Anna Kovatcheva was born in Bulgaria and now lives in Brooklyn. She holds an MFA in fiction from New York University. Her chapbook, The White Swallow, was selected by Aimee Bender as the winner of the Gold Line Press Chapbook Competition; her short fiction has been anthologized in...
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Going for the Gold: African Americans and the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
We have to wait until the summer of 2028 for Los Angeles to host the Games of the XXXIV Olympiad, but when we do, we will join Paris and London as only the third city to host the Summer Games three times, having previously done so in 1932 and famously, in 1984.
Coming to America: Miri Koral's Immigrant Story and the Role of Yiddish in Her Life
Miri Koral is the Founding Director of the California Institute for Yiddish Culture and Language and a native speaker of Yiddish. She will be facilitating the book discussions for the Yiddish Book Center's "Coming to America" Reading Groups for Public Libraries, starting in February.
Interview With an Author: Chris McCormick
Chris McCormick is the author of a collection of stories, Desert Boys, winner of the 2017 Stonewall Book Award.
Kobe's Bookshelf
Kobe Bryant’s post-basketball life was dedicated to inspiring young people through storytelling.
Helping Everyone to Help Themselves - Andrew Carnegie and Libraries
Photo Friends, Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Andrew Carnegie was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, in 1835 and immigrated to the United States in 1848. Landing in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, 13-year-old Andrew Carnegie started working as a bobbin boy, changing spools of thread in a cotton mill. He worked twelve hours a day, six days a week.
Think You Know All About Lasagna?
Why am I writing about lasagna? Its origins became a topic for discussion among my brothers and I—and I wanted answers.
Interview With an Author: Tochi Onyebuchi
Tochi Onyebuchi is the author of the young adult novel Beasts Made of Night, which won the Ilube Nommo Award for Best Speculative Fiction Novel by an African, its sequel,
Whatcha Mean, What’s a Zine?
Meet Esther Pearl Watson, a Los Angeles based artist, illustrator, children’s book author and zine maker.
Books that Inspired Nipsey Hussle
Nipsey Hussle was a rapper, entrepreneur, and community activist from Los Angeles. In March of 2019, Hussle was fatally shot outside his store Marathon Clothing.
First and 100: A Century of Rose Bowl Football
Happy New Year, Happy Rose Bowl, Happy Football! Did you know that the Rose Bowl Stadium is nearing its 100th year? The story of the Rose Parade and the subsequent football games have been going on long before.