense fear...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
Mark Harris Discusses A “Natural Way of Burial”
October 20, 2023"Above ground, the local cemetery may look bucolic and natural; below the surface, it serves as...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
Blind Boys, Berkeley Blue, Phone Hacks and Wozniak
April 30, 2023The earliest phone phreak I’ve been able to identify was a young man who went by...
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Anthropology
Follow the California Literary Review on Twitter
April 17, 2023Readers can now receive our latest postings through our new Twitter account, calitreview.
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Psychology
Denial of Death by Ernest Becker
April 15, 2023According to Becker, man is torn between his symbolic, self-conscious awareness and his animal nature. The...
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Fiction Reviews
An Interview With Thriller Writer Stephen White
April 9, 2023"When I started writing the pages in 1989 that later evolved to became my first book,...
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Performing Arts
Orchestras, Oboes and Orgies
April 9, 2023"I was honest about my own behavior and that of others, yet stopped short of revealing...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
Who Killed JFK? – An Interview With Lamar Waldron
April 8, 2023"...we discovered that JFK and his brother had a never-before-revealed plan to stage a coup against...