{"id":658,"date":"2009-08-16T13:47:12","date_gmt":"2009-08-16T20:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/antoinewilson.com\/?page_id=658"},"modified":"2019-08-30T11:30:32","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T18:30:32","slug":"reviews-and-journalism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/antoinewilson.com\/wotwhat\/writing\/reviews-and-journalism\/","title":{"rendered":"Essays and Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"

ESSAYS<\/p>\n

“Notes on Hack.”<\/a> Los Angeles Review of Books<\/em>, November 20, 2011.<\/p>\n

OCCASIONAL PIECES<\/p>\n

The Wrong Stuff: Antoine Wilson Reviews Guillame Abruzzo\u2019s Cynical Space Nightmare Mine<\/i><\/a> – in which I review a film I made up.<\/p>\n

Research Notes (at Steve Himmer’s Necessary Fiction)<\/a> – in which I provide actual JPEGs to go with passages from PANORAMA CITY. <\/p>\n

What’s the First Thing You Ever Made, Antoine Wilson? (at The Project Room)<\/a> – in which I answer that question.<\/p>\n

Book Notes Playlist for PANORAMA CITY (at Largehearted Boy)<\/a> – in which I provide some tunes to go with my novel.<\/p>\n

My First Time (at David Abrams’ The Quivering Pen)<\/a> – in which I describe unboxing THE INTERLOPER for the first time.<\/p>\n

Writers Recommend (at Poets & Writers)<\/a> – in which I recommend surfing as a supplement to the writing life.<\/p>\n

My Top 10 Narrators in Literature (at Publisher’s Weekly)<\/a> – in which I betray some biases, for good or ill.<\/p>\n

You’re Doing It Wrong: Video Games vs. Books, Part 1 (at Booklist)<\/a> – in which Patrick Somerville and I go head-to-head on video games versus books. Here’s Part 2, where things get really crazy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When We Fell in Love (at 3 Guys 1 Book)<\/a> – in which I name-check the early influence of Auster, Pynchon, and Baldwin.<\/p>\n

My Book, the Movie<\/a> – in which I dream-cast a movie of my novel.<\/p>\n

BOOK REVIEWS<\/p>\n

The Mark and the Void<\/em> by Paul Murray. New York Times Times<\/em>, December 10, 2015.<\/p>\n

Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life<\/em> by William Finnegan. San Francisco Chronicle<\/em>, July 23, 2015.<\/p>\n

Mary Coin<\/em> by Marisa Silver. New York Times Times<\/em>, April 14, 2013.<\/p>\n

The Golden Shore<\/em> by David Helvarg. San Francisco Chronicle<\/em>, February 22, 2013.<\/p>\n

This Wicked World<\/em> by Richard Lange. Los Angeles Times<\/em>, July 5, 2009.<\/p>\n

All About Lulu: A Novel<\/em> by Jonathan Evison. Los Angeles Times<\/em>, August 3, 2008.<\/p>\n

The Boat<\/em> by Nam Le. Los Angeles Times<\/em>, July 6, 2008.<\/p>\n

God’s Middle Finger: Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre<\/em> by Richard Grant. Los Angeles Times<\/em>, Mar 9, 2008.<\/p>\n

The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World<\/em> by Eric Weiner. Los Angeles Times<\/em>, Jan 27, 2008.<\/p>\n

Remainder<\/em> by Tom McCarthy; The Quarterly Conversation<\/em>, Fall 2007<\/a><\/p>\n

Fields of Asphodel, A Novel<\/em> by Tito Perdue. Los Angeles Times<\/em>, Jul 15, 2007.<\/p>\n

Petropolis: A Novel<\/em> by Anya Ulinich. Los Angeles Times<\/em>, Feb 18, 2007.<\/p>\n

Washed Up: The Curious Journeys of Flotsam and Jetsam<\/em> by Skye Moody. Los Angeles Times<\/em>, Nov 26, 2006.<\/p>\n

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: Twenty-Five Stories<\/em> by Haruki Murakami. Los Angeles Times<\/em>, Sep 10, 2006.<\/p>\n

Surfing’s Greatest Misadventures: Dropping In on the Unexpected<\/em> Edited by Paul Diamond and Tyler McMahon; and West of Jesus: Surfing, Science, and the Origins of Belief<\/em> by Steven Kotler. Los Angeles Times<\/em>, Jun 11, 2006.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ESSAYS “Notes on Hack.” Los Angeles Review of Books, November 20, 2011. OCCASIONAL PIECES The Wrong Stuff: Antoine Wilson Reviews Guillame Abruzzo\u2019s Cynical Space Nightmare …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":676,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-658","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P1XK5s-aC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":676,"url":"http:\/\/antoinewilson.com\/wotwhat\/writing\/","url_meta":{"origin":658,"position":0},"title":"Other Writing","date":"August 16, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Short Fiction \"In the Bank.\" included in The Silver Waves of Summer, David Olsen, ed., Kelp Books, 2021. \"Panorama City.\" A Public Space, issue #12, 2011. *Special Mention, Pushcart Prizes XXXVII* \"Everyone Else.\" The Paris Review, issue #171, fall 2004. *Special Mention, Pushcart Prizes XXX* *National Magazine Award Finalist* \"Alva\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":803,"url":"http:\/\/antoinewilson.com\/wotwhat\/writing\/where-to-find-my-stuff\/","url_meta":{"origin":658,"position":1},"title":"Other Writing","date":"June 21, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Short Fiction \"Panorama City.\" A Public Space, issue #12, 2011. *Special Mention, Pushcart Prizes XXXVII* \"Everyone Else.\" The Paris Review, issue #171, fall 2004. *Special Mention, Pushcart Prizes XXX* *National Magazine Award Finalist* \"Alva Oak, 1959.\" Blue Mesa Review, issue #16, 2004. \"Sentimental Recollection.\" Gutcult, issue #3 Winter\/Spring 2003\/2004. \"Ground\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1326,"url":"http:\/\/antoinewilson.com\/wotwhat\/panorama-city-page\/panorama-city-reviews\/","url_meta":{"origin":658,"position":2},"title":"Panorama City Reviews","date":"July 24, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Panorama City ***New York Times Editors' Choice*** ***San Francisco Chronicle Best of 2012*** ***Los Angeles Times Bestseller*** ***SCIBA Book of the Year 2013 Finalist*** \u201cThis is a book you will hold in your head all day long, a book you will look forward to when you get home from work,\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1033,"url":"http:\/\/antoinewilson.com\/wotwhat\/panorama-city-page\/","url_meta":{"origin":658,"position":3},"title":"Panorama City","date":"February 14, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Panorama City, A Novel From his deathbed*, twenty-eight-year-old Oppen Porter--an open-hearted, bicycle-riding, binocular-toting, self-described slow absorber--unspools into a cassette recorder a tale of self-determination, from village idiot to man of the world, for the benefit of his unborn son. 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