Category Archives: UCLA

Mad Max

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Luke Ford

I spent my morning with Josh Alan Friedman. We’ve walked a similar career path. He’s ten years older than me. What he says about his life today, I figure that’s going to be me in a few years. In 1986, … Continue reading →

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Los Angeles Times Book Festival Sunday

Posted on April 26, 2009 by Luke Ford

I walk around the UCLA campus feeling not quite in control, that at any minute I might take my pen and stab someone. I’m a dangerous man. My first panel is at 10:30 am — "Laugh Track — moderator Amy … Continue reading →

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Following Monica’s Lecture, My Midrashic Impulse Will Accept No Limits

Posted on April 6, 2009 by Luke Ford

I could think of no better way to spend my sunny Monday lunch hour than to attend a UCLA lecture on the uplifting topic, "Literature, the Holocaust and the Midrashic Impulse." I covered my arms completely so that the speaker … Continue reading →

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Bearing the Body: Poverty, Humility & Chastity At UCLA

Posted on November 5, 2008 by Luke Ford

6:30 p.m. The traffic’s stuck on Westwood Blvd. I want to go west to UCLA but I pull over at a free parking spot near Westholme (?) and walk 30 minutes to the Faculty Center for tonight’s lecture. I huff … Continue reading →

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How An Erotic Dream Led Me To An Understanding Of The Sacred Tongue

Posted on November 3, 2008 by Luke Ford

Monday afternoon, I catch the new Oliver Stone movie W. George Bush and his cohorts are portrayed as fools but I find myself enjoying every minute and I feel disappointed when it ends. I park by Borders in Westwood and … Continue reading →

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