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Read Dinah's Blog at USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences — Master of Professional Writing Program |
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MISSING LUCILE Recommended by Dinah Lenney Suzanne Berne's father was six years old when his mother died... [Full Text] |
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THE BARBARIAN NURSERIES, by Héctor Tobar — Book review by Dinah Lenney. In "Translation Nation," an account of the Latino experience across America published in 2005, Héctor Tobar recalled his father, a Guatemalan immigrant, telling him... [Full Text] |
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DINAH LENNEY Speaking of Ghosts: For months now, I've been reading David Grossman's To the End of the Land — which I want to finish, but also I don't. A poet friend, David Biespiel... [Full Text] |
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BE THOU THE VOICE The difference between classical music and jazz, said the well-known conductor, is that with classical, the music is always greater than the performance. He'd been invited... [Full Text] |
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Against Knowing by Dinah Lenney |
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Dinah Lenney - "THE DINNER PARTY" Chet Baker croons in the background; the cocktail shaker rattles like a tambourine; candles are lit; colored paper lantern... [Issue 41 / Spring 2011] |
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COMING TO TERMS WITH CHRISTMAS |
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FLIGHT JACKET by Dinah Lenney Ingrate. My daughter the beautiful ingrate. It was supposed to have gone with her to college, to Boston. That was the plan, and she left it in her closet.[Full Text] |
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Reissues of 'Instead of a Letter' and 'After a Funeral' by Diana Athill Book Review, Los Angeles Times — Diana Athill, longtime British editor of such writers as Philip Roth, V.S. Naipaul... [Full Text] |
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'If You Knew Suzy' by Katherine Rosman Book Review, Los Angeles Times — Suzy Rosin developed an ugly cough in the fall of 2002, was diagnosed with lung cancer early the following... [Full Text] |
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OBJECT PARADE: COFFEE TABLE By Dinah Lenney featured on Superstion Review — Built, so goes the story -- so says Fred, my husband -- in some remote corner of Vermont, with instructions to make it solid enough for a woman to...[Full Text] |
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SOMETHING FOR NOTHING By Dinah Lenney featured on Defunct.com — PEOPLE ARE SO fundamentally hopeful, aren’t they, and all the time looking for signs. You meet the one–the fact that your parents...[Full Text] |
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'MAKING TOAST: A Family Story' by Roger Rosenblatt Book Review, Los Angeles Times | Article Collection — On Dec. 8, 2007, the day that Amy Rosenblatt Solomon collapsed on the treadmill and died, her parents, Roger and Ginny Rosenblatt... [Full Text] |
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THIS SPOON The Coachella Review — This spoon, flattened, not a spoon at all, couldn’t spoon anything, no, it’s a fossil, an effigy, a spoon for a paper doll... [Full Text] By Dinah Lenney Winter 2010 |
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ARTS & CULTURE 'Cleaving: A Story of Marriage, Meat, and Obsession' by Julie Powell The author of "Julie and Julia" returns with a memoir that combines foodie interests and troubled personal relationships.... [Full Text] By Dinah Lenney November 29, 2009 |
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ARTS & CULTURE 'The Writer's Life' Amy Gerstler's message: Be not afraid The poet wishes more people would realize that her medium doesn't hurt. At all.... [Full Text] By Dinah Lenney September 27, 2009 |
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BOOK REVIEW 'Nothing Was the Same' by Kay Redfield Jamison The writer's long struggles with depression give extra weight to her memoir on grief... [Full Text] By Dinah Lenney September 18, 2009 |
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OFF THE SHELF How I inhabit the Earth To the fervent reader and writer, the words on a page encompass the whole wide world and their place in it. [Full Text] |
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Object Parade: Little Black Dress Should you pack the dress? The little black dress? A sleeveless shift, darts at the bust, comes to just above the knee |
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BOOK REVIEW 'Closing Time' by Joe Queenan A memoir of growing up in extremely difficult circumstances in the City of Brotherly Love. [Full Text] By Dinah Lenney April 15, 2009 |
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Essays coming soon in AGNI |
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and WATER~STONE |
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Also in Brevity |
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OPINION 'ER' and the end of Nurse Shirley An actress' postmortem on her character in the long-running TV series... [Full Text] By Dinah Lenney April 2, 2009 |
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BOOK REVIEW 'So Long at the Fair: A Novel' by Christina Schwarzs Count on Christina Schwarz to tackle the ties that bind -- family, friendship, marriage... [Full Text] By Dinah Lenney July 14, 2008 |
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OPINION The graduate, hovering 'Enjoy the ride,' the parents' card says, as the daughter readies for a life 3,000 miles away. By Dinah Lenney July 1, 2008 [Full Text] |
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BOOK REVIEW 'Assisted Loving' by Bob Morris After his mother's death, the author helps his 80yr-old father to find a companion. Dating isn't easy for Dad. By Dinah Lenney, Special to The Times June 3, 2008 [Full Text] |
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BOOK REVIEW 'The Lyncher in Me' by Warren Read A man's search for his family's history turns up a vengeful ancestor. By Dinah Lenney, Special to The Times March 18, 2008 [Full Text] |
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BOOK REVIEW 'Dough: A Memoir' by Mort Zachter Remembering a lifetime of hard work in the family bakery... Special to The Times - November 3, 2007 [Full Text] |
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LA's area code obsession Published in Los Angeles Times Print Edition : Opinion October 7th 2007 [Full Text] |
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'The Fires' by Alan Cheuse Special to The Times September 1, 2007 [Full Text] |
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Ghost in the Dream Published in The New York Times - Magazine Feb, 18th 2007 [Full Text] |
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Life Skills, LAUSD Style Published in LA Times - Opinion Jan 2007 [Full Text] |
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Deal Published in AGNI September 2006 [Full Text] |
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Signs Pubished in Get On The Bus City Space, San Francisco 2006 [Full Text] |
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To De-Bag or Not Published in LA Times July 2005 [Full Text] |