No Exit Plan

LA Weekly

The Lies and Follies of Laura Albert, a.k.a. JT LeRoy

The Eventualist

LA Weekly

William Langewiesche on The Atomic Bazaar and facing our worst fear

Sacrificing Rebecca

Willamette Week

For 14 years, Laurie Recht struggled with her daughter's illness. At least, that's what she wanted people to believe.

Crying and Digging

LA Times Magazine

Reclaiming the realities and rituals of death.

Brown Dirt Cowboys

LA Weekly

Meet your Mexican gardening crew.

Grief's Gravity

LA Weekly

When Jessica Santillan died of a botched heart-lung transplant, Nancy Rommelmann was nearly swallowed by the story.

Jena at 15

LA Weekly

A childhood in Hollywood.

Lives of the Carnies

LA Weekly

On the road with the cleanest show in the West.

40 Bucks and a Dream

LA Weekly

The lives of a Hollywood motel.

Hailey's Comet

LA Weekly

How Bruce Willis romanced and then jilted a small Idaho town.

Sanctuary

LA Weekly

Days and nights at the King Edward Saloon.

Who She Took With Her

LA Weekly

...The husband, the son, the boyfriend... a drunk's tale.

Why Not to Write About a Supreme Master of the Universe

LA Weekly

A day with the disciples of Ching Hai.

Crying and Digging: Photo by Mark Hanauer

Brown Dirt Cowboys: Photo Slobodan Dimitrov

Why Not to Write about a Supreme Master of the Universe: Illustration by Jason Holley

Lives of the Carnies: Photo by Virginia Lee Hunter

Jena at 15: Photo by Virginia Lee Hunter