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Tag Archives: self-destruction
The Shining – Dorothea Lasky
(reviewed by JD Jung) The Shining, a collection of over thirty poems, takes us to places similar to those that the Overlook Hotel made famous through Stephen King’s novel and Stanley Kubrick’s film of the same name. Though just as … Continue reading
Posted in Dark/Sordid/Bizarre, Poetry
Tagged artists., identity, poetry, relationships, self-destruction
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Sex and Rage: A Novel – Eve Babitz
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Years and years and years were pocked with holes of things Jacaranda simple didn’t remember, with people Jacaranda didn’t remember meeting, conversations she didn’t remember having, promises and parties and great ideas and projects Jacaranda didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Fiction, Lost and almost forgotten, Modern Literary Fiction
Tagged 1970, Los Angeles, New York, publishing, Santa Monica, self-destruction, sex
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