What a trans author found on a tour of red-state libraries
The small brick plaza in front of the Pella, Iowa, public library was teeming with people. A gray-haired woman in a T-shirt stood stoically beside…
Salman Rushdie recalls stabbing amid launch of memoir ‘Knife’
Salman Rushdie isn’t limiting himself to just his new memoir to recount the 2022 stabbing attack that nearly killed him. Ahead of the release of…
Student Melissa Witt’s ‘killer’ showed off her watch in home years after he ‘abducted her from parking lot,’ author says
A STUDENT'S chilling murder which has gone unsolved for almost 30 years may finally see her killer unmasked, an amateur sleuth has claimed. Melissa Witt,…
L.A. Times Festival of Books Latinidad Stage: Valentina, Justin Torres
For the first time, De Los and L.A. Times en Español are bringing the Latinidad Stage to life at this year’s L.A. Times Festival of…
Read ‘The Cactus League’ if Ohtani’s scandal is on your mind
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Female authors address climate change and an unlivable world
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In ‘The Exvangelicals,’ Sarah McCammon tells the tale of losing her religion
Book Review The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church By Sarah McCammonSt. Martin’s Press: 310 pages, $30If you buy books linked on…
2024 Festival of Books lineup includes Viet Thanh Nguyen
Good morning and welcome back to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. For the next few editions of the newsletter, you’ll be hearing directly from…
L.A. Times Festival of Books lineup: RuPaul, Kerry Washington
The L.A. Times Festival of Books is back for another year of readings, discussions, panels, signings and demonstrations featuring an eclectic lineup of authors including…
2024 best picture Oscar nominees that are based on books
Good morning and welcome back to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. For the next few editions of the newsletter, you’ll be hearing directly from…
‘Stranger Things’ star: Book Soup cancellation result of ‘antisemitic intimidation’
Book Soup, West Hollywood‘s storied bookstore, has become the third stop on “Stranger Things” actor Brett Gelman’s debut book tour to cancel his appearance after…
Poet Phillip B. Williams’ novel ‘Ours’ shows more of a roadmap than a utopia
Book Review Ours By Phillip B. WilliamsViking: 592 pages, $32If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org,…
‘Cocktails With George and Martha’ details ‘Virginia Woolf’ drama
On the Shelf Cocktails With George and Martha: Movies, Marriage, and the Making of 'Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' By Philip GefterBloomsbury: 368 pages, $32…
Singapore-born writer Tania De Rozario explores ‘Monster Island’
Book Review Dinner on Monster Island By Tania De RozarioSimon & Schuster: 192 pages, $18 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times…
Opinion: Need a good book? Try one your 9th-grader isn’t allowed to read
I have discovered many wonderful books, mostly in the young adult category, by reading news stories about what’s being banned in public schools these days:…
Pulitzer Prize-winning Native American author, poet N. Scott Momaday dies at 89
Native American poet, author and visual artist M. Scott Momaday (L) accepts the National Medal of Arts from President George W. Bush in 2007. File…