Year in Review 2020

California Book Club Panelist Picks

West Coast literary experts Lynell George, Marissa K. López, Danzy Senna, David L. Ulin, Oscar Villalon, and Paul Yamazaki reveal their favorite books from or about California.

Alta’s Top Book Reviews of 2020
New books from Mike Davis and Jon Wiener, Lynell George, Juan Felipe…
Alta’s Cartoons 2020
We wouldn’t have made it this far without hanging on to our sense of…
Alta Editor Picks 2020
These “lucky 13” articles, ranging in subject from pandemic history …
Top Alta Asks Live events from 2020
Circumstances forced us to present author discussions and special ev…

Bright spots in an extraordinarily challenging year included these works from writers, cartoonists, poets, and critics. 

Dec 16, 2020
Alta Fiction 2020
In a year unlike any other, we published short stories by Charlie Jane Anders, Steph Cha, Philip K. Dick, Anita Felicelli, Dagoberto Gi…
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Dec 15, 2020
Alta Poetry 2020
We continued our love affair with poetry, publishing works from Anastacia-Reneé, Sara Borjas, Robert Frost, Forrest Gander, Robert Hass…