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What We Are Reading

Anja Niemi in character

Niemi, Anja, 1976- photographer, interviewee.

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Today We Go Home

Estes, Kelli

Kelli Estes tells parallel stories separated by 150 years: one of a woman’s struggle to get into the US Army to fight in the Civil War, t

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Violet

Thomas, Scott

Scott Thomas, author of 2017’s excellent

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Haunting of tram car 015

Clark, P. Djeli.

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Mexican American baseball on the Westside of Los Angeles

Santillan, Richard,

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The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

Richardson, Kim Michele

Kim Michelle Richardson tells two stories that have, until now, been overlooked in most fiction and history: the story of the blue people

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Feels Like Home: Reflections on Central Library

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The Ruby Slippers of Oz: Thirty Years Later

Thomas, Rhys

In 1989, journalist and documentary filmmaker Rhys Thomas told the fascinating, and mostly unknown history of the world’s most famous sho

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The Lost History of Dreams: A Novel

Waldherr, Kris

When a famous, and some would claim infamous, poet dies, his final request is to be laid to rest next to his wife in a chapel of stained

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Alchemy of Herbs: Transform Everyday Ingredients Into Foods & Remedies That Heal

Foret, Rosalee de la

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What's New at LAPL

Free HIV Screenings

A mobile testing unit will be visiting selected libraries to administer free, confidential HIV screenings.
NaNoWriMo

November is National Novel Writing Month. Join the annual writing challenge and come write in the library.
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Plots Unlimited! NaNoWriMo

Daniel Tures, Adult Librarian

It’s National Novel Writing Month. Austen did it, Melville did it, Faulkner did it, and you can...

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Check These Out! Titles to Look for at the Library

Daryl M., Librarian

At Check These Out!, each month you will find a few recently published or upcoming titles that...

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A Week to Remember: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Keith Chaffee, Librarian

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was born on November 11, 1922. Vonnegut’s accessible style, dry humor, and...

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Hay comida en la casa

Patricia Valdovinos, Librarian

Tengo veintisiete años de edad y ahora comprendo por qué mi madre siempre me decía: "hay comida...

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Music Memories: Happy Birthday, Bonnie Raitt!

Keith Chaffee, Librarian

Bonnie Raitt was born on November 8, 1949. Raitt is a blues and rock singer who was a critical...

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Meet the Makers: Joan and Rich from Nonscriptum

Jessica Krill, Librarian

Ahead of DTLA Mini Maker Faire 2019, we are spotlighting a few of the Makers who will be joining...

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What We Are Reading

Anja Niemi in character

Today We Go Home

Violet

Haunting of tram car 015

Mexican American baseball on the Westside of Los Angeles

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

Feels Like Home: Reflections on Central Library

The Ruby Slippers of Oz: Thirty Years Later

The Lost History of Dreams: A Novel

Alchemy of Herbs: Transform Everyday Ingredients Into Foods & Remedies That Heal

What's New at LAPL