How Taylor Swift reinvented pop music
Welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter.Hello, fellow readers. I’m culture critic and fervent bookworm Chris Vognar. This week we speak with Rolling Stone…
Hanif Abdurraqib’s new book shows basketball can be poetry
Welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter.Hello, fellow readers. I’m culture critic, fervent bookworm and hoops head Chris Vognar.This week we speak with poet…
Get under its shell and you'll be charmed by 'Memoir of a Snail' and its unique loner
Voiced by Australian stars Sarah Snook, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Jacki Weaver, this decidedly grown-up piece of animation makes a sophisticated case for the medium. Source…
Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley claims his memoir is ‘100%’ true
Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley is doubling down on his claims that he was sexually abused by his band’s former manager.Whibley claims in his memoir,…
Al Pacino memoir ‘Sonny Boy’ delves into ‘Godfather,’ ‘Scarface’
Book Review 'Sonny Boy' By Al PacinoPenguin, 370 pages, $35If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org,…
‘Nothing but lies’: New Navalny memoir foretells collapse of Putin’s regime | Politics News
Posthumous memoir, Patriot, of Russian opposition leader who died in prison is set to be released on October 22.Russian dissident Alexey Navalny, who died earlier…
How a new book honors Emmett Till
Welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter.Hello, fellow readers. I’m culture critic and fervent bookworm Chris Vognar.This week I spoke with Wright Thompson, a…
Sum 41 manager Greig Nori denies Deryck Whibley’s coercion allegations
Greig Nori, the former manager for pop punk band Sum 41, has denied the claims in singer Deryck Whibley’s memoir accusing him of sexual coercion…
Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley alleges sexual abuse by former manager in new memoir ‘Walking Disaster’
Deryck Whibley (Travis Shinn) Deryck Whibley is ready to tell you everything.When the Sum 41 frontman first sat down to write what would become his…
Amazon pulls purported Kim Porter book alleging Diddy abuse
Amazon has pulled a memoir attributed to late model Kim Porter that detailed alleged abuse at the hands of her ex-boyfriend, embattled hip-hop mogul Sean…
Melania Trump defends abortion rights in new memoir
Former First Lady Melania Trump offered a passionate defense of a woman’s right to abortion, including in the late stages of pregnancy — a direct…
How L.A. drives Rachel Kushner, author of ‘Creation Lake’
Welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter.Hello, fellow readers. I’m culture critic and fervent bookworm Chris Vognar.This week we speak with novelist and Los…
Boris Johnson had ‘manly pep talk’ with Prince Harry to prevent Megxit, he admits in memoir
BORIS Johnson had a “manly pep talk” with Prince Harry to try to prevent Megxit in January 2020.The ex-PM admits in a new memoir his…
‘Gilmore Girls’ revelations from Kelly Bishop’s new memoir
On the Shelf The Third Gilmore Girl By Kelly BishopGallery Books: 256 pages, $29If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn…
With ‘Memoir of a Sparklemuffin,’ Suki Waterhouse sparkles and Shines
LOS ANGELES -- AUGUST 1, 2024: Suki Waterhouse in Los Angeles on Thursday, August 1, 2024 (Jennifer McCord / For The Times) (Jennifer McCord /…
In Moon Unit Zappa’s memoir, fame and family trauma collide
Book Review Earth to Moon By Moon Unit ZappaDey Street Books: 368 pages, $29.99If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn…
Why Comic-Con hasn’t outgrown its comic book origins
Good morning and welcome back to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter!I’m novelist and punk historian Jim Ruland, and some of my earliest obsessions with…
Melania Trump to release memoir weeks before general election
1 of 2 | Former First Lady Melania Trump has mostly avoided public appearances sine leaving the White House in 2021. File Photo by Tannen…
‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Netflix movie streams, book sales rise
While J.D. Vance jumped into the national spotlight when former President Trump announced him on Monday as his running mate, he first rose to fame…
Column: I know what a true hillbilly is, and it’s not J.D. Vance
From the moment I learned about hillbillies as a child, I was entranced.Good ol’ boys and girls born high up in the mountains? That’s my…