Matthew Simmons—

The LA Review of Books is now live and updating online. THE DEATH OF THE BOOK: “It is possible to regard much of Western avant garde poetry and prose as an extended argument with the bound pages from which literature would prefer to break free.” BUSTER KEATON AND THE WORLD OF OBJECTS: “Keaton takes the bat and systematically smashes every pane in every bookcase, puts the bat aside, sits down, says nothing.”