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L.A. Times Festival of Books lineup features Ariana Madix, RuPaul, Kerry Washington, Lauren Graham...
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 5 months agoThe 2024 L.A. Times Festival of Books lineup features RuPaul, Ariana Madix, Kerry Washington, Lauren...
James McBride wins $50,000 Kirkus Prize for fiction for “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store"
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 10 months agoThree books that explore and celebrate the diversity of American culture were awarded Kirkus Prizes on Wednesday night, with each winner receiving $50,000. James McBride's “The Heaven & Earth ...
Knowing your Hispanic neighbors requires understanding Latin American diversity | Opinion
The Olympian via Yahoo Canada News· 10 months agoSeptember 15 to October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month, commemorating the independence of...
Jesmyn Ward, James McBride among authors nominated at 10th annual Kirkus Prizes
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 11 months agoNEW YORK — Novels by Jesmyn Ward and James McBride and story collections by Jamal Brinkley and Kelly...
Bestsellers List Sunday, July 23
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoSOCAL BESTSELLERS … Hardcover fiction 1. Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See (Scribner: $28) An orphan raised by her wealthy grandparents during China's Ming dynasty trains to be a doctor ...
What's a Latino? Héctor Tobar goes deep on stereotypes and solidarity
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoHéctor Tobar discusses 'Our Migrant Souls,' structured as an address to his former UC Irvine...
Tom Hanks pens a 'Motion Picture Masterpiece,' Andy Cohen's 'Daddy Diaries': 5 new books
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoIn search of something good to read? USA TODAY's Barbara VanDenburgh scopes out the shelves for this...
L.A.'s writers make their case for their absolute favorite books on the city
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year ago95 writers with deep ties to Los Angeles weighed in on the L.A. books that affected them most....
The Ultimate L.A. Bookshelf: Fiction
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoL.A.'s 16 essential works of literary fiction, from 'The Day of the Locust' to 'If He Hollers Let Him Go,' 'Play it as it Lays' to 'Interior Chinatown.'
Review: A reimagined 'Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992' revival arrives at a time of protracted crisis
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year ago'Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992,' Anna Deavere Smith's documentary play about the Rodney King uprising, is reconceived for a new era with many of the same problems.