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Courtney Lichterman

Native New Yorker Courtney Lichterman lives in Los Angeles, although this is a decision she reconsiders every time another friend starts hanging pictures six inches from the ground in an effort to comply with the directive of a $200-an-hour Feng Shui expert. You can email her here.

Keeping Up With the Corpses

When her friend moves into a house whose Halloween block party draws swarms of trick-or-treaters from all over LA, COURTNEY LICHTERMAN visits, entering a dimension where the candy corn is organic and the ghosts have SAG cards. (Personal Essays | October 25, 2007)

Like Pulling Teeth

Whether it’s experimental injections, sleep deprivation studies, or freelance writing, sometimes the best way to look after your health is to risk it. COURTNEY LICHTERMAN offers her teeth to a dental student in need. (Personal Essays | August 22, 2007)


TODAY’S FEATURE

God Save the Queen From You Chumps

Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week, Englishman JONATHAN BELL defends his nation against a cursing student of Anglo-Saxons.

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The Mommy Wars

Non-Expert Jessica Francis Kane leads her followers into the battle of the playground.

THE FOOTNOTES TOO

Infinite Summer

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DIGEST

No Take Backs

Recently unmasked producer Burial joins his old schoolmate Four Tet on a cryptically released 12-inch. The result is two post-rock peregrinations sure to set your perceptions on edge.