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Loren Kantor

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Searching for Starbucks in St. Louis

I’m addicted to coffee. Not simply coffee, but Starbucks triple long shot espresso with a splash of cream. This provides a morning jolt…

15h ago

Searching for Starbucks in St. Louis

15h ago

Published in
Picture Palace

Watching The Godfather With a Special Needs Teen

I met Danny over Thanksgiving. He’s 15 and was born with Down syndrome. He lives next door to my wife’s family and they’ve embraced him as…

6d ago

Watching The Godfather With a Special Needs Teen

6d ago

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Los Angeles Stories

Tale of a Hollywood Con Woman

In early 1986, I made plans to have lunch with my father. I drove to his film production office in Beverly Hills and met his new…

Nov 26

Tale of a Hollywood Con Woman

Nov 26

Published in
Los Angeles Stories

LA Neighborhoods: Silver Lake

The first thing to know about Silver Lake is that it’s not a lake. It’s a reservoir. Located between Los Feliz and Echo Park, Silver Lake…

Nov 24

LA Neighborhoods: Silver Lake

Nov 24

Becoming a Trumper, a Method Acting Approach

It’s over. Our side lost. The election wasn’t stolen. Elon Musk didn’t hack the voting machines. It’s time to come to terms with reality…

Nov 19

Becoming a Trumper, a Method Acting Approach

Nov 19

Published in
Picture Palace

The Day I Met a Tarantino Legend

In 1991, my mom worked as a production coordinator on a low-budget movie shot largely in downtown Los Angeles. Midway through production…

Nov 14

The Day I Met a Tarantino Legend

Nov 14

Haunted by My Grandfather’s Warnings about America

My paternal grandfather was born in Austria-Hungary in 1897. He was a Torah scribe. He spent his life inking Hebrew scripture by hand with…

Nov 8

Haunted by My Grandfather’s Warnings about America

Nov 8

Published in
RiverRhythms

Tom Waits’ Favorite Yiddish Curses

Tom Waits is a street poet with a heart of tarnished brass. With a voice like broken tiles spinning in an old washing machine, Waits fuses…

Nov 6

Tom Waits’ Favorite Yiddish Curses

Nov 6

Published in
Los Angeles Stories

L.A.’s Crazy Freeway System

On the night of June 23, 1997, champion boxer Oscar De La Hoya drove his brother’s Mercedes on the 605 Freeway near Whittier. He was in the…

Oct 28

L.A.’s Crazy Freeway System

Oct 28

The Woodcut Art of Frans Masereel

In 1919, Belgian artist Frans Masereel published a wordless novel called Passionate Journey. The book is a collection of 165 woodcut prints…

Oct 24

The Woodcut Art of Frans Masereel

Oct 24

Loren Kantor

Loren Kantor

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Loren is a writer and woodcut artist based in Los Angeles. He teaches printmaking and creative writing to kids and adults.

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