Vivir una vida que disfrute puede depender de muchas cosas. Un factor importante que contribuye a la calidad de vida es su salud mental y física. Cuando su salud en general está en declive, todos los…
Juan Angel Reynoso is an Ipai-Kumeyaay 2Spirit storyteller, advocate, teacher, and holistic culturally-trauma-responsive practitioner. Juan was born and raised in San Diego, CA. He is a Native…
Meg Shaffer is a part-time creative writing instructor and a full-time MFA candidate in TV and Screenwriting at Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri. Find her online or at home, watching Hitchcock…
Colin Cotterill is the author of fifteen books in the Dr. Siri Paiboun series. His fiction has won a Dilys Award and a CWA Dagger in the Library. He lives in Chumphon, Thailand, with his wife and a…
C. E. McGill is 23 years old and was born in Scotland and raised in North Carolina. Their short fiction has appeared in Fantasy Magazine and Strange Constellations, and they are a two-time finalist…
Critic Harold Bloom referred to Cormac McCarthy’s violent masterwork Blood Meridian as the greatest novel by a living American author, and it's unlikely the author's recent death would beg a…
"I found this... what will you find?"Cataloging is a very interesting and detail-oriented task. I have been doing it for almost two years now and I still feel like a newbie. There can be so much going…
Brittany N. Williams () is a classically-trained actress who studied Musical Theatre at Howard University and Shakespearean performance at the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama in London…
Living a life that you enjoy can depend on many things. One major factor that contributes to the quality of life is your mental and physical health. When your overall health is in decline, all other…
Vivir una vida que disfrute puede depender de muchas cosas. Un factor importante que contribuye a la calidad de vida es su salud mental y física. Cuando su salud en general está en declive, todos los…
My name is Aiden Lopez, and I am a freshman at El Camino Real Charter High School. Since January, I have been volunteering at the Platt Branch Library alongside our young adult librarian, Jennifer…
Marjorie McCown has spent her entire professional life in the story-telling business, though she started out on the visual side of the craft. She spent more than twenty-five years in Hollywood working…
Stress is a normal psychological and physical reaction to the demands of life. A small amount of stress can be good, motivating you to perform well. But multiple challenges daily, such as sitting in…
El estrés es una reacción psicológica y física normal a las exigencias de la vida. Una pequeña cantidad de estrés puede ser buena, lo que lo motiva a desempeñarse bien. Pero los múltiples desafíos…
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. But if you don't…
Welcome to Summer Reading at the Los Angeles Public Library! This year our theme is My L.A., and we hope you will join us in reading all about our fair city! But first, let’s turn back the clock for a…
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Thomas Mullen is the internationally acclaimed author of six previous novels; The Last Town on Earth, The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers, The Revisionists, Darktown, Lightning Men, and Midnight…
Have you ever received some bad news and suddenly felt a headache coming on? Or did you ever experience a very stressful situation and found your stomach becoming upset? This is an example of how your…
¿Alguna vez has recibido malas noticias y de repente sientes que se te viene un dolor de cabeza? ¿O alguna vez has experimentado una situación muy estresante y notas que se te revuelve el estómago…
Anthony McCarten is a New Zealand-born screenwriter, playwright, novelist, and journalist. His screen credits include The Theory of Everything, Darkest Hour, The Two Popes, Bohemian Rhapsody, and the…
This is the final part of a seven-part blog series exploring the long-forgotten Los Angeles arts & culture magazine The Graphic. The Los Angeles Public Library owns what is likely the most complete…
The name Gloria Molina has been in my consciousness ever since I can remember. As a fourth-generation Mexican American growing up in Los Angeles, it was impossible not to know that name but rather…
Last week, I came across a perfect Mother’s Day gift in the form of Mazal Bueno! a new board book by Sarah Aroeste sprinkled with Ladino, the Judeo-Spanish language of Sephardic Jews. My mom, known as…
