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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¿Qué leer en esta cuarentena?
Mientras estás en casa durante la cuarentena, los días pasan, la incertidumbre crece, los pagos se acercan, la sensibilidad aumenta y la distancia social nos afecta ya sea porque extrañamos a nuestros seres queridos o porque queremos salir de casa.
Films From the Golden Age of Japanese Cinema
Among the many outstanding films available to patrons on Kanopy are several classics from the golden age of Japanese cinema, the 1950s.
Chinese E-magazines Provided by HyRead / 中文電子雜誌
The Los Angeles Public Library has launched the Chinese e-magazine platform through Taiwan’s ebook and e-magazine provider HyRead.
Hey Everybody, It’s Tanka Tuesday! Here Is a Brand-new Batch of Poems About Your Favorite Food
As part of our celebration of Asian Pacific Heritage Month, Los Angeles Public Library staffers were challenged to write a haiku or tanka poem about their favorite food. We unveiled the first group of haikus last Friday, and now it’s tanka time!
Music and the Words That Inspired It: Compare These Operas With Their Literary Sources
Many of the world’s great operas have been adapted from or inspired by, classic and popular works of fiction, poetry, and drama. In some cases, an opera’s librettist follows the source material’s plot closely, while other adapters take considerable liberties with the story as originally written.
Hang Onto Your Hashbrowns—it’s Haiku Friday! Time to Enjoy the First Batch of Haikus About Your Favorite Food
Last week we threw out a new poetry prompt for the month of May, asking Los Angeles Public Library staff to write a poem about their favorite food or dish.
Read it First: At Home Television Edition
A common complaint leveled against film adaptations is that they often cut too much of the original material to fit their run time. This is where miniseries and television shows can really shine. With more time to tell the story, they can often provide a more faithful adaptation.
Sharing Stories: LA COVID-19 Community Archive
History is more than government documents, statistical reports, and newspaper headlines. History isn’t just the chyrons running across the bottom of your television screen. It is the stories of everyday people.
The Power of Empathy: Library Values Outside the Library
As the COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Public Library has to adapt to a different world.
Cherry Blossoms and Our Asian American Pacific Heritage
Are you ready for a springtime of cherry blossoms? Like the countless petals carpeting the ground beneath the cherry tree, there are many ways to enjoy celebrating the return of warm sunshine, cool breezes, and the pale shades of pink of these five-petal flowers.