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Loren Kantor

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Los Angeles Stories

It’s Never Good to Confront a Meter Maid

My first show business job after college was as a menial serf for a Beverly Hills production company specializing in award shows. I ran…

5d ago

It’s Never Good to Confront a Meter Maid

5d ago

When a Jewish Funeral Doesn’t Go as Planned

As the oldest surviving male relative, my father bore the duty of burying his Uncle Koppel. Koppel had survived three years in Nazi…

Mar 10

When a Jewish Funeral Doesn’t Go as Planned

Mar 10

Published in
Los Angeles Stories

Don’t Live in a Murder House

In the summer of 1988, my friend Kevin was looking for a place to live. His actress girlfriend Leigh wanted to live in the Hollywood Hills…

Mar 6

Don’t Live in a Murder House

Mar 6

Dick Gregory’s Natural Food Journey

Dick Gregory was part of the new generation of 60’s black comedians that included Bill Cosby, Redd Foxx and Nipsey Russell. In one of his…

Mar 5

Dick Gregory’s Natural Food Journey

Mar 5

Published in
WritingAndTyping

Jack Kerouac’s Final Years

In 1967, poets Aram Saroyan and Ted Berrigan traveled to St. Petersburg, Florida for The Paris Review to interview legendary Beat…

Mar 4

Jack Kerouac’s Final Years

Mar 4

Published in
Picture Palace

The Making of the French Connection

The French Connection is a 1971 police thriller featuring the most famous car chase in movie history. Gene Hackman plays Jimmy ‘Popeye’…

Feb 27

The Making of the French Connection

Feb 27

Published in
Picture Palace

Marlon Brando’s Best Actor Journey for The Godfather

Though it’s hard to imagine anyone else portraying Don Corleone, Marlon Brando was not the first choice for the patriarch in The Godfather…

Feb 26

Marlon Brando’s Best Actor Journey for The Godfather

Feb 26

Classic Songs: Solsbury Hill

In 1974, the rock band Genesis released Selling England By the Pound. This was their fifth studio album and it reached #3 on the UK Charts…

Feb 22

Classic Songs: Solsbury Hill

Feb 22

Stumbling Upon a Past-Life Memory

In my early twenties I went through a painful breakup. My first great love left me and my world crumbled. I was overcome with depression…

Feb 18

Stumbling Upon a Past-Life Memory

Feb 18

Overheard at Senior Homes (Part 4)

I teach writing and printmaking classes at senior homes in Los Angeles. Over the years, I’ve kept a journal of the memorable things I’ve…

Feb 13

Overheard at Senior Homes (Part 4)

Feb 13

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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