Geoff Nicholson is a contributing editor to the Los Angeles Review of Books. His books include the novels Bleeding London and The Hollywood Dodo. His latest, The Miranda, is published in October.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
“London Has Burst into Bloom”: On John Davis’s “Waterloo Sunrise: London from the Sixties to Thatcher”
An oddly conceived but solidly researched study of 1960s and ’70s London....
Walking in L.A.
Janet Sternburg’s latest collection of photos finds beauty in the quotidian....
The Drone Is in the Heart
A psychedelic study of drones in nature, art, and popular music....
Thirteen Meta-musings Inspired by Leonard Koren’s “Musings of a Curious Aesthete”
Leonard Koren’s musings are more rigorous than most....
Unknown Unknowns Come Sweeping in: On John Brian King’s “Riviera: Photographs of Palm Springs”
Geoff Nicholson revisits Palm Springs, courtesy of “Riviera: Photographs of Palm Springs” by John Brian King....
Portrait of an Artist: On Catherine Cusset’s “Life of David Hockney: A Novel”
Geoff Nicholson looks at “Life of David Hockney: A Novel” by Catherine Cusset, translated by Teresa Lavender Fagan....
The Road to Roxbury: On Linda Gordon’s “Inge Morath: Magnum Legacy”
Geoff Nicholson takes stock of “Inge Morath: Magnum Legacy” by Linda Gordon....
“Marlowe Would Be Proud”: On “The Annotated Big Sleep”
Geoff Nicholson wanders the mean streets with Raymond Chandler’s “The Annotated Big Sleep” for a Baedeker....
Encountering Weegee: On Christopher Bonanos’s “Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous”
Geoff Nicholson exposes himself to “Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous” by Christopher Bonanos....
A Ramble About Books About Walking
Geoff Nicholson strolls through several books on walking....
Multiple Exposures: On “Double Vision: The Photography of George Rodriguez”
Geoff Nicholson focuses on “Double Vision: The Photography of George Rodriguez,” edited and introduced by Josh Kun....
Unknown Unknowns Come Sweeping in: On Geoff Dyer’s “The Street Philosophy of Garry Winogrand”
Geoff Nicholson ruminates on “The Street Philosophy of Garry Winogrand” by Geoff Dyer....
An A to Z of Iain Sinclair on the Occasion of the American Publication of “The Last London: True Fictions from an Unreal City”
Geoff Nicholson goes through the alphabet to describe the multifaceted work of Iain Sinclair....
Cactus Love: On “Xerophile: Cactus Photographs from Expeditions of the Obsessed”
Geoff Nicholson on “Xerophile: Cactus Photographs from Expeditions of the Obsessed.”...
Mister Kurt, He Posthumous: Vonnegut’s “Complete Stories”
Geoff Nicholson on the collected short stories of Kurt Vonnegut....
Lunch and Other Distractions: On Susan Bright’s Pictorial History of Food Photography
Geoff Nicholson savors Susan Bright's "Feast for the Eyes: The Story of Food in Photography."...
The Anatomy of Finickiness: On Alexander Theroux’s “Einstein’s Beets: An Examination of Food Phobias”
Who knew Mussolini didn't like mashed potatoes? Geoff Nicholson enjoys Alexander Theroux's latest....
The Shrugged Atlas
Geoff Nicholson on the rise of the alternative travel guide....
Apertures and Aperitifs: On “The Photographer’s Cookbook”
The greatest food photography ever....
Sausage Subversion
PEOPLE WHO LOVE SAUSAGE and respect the law should never watch either one being made.” I thought that was a quotation ...
Street Life
Geoff Nicholson on "The Other Paris."...
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Los Angeles
A dentist chair view of LA....
Collecting and Correcting
Martin Parr and Gerry Badger don’t discuss art, but rather they reevaluate what is and isn’t worthy of attention, whether it’s art or not....
Wish I Weren’t Here
The pleasures of postcards...
At War with the Obvious, Obviously
Image: William Eggleston, "Untitled," 1974 I WAS LATE FOR the start of William Eggleston’s signing session at Paris Photo ...
Mockery in America: Terry Eagleton’s “Across the Pond”
TERRY EAGLETON IS A FUNNY MAN. Writing about Hal Gladfelder’s Fanny Hill in Bombay for the London Review of Books, ...
The Walk of the Worlds
Triptych image: "Rules of the Universe"Image Credit: Maureen SelwoodEDGAR ALLAN POE IS EVERYWHERE. The Following, featuring murders based on Poe, ...
You Say the Swimming Pool’s Half Empty, I Say the Swimming Pool’s Half Full
Swimming pools, movie stars....
Mentors: J.H. Prynne
I sometimes say that Jeremy Prynne taught me everything I know about poetry: which is why I know nothing about poetry....
Model Villages, Short Stories, and Other Miniatures
When it comes to trying to make a piece of fiction, scaling down is an essential strategy. The world has "scalability" in spades....
Buster Keaton and the World of Objects
Given the choice between a book and a baseball bat, there is no choice for Buster. He’ll take the bat every time...
