Books

The Wounds of History

Roberto Lovato’s Unforgetting chronicles public and private wars.

The Horse’s Mouth

Jane Smiley’s Perestroika in Paris is a fairy tale for adults.
Talking with Po Bronson
Decoding the World takes on some of our most vexing problems and the…
Drive, He Said
Tom Zoellner’s The National Road seeks to take the measure of Americ…
The Better Angels of His Nature
In Every Day We Get More Illegal, Juan Felipe Herrera doubles down o…
Nov 9, 2020
A Parable of Paradox

In The Arrest, Jonathan Lethem imagines a world in the throes of apocalypse.
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Nov 6, 2020
Talking with Eddie Muller
The Czar of Noir sets his sights on recruiting young fans, taking film festivals online, and the return of his fictional sportswriter, …
Nov 2, 2020
Kindred Spirits

Lynell George channels Octavia E. Butler in A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky.
Oct 30, 2020
Talking with Keenan Norris
The author of “One Coyote” describes writing about the Inland Empire, his family’s history of activist athletes, and what he misses mos…
Oct 26, 2020
Live Through This

In A Kingdom of Tender Colors, Seth Greenland recalls his cancer diagnosis and recovery with humor and grace.
Oct 12, 2020
Fractured Fairy Tales

With Likes, Sarah Shun-lien Bynum makes magic out of the mundane.
Oct 9, 2020
The Past Comes Alive in a Ghost Town

The story lends some historical context to C Pam Zhang’s novel.
Sep 29, 2020
Four Books in the Tradition of Chandler

Biographer Judith Freeman names titles that keep the mood going.

Sep 14, 2020
The Best of the West

Get to know the California Book Club.
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Aug 12, 2020
What’s Love Got to Do with It?

Alfred Hayes writes with excruciating irony in The End of Me.
Jul 27, 2020
The Anonymous Bard

They were the first poems published in a California newspaper. But who wrote them? An improbable friendship may hold the clue.
May 7, 2020
Apocalypse Now

In A Children’s Bible, Lydia Millet imagines the end of the world.
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Apr 2, 2020
C Pam Zhang Reinvents the West

Forget everything you think you know about California.

Apr 1, 2020
Three Questions with Robert Hass

The poet discusses his home, his inspiration, and his study habits.

Mar 31, 2020
Three Questions for Luis J. Rodriguez

The former poet laureate of Los Angeles comes complete, just as he is.