Mark Haile

67, Male

Los Angeles

United States

Profile Information:

Hometown:
Tripoli
About Me:
Former bookseller, magazine editor, journalist. Presently a literary curator and consultant in Los Angeles
I Am A:
Reader, Writer, Editor, Critic
Website:
http://ww.circuitmouse.blogspot.com
Books And Authors I Like:
Tom Corcoran, S.V. Date, Tim Dorsey, Carl Hiaasen, John D. MacDonald, Barbara Parker ...note a pattern here? My newest obsession-compulsion I resisted as long as possible, yet surrendered to the inevitable: Arturo Perez-Reverte
Movies And TV Shows I Like:
Journeyman, Life, Veronica Mars (RIP), The Womens' Murder Club, Breathless, Casablana, The Maltese Falcon, Peter Gunn

Comment Wall:

  • Newt Love

    Hey!
    I lived in Mar Vista, off the end of the Sant Monica airport. Loved the Rick's cafe picture!
    If a author writes a novel in the forest, and nobody reads it, did it make a sound?
    I'm newt, slithering from the shallow end of the gene pool, into the open ocean. Sharks are likely to eat me before the salt water kills me, but who wants a quiet life?

    Aug 27, 2007

  • Mark Haile

    Well, I'm back from our cross-California road trip; the only one-of-a-kind eatery I could mention that we actually ate at was the Hickory Pit in Walnut Creek... I was so stuffed I forgot to ask about their "San Francisco silk pie."

    Walnut Creek is seriously lacking in noir, but beneath their pleasant suburban veneer, I'd learned thanks to "Driven Out: The Forgotten War Against Chinese Americans" by Jean Pfaelzer, there's a lot of commensurate nasty stuff that went on during the "yellow peril" era of California's history... not the kind of stuff that the Chamber of Commerce wants to include in their description of the town's history!

    Aug 28, 2007

  • Kelli Stanley

    Mark, I love the picture of Red's! One of our noir landmarks.

    I hope you got a chance to check out the Pickwick Hotel, across from the Old Mint on 5th. It's mentioned in The Maltese Falcon (as was John's Grill, which features a Hammett room).

    Aug 28, 2007

  • Naomi Hirahara

    Hey, is that the same Nick's on Spring St. on the north side of L.A.? I've passed it countless times but never had a chance to eat there. Is it good? Have you tried Texas BBQ on Figueroa? Yum.

    p.s. What is a literary curator?

    Oct 5, 2007

  • Adam Haynes

    Good to meet you friend.

    Oct 6, 2007