Thoughts on the Light At dawn and dusk, L.A. glows. There is this haze that fractures the light, scattering it in such a way that on many days the city almost has no shadows. The daylight is the most broad it can possibly be. … Read more September 26, 2012 by Fred Gooltz
Hello To All That Today, I reread this essay by Didion called “Goodbye To All That.” I read it first in High School, with the guys I would eventually live with in New York, at around the time when I first knew I … Read more September 19, 2012July 22, 2013 by Fred Gooltz
What Sick Is There are TV shows about illness. Those shows are about addicts with addictions. Those shows are about the imbalanced with obsessive disorders. Those other shows’ treatment of their subject matter ranges from clinical diagnosis to freakshow exploitation. My itsasickness project … Read more September 2, 2010February 19, 2021 by Fred Gooltz
Michael James Kavanagh Michael Kavanagh is the 2009 winner of the RFK international journalism award. The Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award honors those who report on issues that reflect Robert F. Kennedy’s concerns including human rights, social justice and the power of … Read more June 2, 2009 by Fred Gooltz
