or The Silent Book Club, a global meet-up for introverts, now connects them remotely By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 10:00:07 -0400 A book club for people who don't like book clubs, founded in 2012 in San Francisco and now boasting six chapters in L.A. County, has moved online. Full Article
or Tiger Woods makes golf history at the 2019 Masters: A look back By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 10:00:40 -0400 Sunday is when Tiger Woods made golf history, but Saturday is when he won the 2019 Masters and reestablished himself as golf's king. Full Article
or Review: Queer authors reinvent the artist biography as revisionist memoir By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 13:04:35 -0400 Jenn Shapland's "My Autobiography of Carson McCullers" and Mark Doty's "What Is the Grass," about Walt Whitman, are hybrid memoir-biographies. Full Article
or Review: How L.A.'s '60s movements fought for justice — and sometimes even achieved it By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 11:00:44 -0400 In "Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties," Mike Davis and Jon Wiener track the uprisings, outrages and elections that shaped the city. Full Article
or 16 meaty book series to get you through coronavirus stay-at-home orders By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 12:00:13 -0400 The best series of books in four categories — including highbrow ('Wolf Hall'), L.A. favorites (Easy Rollins) and epic histories (Taylor Branch). Full Article
or Cooking in quarantine: 'Always Home' author Fanny Singer retreats to Alice Waters' kitchen By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 13:13:23 -0400 Fanny Singer's stories and recipes, 'Always Home,' show life growing up in the orbit of her mother, farm-to-table chef Alice Waters. Full Article
or Column: Bears thriving at Yosemite. Clear skies. Does coronavirus reveal a 'World Without Us'? By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 14:42:45 -0400 In "The World Without Us," Alan Weisman imagined how the Earth would look if humans vanished. Is the COVID-19 lockdown making that a reality? Full Article
or Dystopian fiction has always been real for Ray Bradbury prize winner Marlon James By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 11:30:15 -0400 Marlon James, whose novel "Black Leopard, Red Wolf" pioneered queer fantasy, thanks Mary Shelley and "Moby Dick" for predicting our current crisis. Full Article
or How language can destroy or rebuild, per Times Book Prize fiction winner Ben Lerner By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 11:30:20 -0400 The author of "The Topeka School," winner of the 2019 Times Book Prize for fiction, speaks on poetry, debate, citizenship and crisis homeschooling. Full Article
or Coronavirus is topic one among newly announced L.A. Times Book Prize winners By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 11:53:24 -0400 The 14 Times book prize winners, including Steph Cha, Namwali Serpell, Marlon James and George Packer, were honored in a virtual ceremony on Twitter. Full Article
or Journal the pandemic and those weird grocery store trips — with help from Michelle Obama By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 15:40:16 -0400 Writer turns to guided journal for Michelle Obama's "Becoming" to grapple with anxiety and cabin fever during coronavirus crisis. Full Article
or Michelle Obama will read your kids a story by video on Mondays By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 16:08:16 -0400 Former First Lady Michelle Obama will be reading children's books in a weekly series of videos for Penguin Random House and PBS Kids through May 11. Full Article
or Laura Lippman comforts herself with old YA, actor Venn diagrams and costume selfies By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 10:00:35 -0400 What crime novelist Laura Lippman is reading and watching in quarantine Full Article
or Review: Was Andy Warhol a saint or scourge, genius or dolt? A new biography befits a great life By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 10:00:13 -0400 Blake Gopnik's definitive 'Warhol' gathers up all the receipts on the blank icon who stormed the barricades of art, only to serve it up to commerce. Full Article
or Just in time for global distress, astrology hits the bookshelves By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 11:00:01 -0400 We tend to look to the stars in troubled times. "Astro Poets," "You Were Born for This" and "Madame Clairevoyant's Guide to the Stars" teach us how. Full Article
or Want to know more about the real 'Mrs. America'? Here's your reading list By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 14:57:34 -0400 "Mrs. America" creator Dahvi Waller on the books to read if you want to know more about the ERA Full Article
or Watch the L.A. Times Book Club's virtual meet-up with author Fanny Singer and chef Alice Waters By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 18:32:48 -0400 'Always Home' author Fanny Singer worries more about running out of garlic than toilet paper. Full Article
or Their beautifully curated vintage-book pop-ups were thriving. Along came coronavirus By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 10:00:45 -0400 Nick Capizzi and Jenny Yang founded A Good Used Book in 2018 as an itinerant book-browsing mecca. Now they're surviving on hope and Instagram. Full Article
or Lionel Shriver is grateful for pandemic quarantine (no she isn't) By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 11:00:16 -0400 The author of "We Need to Talk About Kevin" lives that perfect, self-improving quarantine life (or maybe gets drunk and watches British reality TV). Full Article
or Review: A dark corner of California's migrant history, illuminated in a debut novel By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 14:07:06 -0400 Rishi Reddi's "Passage West" plumbs an important story of Indian immigrant farmers, but isn't quite up to the task as fiction Full Article
or 'Station Eleven' author Emily St. John Mandel joins the L.A. Times Book Club May 19 By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 18:16:10 -0400 Emily St. John Mandel chronicles a global pandemic and financial crisis in her novels, 'Station Eleven' and 'The Glass Hotel.' Full Article
or Review: Let's hear it for the codependents By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 14:40:45 -0400 Nina Renata Aron's memoir, "Good Morning, Destroyer of Men's Souls," doubles as an ennobling history of recovering enablers of addiction. Full Article
or Quarantined Stephanie Danler works in bed and wages a 'subtle music war' with her family By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 10:00:49 -0400 The author of "Sweetbitter" juggles child care and promoting her new L.A. area memoir, "Stray," reads poetry and takes solace in "The Office." Full Article
or Lawrence Wright's worst-case pandemic scenario is fictional — for now By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 10:00:25 -0400 The journalist ("The Looming Tower") and playwright ("My Trip to Al Qaeda") discusses his frightening and eerily prescient novel, "The End of October." Full Article
or They came to make art in isolation; the pandemic forced them to stay By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 10:00:25 -0400 While guests of Provincetown's Fine Arts Work Center are stuck through June, canceled residencies across the U.S. endanger an artistic ecosystem. Full Article
or Bookshop.org earns more than $1 million for indie bookstores By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 10:30:47 -0400 Earlier this week, Bookshop.org hit $1 million in earnings that will go to bookstores endangered by the coronavirus outbreak. Full Article
or Pomona professor, poet and translator Robert Mezey dies By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 13:50:18 -0400 A brilliant, mercurial and often rebellious poet and critic, would-be translator of Jorge Luis Borges and mentor to John Darnielle and many others. Full Article
or The beats and emojis flow as spoken-word open-mics shelter on Instagram By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 15:12:45 -0400 When COVID-19 hit, spoken-word venues like Da Poetry Lounge and Olivia Open Mic went online, keeping verse flowing and raising funds for artists. Full Article
or Three essential Nordic crime series from Wendy Lesser's 'Scandinavian Noir' By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 1 May 2020 13:00:25 -0400 In an excerpt from "Scandinavian Noir: In Pursuit of a Mystery," the essayist Wendy Lasser recommends her favorite writers in the booming genre. Full Article
or Colson Whitehead wins second fiction Pulitzer, Ben Moser's 'Sontag' wins for biography By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 4 May 2020 17:45:29 -0400 Colson Whitehead, Ben Moser, Jericho Brown, Anne Boyer and Greg Grandin are the 2020 recipients of Pulitzer Prizes for books. Full Article
or Why are entertainers so depressed? Comedian John Moe has been asking for years By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 5 May 2020 10:00:05 -0400 He's interviewed Neko Case, Jeff Tweedy and Maria Bamford about depression. With his new memoir, "The Hilarious World of Depression," John Moe looks inward. Full Article
or How to Uninstall TVAddons Indigo Addon & Repository By koditips.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 19:35:26 +0000 Do you want to uninstall the TVAddons repository and Indigo addon from your system? Get rid of them forever with our guide! The post How to Uninstall TVAddons Indigo Addon & Repository appeared first on Kodi Tips. Full Article Kodi Help
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or Letters to the Editor: How can Trump's critics possibly get through to his supporters? By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sat, 11 Apr 2020 06:00:39 -0400 People are making valid points about Trump's handling of the coronavirus crisis, but the president's supporters aren't listening. Full Article
or Letters to the Editor: Gov. Gavin Newsom needs to stop calling California a 'nation-state' By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sat, 11 Apr 2020 06:00:50 -0400 Gov. Newsom has taken to calling California a "nation-state" when discussing its efforts to fight the coronavirus. Constitutionally, that's not true. Full Article
or Letters to the Editor: The COVID-19 pandemic sickens NIMBYs with heartlessness By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 06:00:21 -0400 Laguna Woods residents express dismay at their neighbors' opposition to using a nearby hotel as housing for homeless coronavirus patients. Full Article
or Letters to the Editor: A memorable Passover celebration at 'Temple Beth Zoom' By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 06:00:33 -0400 With social distancing a must, this year's virtual celebration will be long remembered. Full Article
or Letters to the Editor: How L.A.'s hotel industry is stepping up in the COVID-19 crisis By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 06:00:38 -0400 Local hotels have repurposed thousands of rooms for use by medical professionals and homeless people during the coronavirus pandemic. Full Article
or Letters to the Editor: Finally, the coronavirus screening we need — blood antibody testing By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 06:00:42 -0400 Screening a sample of the population to see who has been infected with COVID-19 and who hasn't is a huge step forward in returning to normal life. Full Article
or Letters to the Editor: The coronavirus is America's chance to become a mature nation By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 06:00:56 -0400 America's optimism may have blinded it to the coronavirus. Now, with suffering a part of our daily life, we have a chance to become a mature nation. Full Article
or Letters to the Editor: Ease Iran sanctions during coronavirus pandemic. It's what a Christian country should do By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 06:00:05 -0400 Easing sanctions on Iran, hard hit by the coronavirus, would be a humanitarian act that reminds the world of what America truly is. Full Article
or Letters to the Editor: How will Newsom protect Calfornia if other states end coronavirus restrictions? By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 06:00:39 -0400 Trump can't 'reopen' the economy, but Republican governors can follow his lead. If they do, Newsom must continue to protect Californians. Full Article
or Letters to the Editor: The Supreme Court's Wisconsin decision shows how democracy ends By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 06:00:51 -0400 The Supreme Court is allowing the Republican Party to suppress the vote. This bodes very poorly for democracy in America. Full Article
or Letters to the Editor: Hubris and bad leadership made America a perfect target for the coronavirus By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 06:00:57 -0400 Warning memos were written. Research was funded. But what good is any of this if American leaders fail to act? Full Article
or Letters to the Editor: Trump is No. 1 in headlines that start with 'president lashes out' By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 14:27:21 -0400 This is what happens when we elect a failed-businessman-turned-reality TV star as president. Full Article
or Letters to the Editor: Why just a running mate? Joe Biden should name his entire Cabinet By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 06:00:32 -0400 These are extraordinary times, and Joe Biden has a number of legislators, mayors and governors who could fill an entire Cabinet. Full Article
or Letters to the Editor: I had to make many, many calls about my unemployment benefits. This is a crisis By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 06:00:37 -0400 Countless people have applied for unemployment benefits they cannot get. This can create a crisis worse than the coronavirus outbreak. Full Article
or Letters to the Editor: Coronavirus kills the delusion that government should be like a business By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 06:00:38 -0400 Trump justifies his actions on coronavirus by saying he's a businessman who doesn't like having a lot of employees. But government is not a business. Full Article
or Letters to the Editor: Trump punishes the World Health Organization for his own mistakes By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 16:00:57 -0400 Halting funding of the WHO is another in a long line of decisions made by the Trump administration abdicating U.S. leadership on science. Full Article
or Letters to the Editor: Too bad it's taking a pandemic for leaders to get creative on homelessness By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 06:00:47 -0400 A tent city for homeless veterans? It should not have taken a deadly pandemic for local leaders to come up with that solution. Full Article