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CRYING AND DIGGING

Reclaiming the realities and rituals of death

BROWN DIRT COWBOYS

Meet your Mexican gardening crew

GRIEF'S GRAVITY

When Jesica Santillan died of a botched heart-lung transplant,
Nancy Rommelmann was nearly swallowed by the story
JENA AT 15
A Childhood in Hollywood
40 BUCKS AND A DREAM
The Lives of a Hollywood motel 
            
HAILEY'S COMET
How Bruce Willis Romanced and then Jilted a Small Idaho Town 
SANCTUARY

Days and Nights at the King Edward Saloon 
      
        
GOING TO GACY

A Cross-Country Trip to Shake the Devil's Hand

US AND THEM

The Code of the Cop Bar

WHY NOT TO WRITE ABOUT A SUPREME MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE

A Day with the Disciples of Ching Hai


APOCALYPSE NOW

Squatting at Slab City






WHAT THEY WERE THINKING: The Day After the Shootings at Santee



WONKS vs: THE REAL WORLD: The Native Brain on Drugs


SKIN DEEP: The Waxer


SELF-IMPROVEMENT: Biz Girls Don't Cry 






MOTHER LODE

Or, How Delia's Made it Cool to Wear my Daughter's Clothes

GOOD GRUB

A homey restaurant in the concrete heart of post-production country





 

THE BAD MOTHER

Actress and singer Kathleen Wilhoite reads a chapter of the novel-in-progress at the Getty Center 

(MP3 sound recording)
X-GIRL

Read by the author

(MP3 sound recording)

EVERYTHING YOU PRETEND TO KNOW ABOUT FOOD

This food compendium has repeatedly been referred to as "the best bathroom book ever."