Chi-ming Yang, Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, specializes in histories of race, empire, and East-West cultural exchanges. Yang’s scholarship spans chinoiserie, cross-species…
"People have changed the climate of the world. Now they’re waiting for the old days to come back."—The Parable of the Sower Octavia E. Butler's dystopian science fiction classic, Parable of the Sower…
Octavia E. Butler was a science fiction author who had a very close connection to the Los Angeles Public Library and made an impact on our organization, community, and the world that will last forever…
“Where are your Star Wars books?” This is a very popular question librarians receive from children and their caregivers at the library. When a 5-year-old asks this question, I can’t help but smile and…
