
Trekking to Delta, Part One: Cosmic Rays
With the publication of this initial installment from “Trekking to Delta,” Alta Journal is pleased to begin a five-part serialization of this historical essay by acclaimed novelist Karen Tei Yamashita.

Issue 29: Reckoning with the West
Inside Alta Journal’s Issue 29.

Crenshaw at the Crossroads
An ambitious civic project aims to revitalize a historic Black neighborhood—without forgetting its past.

Portrait of Phenomenal Women
Lava Thomas never backed down while creating her San Francisco monument to Maya Angelou.
Latest from the California Book Club

The Unnaming of Kroeber Hall
READER MAIL

Why Paintings of Jupiter Look Like Death Valley
The real reason space looks like the American West.
THE MONDAY BOOK REVIEW

A New Zorro Takes On the Swashbuckling Hero
The masked avenger returns in an almost historically accurate, mostly fraught-free, and fun spin on a familiar story.
EVENTS
THE WEEKLY ALTA NEWSLETTER

Tracing the Storied—and Tragic—Oregon Trail
Uncovering a chain of destruction that culminated in the tragic killing of 19th-century missionary Narcissa Whitman, the first white woman to complete the overland journey west.

‘Megalopolis’ Now

Take a Breath

California Bestsellers List (October 3, 2024)

Longing for Convention

Excavation of Self in the West

Trekking to Delta, Part Two: People and Land

12 New Books for October

Playing with Matches

Weekly Cartoon: Altatude #13 Issue 28

Weekly Cartoon: Altatude #1 Issue 29

George Washington Carver’s Art Practice

























