Anita Felicelli, Alta Journal’s California Book Club editor, is the author of the novel Chimerica and Love Songs for a Lost Continent, a short story collection.
In this week’s newsletter, we introduce our July CBC selection, Luis J. Rodriguez’s raw and candid memoir Always Running.
Meron Hadero’s A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times is an astonishing debut.
Melissa Chadburn’s first novel, A Tiny Upward Shove, is a tour de force.
In Seeking Fortune Elsewhere, Sindya Bhanoo takes the long journey home.
In this newsletter, find out what the California Book Club’s next selections are.
Bethany C. Morrow’s Cherish Farrah explores a complicated friendship between two teenagers.
In this week’s newsletter, we consider the familiar mythic figure of the Minotaur, which is made new in Natalie Diaz’s poetry.