Lara co-hosts and produces the long-running tech and social media video podcast, commandN. During working hours she works in health information management in Canada after finishing a professional Master’s degree program in Library and Information Studies (MLIS) in 2010. Previously Lara completed an MA in literature at Durham University (UK), and she holds a BA from Boston College (US) in English and philosophy. She has been writing for PopMatters since early 2007, mostly in the books section and for Re:Print. She also contributes DVD reviews, having a fascination with BBC period drama. Currently, her favorite authors include Haruki Murakami, Salman Rushdie, and Jasper Fforde. You can often find Lara on Twitter @larakillian.
Features
Friday, July 24 2009
Scratching the Surface: Your Brain on the Internet
What does the ubiquitous availability of digital text mean for the human brain as it processes ever-increasing amounts of information?
Wednesday, April 16 2008
Who Says Libraries Are Just About Books?
Quiet, Please author Scott Douglas speaks out about the future of libraries, being played by Oprah in the movie version, and his recent library-themed wedding.
Reviews
Monday, May 7 2012
'Curses! A F***ed-up Fairy Tale' is Truly Twisted
Chock-a-block with nursery rhyme characters gone wrong, some of the most creatively messed up metaphors you’ve ever read, and racy to boot, J. A. Kazimer has created a demented storybook world that will make anyone with a funny bone howl.
Tuesday, March 27 2012
A Ghostly Self-Portrait: Toby Lester's 'Da Vinci’s Ghost'
Leonardo may have drafted the most famous version of a well-proportioned human figure inside a circle inside a square, but he was far from the first to consider the human form as architecture.
Monday, January 16 2012
In 'The Day Before Happiness', Naples Hosts a Poetic Story of an Orphan Coming of Age Post WWII
Erri De Luca’s writing is a tender poetic narrative, treating things (Naples, the air itself) like characters, and weaving together a story comprised of waves of feeling instead of orderly plot points.
Wednesday, November 2 2011
Being Angry and Smiling is a Bad Habit to Get Into: 'Pretty'
Her legs and hands a network of gasp-inducing scars after the car accident that claimed the life of her drug-pushing trumpet player boyfriend, Bebe is left with the irony of an attractive face.
Tuesday, August 23 2011
'An Atlas of Impossible Longing' Has Archeological Roots that Stretch into the Very Hills of Songarh
Three generations of a family in rural India; each member a victim of crushing gender-biased expectations, arranged marriages, and the stifling nature of the local community and landscape.
