california literary institutions
5 Contributors’ Favorite Literary Institutions
In this newsletter, we spotlight five CBC contributors with hardcovers or paperback editions of their own out this year and the bookish…
percival everett, telephone, aimee bender
Introducing 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…
california book club, summer 2023 books, hua hsu, stay true, naomi hirahara, clark and division, bad mexicans, kelly lytle hernandez
Announcement of Summer 2023 Books

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

percival everett, telephone, novel, california book club, life is a game
Knight Takes Despair

In this newsletter, we analyze author Percival Everett’s references to chess moves in May’s CBC selection, the novel Telephone.

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percival everett, novelist, telephone, fiction
Percival Everett and the Ambiguities of Experience
claudia rankine, citizen, helga davis
Announcing Helga Davis as Special Guest
los angeles times festival of books, book festival
CBC at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
claudia rankine, citizen an american lyric
‘Citizen’ Deciphers the Blur of Experience
claudia rankine, poet, writer, citizen an american lyric
Introducing Claudia Rankine’s ‘Citizen’
musso and frank grill, los angeles
Literary Adventures, Old and New: Musso & Frank
isabel allende, the house of the spirits, magical realism, novel, fiction
The Magical Side of Things
isabel allende
Love and Revolution: The Epics of Isabel Allende
citizen, claudia rankine, telephone, percival everett, interior chinatown, charles yu, california book club, spring 2023 selections
Announcing Spring 2023 Books
andrew sean greer, michael chabon, less
That Suave Henchman, Pleasure
printers inc bookstore, palo alto
Literary Adventures, Old and New: Printers Inc.
the secret life of walter mitty, disney, how to fail, elizabeth day, heavyweight, jonathan goldstein, the curious case of dassoukine's trousers, fouad laroui
Trying to Get Away
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andrew sean greer, less, novel, fiction, california book club, alta journal, ajay orona
Don’t Call Him Gay Ulysses
jaime hernandez, oscar villalon
Announcing the Special Guest for Jaime Hernandez
maus, ghost world, is this how you see me, heartbreak soup, persepolis, graphic novels, comix
Five Books and Movies For After You Finish ‘Maggie
boxwalla, lavanya krishnan, sandeep bethanabhotla, alta journal, california book club
Literary Adventures in California: Boxwalla
jaime hernandez, maggie the mechanic
A California Classic: Love and Rockets
sandra cisneros, author, the house on mango street, woman without shame, woman hollering creek and other stories, california book club, alta journal
Introducing Sandra Cisneros
jaime cortez, gordo, short story collection, california book club, alta journal
Innocence in Jaime Cortez’s ‘Gordo’
jaime hernandez, maggie the mechanic, andrew sean greer, less, isabel allende, the house of the spirits, california book club, winter 2023, books
Announcing Winter 2023 Books
kim stanley robinson, cory doctorow, the gold coast
Introducing Cory Doctorow for ‘The Gold Coast’ Eve
kim stanley robingson, the gold coast, science fiction
Kim Stanley Robinson: The Influence and Influenced
orange county, california, kim stanley robinson, the gold coast
Vision As Moral Act
kim stanley robinson, carolyn fong
‘The Gold Coast’ Pictures Orange County in 2027
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natalia molina, alex espinoza, a place at the nayarit
Generosity Ripples in ‘A Place at the Nayarit’ and
a place at the nayarit, natalia molina, california book club, alta journal
‘A Place at the Nayarit’ Opens a Portal to Home
wind trees, john freeman, copper canyon press
Sense of Deep Time and Spirit
natalia molina, nayarit restaurant, echo park,
Writing Yourself In
california book club fall book recommendations
4 Book Recommendations for Fall
julie otsuka, michael cunningham, the swimmers, california book club
Introducing the Special Guest Michael Cunningham
fortune teller
A Cacophony of Conjecture
swimming pool with stair and wooden deck at hotel
The Mariana Trench of ‘The Swimmers’
natalina molina, kim stanley robinson, jaime cortez
Announcing Our Fall Books
exit west, flee, limbo, refugee, sea prayer
Turning the Telescope
wrong end of the telescope alternative books
Beyond the Gender Novel
california book club authors, summer book recommendations
Summer 2022 Reading Recommendations
kneading bread dough
Eternal Return
rabih alameddine, wrong end of the telescope
Excerpt: ‘The Wrong End of the Telescope‘
luis j rodriguez
After ‘Always Running
journalist ruben salazar memorial
Ruben Salazar: Mexican American Trailblazer