Carlos Bulosan was 17 when he arrived in Seattle in 1930. The son of farmers in Pangasinan, Philippines, he had little formal education and limited English. Like many others before and since, he wanted a better life. Moving up and down the Pacific coast, he did hard manual labor in canneries and farm fields. His first-hand experience as a migrant worker in an often hostile world inspired a...
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Interview With an Author: Kemper Donovan
Kemper Donovan is the host of the All About Agatha podcast.
On Cryptocurrency: Library Resources to Keep You in the Know
2025 has seen an immense surge of interest in digital currency, specifically cryptocurrency. We are still far away from the widespread adoption of this new type of money.
Read It First! Movie Adaptations in Theaters This Month
If you've heard it once, you've heard it a million times—the book was better! There's nothing like debating the differences between a favorite book and its translation to the screen.
Interview With an Author: Chris Nichols
Chris Nichols is a longtime preservationist and senior editor at Los Angeles mag
Lo nuevo en español para adultos y jóvenes: libros interesantes que llegan a la biblioteca este mes
Los libros en español más esperados están disponibles en tu biblioteca. Haz clic en cada título para verlo en nuestro catálogo. ¡No esperes y reserva tu copia hoy mismo!
Lo nuevo en español para niños: libros interesantes que llegan a la biblioteca este mes
La Biblioteca Pública de Los Ángeles ofrece los libros más leídos y más esperados para niños. Haz clic en cada título para verlo en nuestro catálogo. ¡No esperes y reserva tu copia hoy mismo!
Interview With an Author: Charmaine Wilkerson
Charmaine Wilkerson is the New York Times bestselling author of
The American Library Association's Youth Media Awards 2025
The very best in literature, digital media, video, and audiobooks for children and young adults was announced at the American Library Association’s 2025 Youth Media Awards on January 27, 2025.
The Long Battle for Fair Housing in California: Part Two
Kimberly Creighton, Librarian, Social Science, Philosophy & Religion Department, Friday, February 21, 2025
As soon as the Rumford Fair Housing Act went into effect on September 20, 1963, both the law and the State Fair Employment Practices Commission, SFEPC, the agency tasked with enforcing it, came under scrutiny from the California Real Estate Association (CREA) and its local member boards.
Interview With an Author: Mallory O’Meara
Mallory O’Meara is the bestselling author of The Lady from the Black Lagoon