Anita Felicelli

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.

May 23, 2023
5 Contributors’ Favorite California Literary Institutions
In this newsletter, we spotlight five CBC contributors with hardcovers or paperback editions of their own out this year and the bookish…
By Anita Felicelli
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May 19, 2023
Event Recap: Percival Everett Talks About ‘Telephone’

Author Percival Everett, special guest Aimee Bender, and guest host Anita Felicelli discussed Telephone, the May CBC selection.

By Anita Felicelli
May 16, 2023
Introducing the Special Guest to Talk About ‘Telephone’
In this newsletter, we introduce special guest Aimee Bender, who will join author Percival Everett and the evening’s host, Anita Felice…
By Anita Felicelli
May 9, 2023
Announcement of Summer 2023 Books

In this newsletter, we reveal the summer 2023 CBC author lineup and selections.

By Anita Felicelli
Apr 25, 2023
Percival Everett and the Ambiguities of Experience

In this newsletter, we introduce Percival Everett’s novel Telephone, the May California Book Club selection.

By Anita Felicelli
Apr 21, 2023
Event Recap: Claudia Rankine Discusses ‘Citizen’
Author Claudia Rankine, special guest Helga Davis, and CBC host John Freeman had a potent conversation about Rankine’s book Citizen, as…
By Anita Felicelli
Apr 18, 2023
Announcing Helga Davis as Special Guest
In this newsletter, we introduce Helga Davis, the special guest to discuss the April CBC selection, Citizen, with author Claudia Rankin…
By Anita Felicelli
Apr 4, 2023
‘Citizen’ Deciphers the Blur of Experience
In this newsletter, we look at Claudia Rankine’s Citizen, the April California Book Club selection, which reveals the erasure and hyper…
By Anita Felicelli
Apr 3, 2023
Law and Order

In Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable, Joanna Schwartz details the difficulty of holding cops accountable.

By Anita Felicelli
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Mar 21, 2023
Literary Adventures, Old and New: Musso & Frank Grill
In this newsletter, we look at the Musso & Frank Grill, a legendary hangout for Hollywood stars and screenwriters when film was the new…
By Anita Felicelli
Mar 17, 2023
Event Recap: Isabel Allende and the Path Home
At the March CBC gathering, author Isabel Allende joined host John Freeman for a beautiful discussion about her memorable classic The H…
By Anita Felicelli
Feb 21, 2023
Announcing Spring 2023 Books
In this newsletter, we announce the next CBC selections: Claudia Rankine’s Citizen, Percival Everett’s Telephone, and Charles Yu’s Inte…
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Feb 17, 2023
Event Recap: Andrew Sean Greer
Author Andrew Sean Greer, special guest Michael Chabon, and CBC host John Freeman had a witty and illuminating conversation about Greer…
By Anita Felicelli
Feb 14, 2023
That ‘Suave Henchman, Pleasure’
In this newsletter, we introduce Michael Chabon as our special guest in conversation about Less, the February CBC selection, with autho…
By Anita Felicelli
Feb 13, 2023
My Old School

Rebecca Makkai looks at right and wrong in I Have Some Questions for You.

By Anita Felicelli
Feb 7, 2023
Literary Adventures, Old and New: Printers Inc.

In this newsletter, we spotlight a beloved independent bookstore that lived for 20 years in Palo Alto.

By Anita Felicelli
Jan 20, 2023
Event Recap: Jaime Hernandez and Love and Rockets
Cartoonist Jaime Hernandez joined host Oscar Villalon and special guest Anita Felicelli to discuss Maggie the Mechanic, the January Cal…
By Anita Felicelli
Jan 17, 2023
Announcing the Special Guest for Jaime Hernandez
In this newsletter, we introduce Oscar Villalon as the special guest in conversation with author Jaime Hernandez and host John Freeman …
By Anita Felicelli
Jan 10, 2023
Six Books and Movies for After You Finish ‘Maggie the Mechanic’
In this newsletter, we look at books and movies that would be great follow-ups to our January CBC selection, a compilation of Jaime Her…
By Anita Felicelli
Jan 3, 2023
Literary Adventures in California: Boxwalla
In this newsletter, we look at Southern California–based Boxwalla, which has a new literary subscription, American Fiction Series, cura…
By Anita Felicelli
Dec 20, 2022
A California Classic: Love and Rockets
In this newsletter, we introduce our January California Book Club selection, Jaime Hernandez’s Maggie the Mechanic, the first compendiu…
By Anita Felicelli
Dec 16, 2022
Event Recap: Jaime Cortez

Jaime Cortez joined John Freeman to discuss his debut short story collection, Gordo, the December California Book Club selection.

By Anita Felicelli
Dec 13, 2022
Introducing Sandra Cisneros
In this week’s newsletter, we introduce special guest Sandra Cisneros, who will join author Jaime Cortez and host John Freeman to discu…
By Anita Felicelli
Dec 6, 2022
Innocence in Jaime Cortez’s ‘Gordo’

In this newsletter, we introduce the short story collection Gordo, the December California Book Club selection.

By Anita Felicelli
Nov 29, 2022
Announcing Winter 2023 Books
In this newsletter, we take a peek at next quarter’s books: Jaime Hernandez’s Maggie the Mechanic, Andrew Sean Greer’s Less, and Isabel…
By Anita Felicelli
Nov 23, 2022
Event Recap: Kim Stanley Robinson
Author Kim Stanley Robinson, special guest Cory Doctorow, and CBC host John Freeman discussed The Gold Coast, the November California B…
By Anita Felicelli
Nov 15, 2022
Introducing Cory Doctorow for ‘The Gold Coast’ Event
In this newsletter, we preview some of the common themes between the novels of author Kim Stanley Robinson and special guest Cory Docto…
By Anita Felicelli
Nov 8, 2022
Kim Stanley Robinson: The Influential and the Influenced
In this newsletter, we look at the intellectual history that led up to The Gold Coast, the November CBC selection, and the images that …
By Anita Felicelli
Nov 7, 2022
Nothing Doings

Percival Everett’s Dr. No is more than a satire of James Bond.

By Anita Felicelli
Oct 25, 2022
‘The Gold Coast’ Pictures Orange County in 2027
Kim Stanley Robinson’s novel, the California Book Club selection for November, elegizes what the state once was while also envisioning …
By Anita Felicelli