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What We Are Reading

Other people's houses

Segal, Lore Groszmann.

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The Reign of the Kingfisher: A Novel

Martinson, T. J.

30 years ago, the Kingfisher prowled the streets of Chicago, dispensing his own brand of vigilante justice.

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We were witches

Gore, Ariel, 1970-

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The Sentence is Death

Horowitz, Anthony

In the second book in the Daniel Hawthorne mystery series, author Anthony Horowitz, and his fictional doppelganger, tackle solving who ki

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Radicalized

Doctorow, Cory

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The plotters

Kim, On-su, 1972-

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The Night Tiger

Choo, Yangsze

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Voyage of the sable Venus : and other poems

Lewis, Robin Coste,

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Our only world : ten essays

Berry, Wendell, 1934-

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The spy and the traitor : the greatest espionage story of the Cold War

Macintyre, Ben, 1963-

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What's New at LAPL

Learning Circles

Would you like to learn something new with other people in your community? Join a learning circle!
Free HIV Screenings

A mobile testing unit will be visiting selected libraries to administer free, confidential HIV screenings.
In His Own Soil

A new exhibit featuring the art of Jose Ramirez and photographs by Gary Leonard.

Latest Blog Posts

Music Memories: George Michael

Keith Chaffee, Librarian

George Michael was born on June 25, 1963. For a decade beginning in the mid-1980s, Michael was...

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El conejo malo (Bad Bunny, Baby...)

Patricia Valdovinos, Librarian

¡El verano está aquí! ¡El verano está aquí!

*Me enfrento al ventilador mientras escribo*...

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Video: Mapping Los Angeles' LGBTQIA History

Neale Stokes, Librarian

In the latest, Pride-themed episode of Stories from the Map Cave, map librarian Glen Creason...

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Interview With an Author: Seanan McGuire

Daryl M., Librarian

Seanan McGuire is the award-winning author of the October Daye urban fantasy series, the...

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Mr. and Mrs. Schultheis go to Santa Barbara

Photo Friends

We have written before about Herman Schultheis, the German-born photographer and jack of all...

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LA Made Series Features LGBT Writer Felice Picano

Wendy Westgate, Librarian

Felice Picano is an author whose work includes novels, stories, poetry, non-fiction, memoirs,...

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What We Are Reading

Other people's houses

The Reign of the Kingfisher: A Novel

We were witches

The Sentence is Death

Radicalized

The plotters

The Night Tiger

Voyage of the sable Venus : and other poems

Our only world : ten essays

The spy and the traitor : the greatest espionage story of the Cold War

What's New at LAPL