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A Talk With Cullen Murphy, Author of Are We Rome?
February 3, 2025"That said, the thinking that lay behind the invasion of Iraq—the notion that we could transform...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Sophie Osborn on Saving the California Condor
February 1, 2025"I think hunters need to start demanding more research into the human health impacts of hunting...
Non-Fiction Reviews
T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting Discusses Hip Hop’s Attitude Toward Women
February 1, 2025"The title was inspired by Snoop Dogg. It captures the ethos of the new gender politics...
Non-Fiction Reviews
An Interview With “Pistol Pete” Maravich Biographer Mark Kriegel
January 31, 2025"One of the components of genius, I would argue, is an unnaturally high tolerance for practice....
Architecture
An Interview With Louis Kahn Biographer Carter Wiseman
January 31, 2025"I think the most powerful common thread running through Kahn’s work was his humanity. He seems...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Allen Shawn Discusses Phobias
January 30, 2025"When I finally encountered the concept of ‘agoraphobia’, I recognized myself. I have an intense fear...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Mark Harris Discusses A “Natural Way of Burial”
January 25, 2025"Above ground, the local cemetery may look bucolic and natural; below the surface, it serves as...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Blind Boys, Berkeley Blue, Phone Hacks and Wozniak
August 21, 2024The earliest phone phreak I’ve been able to identify was a young man who went by...
Anthropology
Follow the California Literary Review on Twitter
August 8, 2024Readers can now receive our latest postings through our new Twitter account, calitreview.
Non-Fiction Reviews
Denial of Death by Ernest Becker
August 6, 2024According to Becker, man is torn between his symbolic, self-conscious awareness and his animal nature. The...
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