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Non-Fiction Reviews
An Interview With “Pistol Pete” Maravich Biographer Mark Kriegel
May 29, 2026"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
May 28, 2026"I think the most powerful common thread running through Kahn’s work was his humanity. He seems...
Psychology
Allen Shawn Discusses Phobias
May 28, 2026"When I finally encountered the concept of ‘agoraphobia’, I recognized myself. I have an intense fear...
Death
Mark Harris Discusses A “Natural Way of Burial”
May 24, 2026"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
December 25, 2025The earliest phone phreak I’ve been able to identify was a young man who went by...
Anthropology
Follow the California Literary Review on Twitter
December 13, 2025Readers can now receive our latest postings through our new Twitter account, calitreview.
Philosophy
Denial of Death by Ernest Becker
December 10, 2025According to Becker, man is torn between his symbolic, self-conscious awareness and his animal nature. The...
Fiction Reviews
An Interview With Thriller Writer Stephen White
December 5, 2025"When I started writing the pages in 1989 that later evolved to became my first book,...
Non-Fiction Reviews
An Interview With Biographer Ann Seaman
December 4, 2025"The three were kidnapped at gunpoint at the American Atheist headquarters in Austin, Texas on a...
Performing Arts
Orchestras, Oboes and Orgies
December 3, 2025"I was honest about my own behavior and that of others, yet stopped short of revealing...
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