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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The Liberator: Librarians Work to Preserve Early 20th-Century L.A. African American Newspaper
The Liberator is an early 20th-century Los Angeles African American newspaper, whose owner and editor, Jefferson Lewis Edmonds, was formerly enslaved and spent twenty years in bondage before Emancipation.
The Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company
In 1920s Los Angeles, insurance companies considered black Americans to be either uninsurable or extremely high risk. As a result, black people were routinely denied coverage or charged exorbitant premiums.
A City Engaged: Los Angeles in the Civil Rights Era
Los Angeles has always been a city of rich cultural diversity, often serving as a beacon of prosperity for migrants and immigrants around the globe.
Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue Part III: Cheltenham Comes to Central Library
After nearly a century, the Los Angeles Central Library still reflects architect Bertram G. Goodhue's vision that buildings should be “literate,” using symbolic expressions to make them distinctive and eternal.
A Tribute to Maria Callas: Scenes From Verdi's "La Traviata" & Bellini's "Norma"
Callas was not only an esteemed opera diva, she was one of the 20th century's most prominent celebrities, socialites, and an international icon of style and fashion.
See's Candy: A Sweet Success Story
“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.” ―Charles M. Schulz.
Book of Radiance
The Zohar (aka Sefer Ha-Zohar, or "Book of Radiance") is considered the key religious text of Kabbalah, or Jewish mysticism.
Interview With Elva Diane Green
February is African American Heritage Month at the Los Angeles Public Library.
Rescue in Denmark: My Family's Holocaust Story
This Saturday, January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day or Yom HaShoah. The United Nations chose this day as it was the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Interview With an Author: R.E. Stearns
R.E. Stearns wrote her first story on an Apple IIe computer and still kind of misses green text on a black screen. She went on to annoy all of her teachers by reading books while they lectured.