20th’s Substack

Short pieces and musings from Los Angeles. Eve Babitz meets Bret Easton Ellis with flashes of Dorothy Parker. Or a whole lot of wishful thinking!

By 20th Century Fox

· Launched a year ago

There’s No Such Thing as an LA Story

Red-haired madams, nude jumping jacks, and everything in between

Apr 10•20th Century Fox

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I Did It: My Book Is Out!

A poetry collection about dating badly, getting older, trying to stay sane, grieving people who are still alive, and occasionally finding beauty in the…

Jun 20•20th Century Fox

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Fragments from Lalaland

Three Poems I Left Out of "Take Fountain"

Jun 18•20th Century Fox

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You taste just like I thought you would

The intimacy of brief encounters

Jun 16•20th Century Fox

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Pink Floyd Panties

Looping thoughts and false starts

Jun 14•20th Century Fox

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How to become someone else in a hotel room

And simply say: I do

Jun 12•20th Century Fox

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Cocaine Pocky

On special treats and other minor violences

Jun 7•20th Century Fox

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The 10 Sexiest Rock Stars of All Time

The Men Who Ruined My Standards for Reality

May 30•20th Century Fox

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