Author Spotlight

Steve Erickson

Steve Erickson is the author of Shadowbahn, Zeroville, and eight other novels that have been translated into a dozen languages. He is the chair of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside, where he teaches literature and film.

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Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid: Renegade’s Requiem

Self-destruction is not only an aesthetic but its own subject matter in Sam Peckinpah’s deeply elegiac western, a towering masterpiece that examines American power and greed.

By Steve Erickson

Essays— Jul 2, 2024
In the Mood for Love: Haunted Heart

Set in 1960s Hong Kong, Wong Kar-wai’s ravishing masterpiece is both a love song to a city and a human romance of epic intimacy.

By Steve Erickson

Essays— Oct 2, 2012