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"NOBODY LIKES A CENSOR — they stifle the singular, the personal, the human — and no one knows this better than John Kaye.  When Kaye, who worked briefly in "program practices,” wrote “Smothered” for us, he said he didn’t want it published so much as “released into the world.” At the surface, it’s about a young writer unwillingly censoring the Smothers Brothers. Of course, there’s a lot more. In Kaye’s words, it's a tale of “love, drugs, madness, betrayal, self-deception, and youthful ambition.” “Smothered” is both an intensely private story and an invaluable contribution to Los Angeles history.  It’s an honor to release it here.“

                     - Julie Cline, Senior Nonfiction Editor

Find both parts here at the LA Review of Books.