Too L.A.: Letters Never Sent (But Some Were) by Eve Babitz
A Review By STEVE WASSERMAN Last things first: Eve Babitz is a major minor L.A. writer who died five years ago at age 78. She spent nearly a quarter-century as…
Fidel Castro at 100: Reflections on His Life and Legacy
Fidel Castro’s revolution began in hope, hardened into authoritarianism and endured as an audacious rebuke to American empire. Steve Wasserman ScheerPost Nearly seventy years ago, Herbert Matthews of The New…
Remembering Ann Dragoon Wasserman, Ballerina Who Taught Berkeley Dance-Exercise Class Into Her 90s
Forthright, fearless, socially conscious and a committed Jewish humanist, she was among the first dancers in George Balanchine’s New York City Ballet and a longtime activist in the circle of…
THE RISE AND FALL AND RISE OF AMERICAN PUBLISHING
STEVE WASSERMAN In January, I wrote for the Winter 2026 issue of LIBERTIES quarterly journal a lengthy consideration of the state of American publishing. LIBERTIES was founded five years ago…
The Curious Case of the Late David Horowitz
By Steve Wasserman / Original to ScheerPost The death on April 29 of my old nemesis, David Horowitz, at age 86 after a long battle with cancer, prompts these recollections…
Steve Wasserman: Turn of the Screw
Imprisoned Latin Grammy winner: "For this, we made a revolution?"
What Simon & Schuster’s Acquisition Would Mean for American Publishing
If past experience is a useful guide to the future, we need not overly fear such imperial mergers and acquisitions.