When you look up the word “plenary,” the dictionary provides the following definition: “(of a meeting) to be […]
Category Archive: cities
When one thinks of San Fernando Valley, visions of ranch home subdivisions, shopping malls, and valley girls bound about the mind. […]
“Creative people have always gravitated to certain kinds of communities such as the Left Bank in Paris or […]
Naomi Hirahara never “got” Raymond Chandler. The dark, mistrustful view of Los Angeles that Chandler’s work so embodied […]
In 1991’s surfing bromance “Point Break,” former Big Ten quarterback and F.B.I. agent Johnny Utah infiltrates a notorious […]
In October 2014, Taylor Swift dropped her fifth album, 1989. Less than a month later in November, she […]
Revisiting a work of pop sociology is almost always a jarring experience. Frederick Lewis Allen’s early postmortem of […]
“This police department here in Philadelphia could invade Cuba,” Mayor Frank Rizzo told reporters. “What I’m saying is […]