How Eric Avery and Dave Navarro made music after Jane's Addiction broke up
Essayist, Journalist, Burritoist, written nonfiction stories for Harper's, The Atlantic, Kenyon Review, The Dublin Review, and The New York Times. My books include The Heart of California: Exploring the San Joaquin Valley and This Is: Essays on Jazz.
The story is not about what happened, it's about what the narrator makes of what happened.
Highlights and lowlights* (*mostly lowlights) from one Gen X lady writer's rather circuitous career path.
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I've been teaching writing at UCLA for a decade. On "More Than Mini-Essays" I showcase exceptional essays by current and former students, plus updates on jobs, internships, and scholarship opportunities.