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Review: In Juli Zeh's 'Empty Hearts,' the high price of moral numbness becomes clear
Posted: August 17, 2019, 2:00 pm
Paule Marshall, novelist who explored the black-white divide in America, dies
Author: Associated Press
Posted: August 16, 2019, 11:56 pm
Review: In 'Black Light: Stories,' Kimberly King Parsons serves up a big and wild Texas
Posted: August 16, 2019, 11:26 pm
Review: Téa Obreht's 'Inland' transports readers in a sweeping story of the West
Posted: August 16, 2019, 10:28 pm
Lit picks: This week's L.A. book events call for community
Posted: August 16, 2019, 7:20 pm
Barack Obama's summer reading list starts with a nod to Toni Morrison
Posted: August 16, 2019, 6:20 pm
Cómo se convierten los niños en lectores
Posted: August 16, 2019, 4:04 pm
Leyendo en voz alta para aprender y fortalecer el vínculo afectivo
Posted: August 16, 2019, 4:04 pm
La importancia de las bibliotecas escolares
Posted: August 16, 2019, 4:03 pm
El caso para los cómics
Posted: August 16, 2019, 4:03 pm
Five steps to becoming a read out-loud book hero
Posted: August 16, 2019, 4:00 pm
How to help your child become an avid reader
Posted: August 16, 2019, 4:00 pm
The importance of school libraries
Posted: August 16, 2019, 4:00 pm
What makes a good story? It may not be what you think
Posted: August 16, 2019, 4:00 pm
¿Qué hace un buen libro? Puede que no sea lo que piensas.
Posted: August 16, 2019, 4:00 pm
Bond and learn with your child through reading
Posted: August 16, 2019, 4:00 pm
Cómo hacer que los niños se entusiasmen con la lectura: Perspectiva de un estudiante y una maestra
Posted: August 16, 2019, 4:00 pm
Héroe de la lectura en voz alta
Posted: August 16, 2019, 4:00 pm
How to get kids excited about reading: A student and teacher's perspective
Posted: August 16, 2019, 4:00 pm
The case for comic books
Posted: August 16, 2019, 4:00 pm
Review: New book peers inside the real-life homes of L.A.'s creative maestros
Posted: August 16, 2019, 2:00 pm
Inside the archives — and mind — of sci-fi legend Philip K. Dick
Posted: August 16, 2019, 2:00 pm
How Long Beach became a book club superhub, with 130 and counting
Posted: August 15, 2019, 10:44 pm
Reading Nook: The chaise lounge that made Janelle Brown feel like a grownup
Posted: August 15, 2019, 3:00 pm
Elaine Kendall, author and former L.A. Times book critic, dies at 91
Posted: August 12, 2019, 10:46 pm
J.D. Salinger's works — including 'Catcher in the Rye' — are coming out as e-books
Author: Associated Press
Posted: August 12, 2019, 6:28 pm
The joys and heartbreak of my 20-year friendship with poet-songwriter David Berman
Posted: August 12, 2019, 5:50 pm
Review: Novelist Nell Zink takes on Sept. 11 in 'Doxology'
Posted: August 10, 2019, 4:00 pm
Review: Mystery writer T. Jefferson Parker stands out with 'The Last Good Guy'
Posted: August 10, 2019, 3:00 pm
Newsletter: Book Club | George Takei and Michael Connelly join fall lineup
Author: Donna Wares
Posted: August 10, 2019, 2:00 pm
Review: Writing the book on selfies — sociologist reframes social photos
Posted: August 10, 2019, 2:00 pm
Review: A lover of surfing, AJ Dungo finds connection and solace in 'In Waves'
Posted: August 10, 2019, 1:55 am
Review: The mosquito isn't just annoying — Timothy C. Winegard says we're at war
Posted: August 9, 2019, 9:09 pm
What to do in L.A. — 6 book talks for the week ahead
Posted: August 9, 2019, 7:39 pm
Review: Sister Helen Prejean traces a slow journey to justice in 'River of Fire'
Posted: August 9, 2019, 2:17 pm
Review: Sarah M. Broom shows her New Orleans in 'The Yellow House'
Posted: August 9, 2019, 2:00 pm
For Japanese Americans, 'The Terror' is personal
Author: Jen Yamato
Posted: August 9, 2019, 1:00 pm
David Berman, acclaimed indie-rock singer-songwriter and poet, dies at 52
Author: Randall Roberts
Posted: August 8, 2019, 12:32 am
Filmmaker says Toni Morrison was wickedly funny and made a mean carrot cake
Author: Christie D'Zurilla
Posted: August 7, 2019, 7:23 pm
Appreciation: Toni Morrison was both a mirror and a map who reflected experience back to us
Posted: August 6, 2019, 11:07 pm
'The Art of Racing in the Rain' became a publishing phenomenon. Now it's hitting the big screen
Posted: August 6, 2019, 9:25 pm
Read Barack Obama's tribute to 'national treasure' Toni Morrison
Author: Nardine Saad
Posted: August 6, 2019, 6:11 pm
Toni Morrison tributes pour in from Oprah, the Clintons, Colin Kaepernick
Author: Nardine Saad
Posted: August 6, 2019, 3:16 pm
Toni Morrison dead at 88: 'Beloved' author captured tragic and joyful complexion of life and race
Author: Thomas Curwen
Posted: August 6, 2019, 1:43 pm
Beer, Barack, Biden and books: Not all heroes wear capes at this week's L.A. literary events
Posted: August 2, 2019, 7:43 pm
Edward Snowden's memoir was handled as a covert project by his publisher
Author: Associated Press
Posted: August 1, 2019, 7:04 pm
Laila Lalami's 'The Other Americans' adds volume to unheard voices
Posted: August 1, 2019, 6:01 pm
Review: Unions keep watch on corporations — Steven Greenhouse digs into labor's battle
Author: Margot Roosevelt
Posted: August 1, 2019, 2:00 pm
Migration is a human condition -- for the people of the Americas, movement is propelled by survival
Posted: August 1, 2019, 2:30 am
Q&A: Jia Tolentino on how millennials' lives are shaped by perpetual economic insecurity
Posted: July 31, 2019, 10:20 pm
Author Laila Lalami on the power of stories and being 'The Other'
Author: Vera Castaneda
Posted: July 31, 2019, 9:12 pm
Review: Susan Straight's new memoir amplifies stories of strong women who survive and thrive
Posted: July 30, 2019, 7:40 pm
Hiker dies en route to abandoned bus made famous by 'Into the Wild'
Posted: July 30, 2019, 12:57 am
These stunning photos show the rise of China and the fall of the Soviet Union
Posted: July 29, 2019, 3:00 pm
7 highly anticipated books to get you through the dog days of August
Posted: July 26, 2019, 4:52 pm
Review: The American West is dying. Christopher Ketcham's 'This Land' is a rallying cry to save it
Author: Jeffrey Fleishman
Posted: July 26, 2019, 4:52 pm
Review: 'Three Women' studies the real sex lives of women, casting light on obscured desire
Posted: July 26, 2019, 4:44 pm
'The future is creativity': Children's book author Hervé Tullet nurtures kids' imaginations at ICA LA
Posted: July 26, 2019, 10:00 am
Op-Ed: Online book-selling scams steal a living from writers
Posted: July 26, 2019, 10:00 am
L.A. book events this week: Meet authors with deep roots to California's past and present
Posted: July 26, 2019, 10:00 am
Soccer star Megan Rapinoe signs book deal with Penguin Random House
Posted: July 25, 2019, 7:10 pm
Reading Nook: Like others before him, Christopher Castellani found a welcoming haven in Provincetown
Posted: July 25, 2019, 3:00 pm
Making sense of the Manson 'family' murders — a reading list
Posted: July 25, 2019, 10:00 am
Booker Prize longlist includes Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie, Valeria Luiselli
Posted: July 24, 2019, 7:43 pm
Andrea Camilleri, author of Montalbano detective series, dies at 93
Posted: July 23, 2019, 7:21 pm
Donald Trump Jr. announces book attacking 'leftist elites' and 'political correctness'
Posted: July 23, 2019, 5:35 pm
Prolific novelist Dean Koontz signs five-book deal with Amazon
Posted: July 22, 2019, 6:40 pm
Review: A love note to Beirut and a lament for war — Rawi Hage's latest is a hell of a story
Posted: July 20, 2019, 4:00 pm
Review: White supremacists and the alt-right descend on a small town in the melodramatic 'Copperhead'
Posted: July 19, 2019, 6:22 pm
Review: Ed Smith was an unsung hero of L.A.'s poetry world. The punk poet is finally getting his due
Posted: July 19, 2019, 6:03 pm
Ebony magazine's legendary photo archive is up for auction
Posted: July 19, 2019, 5:49 pm
L.A.'s literary scene comes alive at these 5 L.A. book events about witches and local press
Posted: July 19, 2019, 5:25 pm
'Queer Eye's' Tan France faced racism as a kid. Then he brushed off bullies and discovered self-love
Author: Christina Schoellkopf
Posted: July 18, 2019, 8:21 pm
Audible to roll out text captions for audiobooks in an upcoming feature
Posted: July 18, 2019, 6:09 pm
Review: An authoritarian leader's shadow looms over a weary country in 'The Remainder'
Posted: July 18, 2019, 3:30 pm
Review: The Voyager spacecraft holds a golden record for aliens. 'Vinyl Frontier' tells why
Posted: July 18, 2019, 3:00 pm
The Apollo 11 mission to the moon launched 50 years ago. These 8 books tell the story
Posted: July 17, 2019, 6:20 pm
Mojave Desert creates ideal climate for Laila Lalami's story of immigrants
Posted: July 17, 2019, 2:00 pm
Sen. Chris Murphy announces new book on violence and guns
Posted: July 16, 2019, 8:32 pm
Chuck Klosterman's new book digs into philosophical questions that shape modern culture
Posted: July 16, 2019, 2:00 pm
New L.A. book festival LitLit announces talks by poets Yesika Salgado, Vickie Vertiz and more
Posted: July 15, 2019, 7:02 pm
The Happy Foot Sad Foot sign is moving. These books may fill the foot-shaped void in your heart
Posted: July 13, 2019, 12:43 am
Michael Connelly's 'Lincoln Lawyer' will be adapted for the small screen
Posted: July 12, 2019, 11:01 pm
Review: Susan Straight's summer book picks transport readers beyond 'beach reads'
Author: Susan Straight
Posted: July 12, 2019, 8:37 pm
What's in a name? Josh Kun mines the library's autograph collection for new book and exhibit
Posted: July 12, 2019, 5:33 pm
Review: Chuck Klosterman shifts his pop culture-obsessions to fiction in 'Raised in Captivity'
Posted: July 12, 2019, 3:00 pm
What really happened in the Manson murders? 'Chaos' casts doubt on Helter Skelter theory
Posted: July 12, 2019, 2:32 pm
Crazy about books? These 5 L.A. book events offer inspiring stories from Los Angeles and beyond
Posted: July 12, 2019, 2:24 pm
Colson Whitehead on the 'incredible evil' of the real school that inspired 'Nickel Boys'
Posted: July 12, 2019, 2:16 pm
Jim Bouton's bawdy 'Ball Four' transformed baseball's public image
Posted: July 11, 2019, 8:58 pm
Ready to rock out at bedtime? Metallica is releasing a children's book
Author: Nardine Saad
Posted: July 11, 2019, 5:25 pm
'Horrifying': James Patterson speaks out about Jeffrey Epstein case
Posted: July 11, 2019, 5:17 pm
5 things to know about Laila Lalami's 'The Other Americans'
Posted: July 10, 2019, 2:00 pm
Nordic noir master Jo Nesbø takes another dark twist with 'Knife'
Posted: July 10, 2019, 2:00 pm
'Black Panther' director Ryan Coogler will join Ta-Nehisi Coates at his L.A. book tour stop
Posted: July 10, 2019, 10:00 am
A new Jay-Z book by Michael Eric Dyson will honor hip-hop legend on his 50th birthday
Posted: July 9, 2019, 5:43 pm
Michael Mann's novel based on 'Heat' will be released next year
Posted: July 8, 2019, 5:22 pm
How far can a biography stray from the truth? 'Life of David Hockney' pushes that boundary
Posted: July 6, 2019, 1:08 am
Spanish literature animates the ghosts of its embattled history
Author: Rigoberto González
Posted: July 5, 2019, 8:45 pm
Bookseller campaign #BookstoresAgainstBorders organizes donations for migrant legal aid
Posted: July 5, 2019, 6:10 pm

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