D.J. Waldie is a historian of Los Angeles, a memoirist, and a translator. He is the author of Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir (1995),...
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Interview With Author Joanne McNeil
Joanne McNeil’s debut novel, Wrong Way, is a tech satire set in a highly plausible near future.
The Rainbow Archives Podcast
, Los Angeles Public Library, Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Welcome to Rainbow Archives presented by the Los Angeles Public Library. In this podcast, we explore the remarkable journey of how the LA Public Library has championed services for the LGBTQIA community.
Interview With an Author: Daniel Sweren-Becker
Daniel Sweren-Becker is an author, television writer, and playwright living in Los Angeles. His play Stress Positions premiered in New York City at the SoHo Playhouse. He grew up in Manhattan.
5 datos interesantes de Fernando Llort
Fernando Llort es uno de los pintores más reconocidos de El Salvador. Sus obras de arte se han exhibido por muchas partes del mundo incluyendo Alemania, Estados Unidos, Ecuador, y México. Aquí te brindamos unos datos interesantes de su vida:
Leo Politi, Fondly Remembered
Come on a trip with me. We'll time travel to 1938, a difficult time for the United States, slowly recovering from the economic disaster of the Great Depression, but a wonderful time for the recently revived Olvera Street in Los Angeles.
Interview With an Author: Connie Willis
Connie Willis is a member of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame and a Grand Master of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.
Understanding Albert Camus; Novelist, Playwright and Philosopher
November 7, 1913, is the birthdate of Albert Camus, one of the most important writers and philosophers of the 20th century.
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: Lina Rather
Lina Rather is a speculative fiction author and graduate student living in Central New York. Her short fiction has appeared in venues including Lightspeed, Podcastle, and Shimmer.