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: Marion Deeds
Marion Deeds was born in Santa Barbara, California, and moved to northern California when she was five. She loves the redwoods, the ocean, dogs, and crows.
Happy Birthday Martin Scorsese: From Gangster Epics to Film Preservation
Martin Scorsese, born November 17th, 1942 turns 80 years old today. Known as Marty to his pals, he is one of North America’s most well-known directors.
Interview With an Author: Gillian McAllister
Gillian McAllister has been writing for as long as she can remember. She graduated with an English degree before working as a lawyer. She lives in Birmingham, England, where she now writes full-time.
![Lincoln Heights Branch Library at 2530 Workman Street [2022] Photo by Tiffney Sanford](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/whats_on_list_120x90/public/blogs/2022-11/diglincolnheights.jpg?itok=QYjeOQu0 "Lincoln Heights Branch Library at 2530 Workman Street, [2022]. Photo by Tiffney Sanford")
Dig Los Angeles: Lincoln Heights Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library
Tiffney Sanford, Librarian, North Hollywood Amelia Earhart Regional Branch Library, Monday, November 14, 2022
This is the sixth in a series of blog posts that looks at history near a Los Angeles Public Library branch.
Interview With an Author: Lamar Giles
Lamar Giles writes for teens and adults across multiple genres, with work appearing on numerous Best Of lists each and every year.
Lo nuevo en español: 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!
Interview With an Author: Lee Geum-yi
Lee Geum-yi was born in 1962, in her grandmother's house in the small, mountainous village of Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea.
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.
Mike Davis (1946 - 2022)
On Tuesday, October 25, Mike Davis, the towering left-wing polemicist, passed away at his home in San Diego at the age of 76.
Interview With an Author: Alan Moore
Alan Moore is an English writer widely regarded as the best and most influential writer in the history of comics.