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The following is a feature article from the LARB Quarterly Journal: Winter 2016 edition. To pick up your copy of the Journal, become a member of the Los Angeles Review of Books or order a copy at amazon.com. ¤ We don’t want to conquer space at all...

Back in the middle of the last decade, eBay, the massive auction site, was in trouble. Between 2005 and 2007, its stock price was cut in half and its market cap shrank by $30 billion. In October 2007, eBay admitted that Skype, a company it had acquired...

While I was out of town last week, I had the chance to get a little reading done. One of the books I took with me was Richard Keller’s Coffee Cup Tales: Stories Inspired by Overheard Conversations at the Coffee Shop. Those of you who visit this blog...

From Rudolf and Santa to Slinki Malinki and the proverbial Pukeko in a Punga Tree, there’s a Christmas picture book for everyone. In most bookshops, though, Baby Jesus is hidden behind Grinches, trains and elves. If you’re in the market for Christmas...

Benjamin Franklin made sure to end every day by asking “What good have I done today?” Maya Angelou only wrote in tiny hotel rooms. Jack Kerouac made sure to touch the ground nine times before writing. Sustained creativity doesn’t come...