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nawaaz ahmed , radiant fugitives
Brave New World

Nawaaz Ahmed’s debut novel, Radiant Fugitives, is a bold and engaging work.

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the devils dictionary, ambrose bierce
Excerpt: ‘The Devil’s Dictionary’
until proven safe, geoff manaugh, nicola twilley
Locked Down
matt bell, appleseed
The Agony and the Ecstasy
jennifer lewis
Let’s Talk About Sex
fox and i, catherine raven
Excerpt: ‘Fox & I: An Uncommon Friendship’
fox and i, catherine raven
Call of the Wild
july book picks
12 New Books for July
legends of the north cascades, jonathan evison
Life Lessons
keenan norris, confession of copeland can
Future Shock
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everything now, rosecrans baldwin
The Lonely City
lesson in red, maria hummel
The Mystery of Art
far from respectable, daniel oppenheimer
Art for Art’s Sake
alta june 2021 books
13 New Books for June
the quiet boys, ben h winters
Building a Mystery
dream state, mick lasalle
Now Showing: The Hollywood Myth
the mysteries, marisa silver
Ancient Voices of Children
joy lanzendorfer
Talking with Joy Lanzendorfer
going to trinidad, martin j smith
The Good Doctor
the spring, annie connole
Excerpt: ‘The Spring’
the scapegoat, sara davis
When in Doubt
may 2021 book releases
14 New Books for May
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right back where we started from, joy lanzendorfer
Excerpt: ‘Right Back Where We Started From’
shin yu pai, ensō
Excerpt: ‘Enso’
index of women, now were getting somewhere, kim addonizio, amy gerstler
Lives of the Poets
the hard crowd, rachel kushner
Containing Multitudes
eladatl, sesshu foster, arturo romo
The Alternate History of Los Angeles
william deverell, kathy fiscus
The Girl in the Well
april book releases
11 New Books for April
view of american author larry mcmurtry 1936 2021 as he sits in his bookstore, booked up, late 1970s photo by diana walkergetty images
Larry McMurtry: The Last Bookseller (1936–2021)
annabelle gurwitch, youre leaving when
The Best-Laid Plans
carribean fragoza, eat the mouth that feeds you
Body Language
speculative los angeles, denise hamilton
Machine Dreams
vera, carol edgarian
The Day the Earth Stood Still
vera, carol edgarian
Excerpt: ‘Vera,’ By Carol Edgarian
the committed, viet thanh nguyen
True Confessions
san francisco, ca feb 23 a woman lights incense at a memorial outside city lights bookstore in remembrance of co founder lawrence ferlinghetti, a poet, publisher, painter, a pivotal figure to the beats movement, after the news of his death at the age of 101, in san francisco, california tuesday, february 23, 2021stephen lam the san francisco chronicle via getty images
Ferlinghetti’s Light Shines On
lawrence ferlinghetti books
8 Essential Lawrence Ferlinghetti Reads
four lost cities, annalee newitz
Past Is Prologue
at the edge of the haight, katherine seligman
Tales of the City
karen tei yamashita, sansei and sensibility
Excerpt: ‘The Bath’
dinah lenney, coffee
Excerpt: ‘Coffee’
likes, sarah shun lien bynum
Excerpt: ‘The Erlking’
love is an ex country, randa jarrar
Stranger in a Strange Land
victoria chang, obit
Poem: ‘My Father’s Frontal Lobe’
linda hogan, when the light of the world was subdued, our songs came through
Poem: ‘The History of Fire’
tod golderg, the low desert
Tapping the Source
joan didion, let me tell you what i mean
Her Back Pages
set the night on fire, mike davis, jon wiener
‘L.A.’s Black Woodstock: Wattstax’
desert oracle volume 1, ken layne
Excerpt: ‘Try Not to Die’
a handful of earth a handful of sky, lynell george
Excerpt: ‘A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky’
michael jaime becerra, east of east
Excerpt: ‘1181 Durfee Avenue’
desert notebooks, ben ehrenreich
Talking with Ben Ehrenreich
unforgetting, roberto lovato
Talking with Roberto Lovato
desert notebooks, ben ehrenreich
Excerpt: ‘Desert Notebooks’
california book club, paul beatty, nina revoyr, elaine castillo
New Beginnings for Books
unforgetting, roberto lovato
Excerpt: ‘Unforgetting’
seth greeland, a kingdom of tender color
Excerpt: ‘A Kingdom of Tender Colors’
rebecca solnit, recollections of my nonexistance
Excerpt: ‘Recollections of My Nonexistence’
sanctuary, emily rapp balck
Where the Heart Is
longhorn skull, cadillac
Butchering the Mythic West
julia claiborne johnson, better luck next time
Cowboys Are My Weakness
white devil's daughters, julia flynn siler
Talking With Julia Flynn Siler
myron brinig, flutter of an eyelid
The Pleasure-Seekers
ken layne, desert oracle
A Field Guide to Getting Lost
year in review 2020, california book club panelists, i hotel, tales of the city, day of the locust, city of quartz, city of god, mildred pierce
California Book Club Panelist Picks
year in review 2020, juan felipe herrera, laila lalami, felicia luna lemus, attica locke,
Alta’s Top Book Reviews of 2020
ryan gattis, the system
City of Angels
awkward black man, walter mosley
Redemption Song
a handful of earth a handful of sky, lynell george
Talking with Lynell George
felicia luna lemus, particulate matters
The Book of Love
desert oracle volume 1, ken layne
Talking with Ken Layne
jane smiley, perestroika in paris
The Horse’s Mouth
po bronson, decoding the world, alta asks
Talking with Po Bronson
tom zoellner, the national road
Drive, He Said
every day we get more illegal, juan felipe herrera
The Better Angels of His Nature
the arrest, jonathan lethem
A Parable of Paradox
eddie muller, the distance
Talking with Eddie Muller
a handful of earth a handful of sky, lynell george
Kindred Spirits
by the lemon tree, keenan norris
Talking with Keenan Norris