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Lionel Shriver is grateful for pandemic quarantine (no she isn't)

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).




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'Station Eleven' author Emily St. John Mandel joins the L.A. Times Book Club May 19

Emily St. John Mandel chronicles a global pandemic and financial crisis in her novels, 'Station Eleven' and 'The Glass Hotel.'




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Lawrence Wright's worst-case pandemic scenario is fictional — for now

The journalist ("The Looming Tower") and playwright ("My Trip to Al Qaeda") discusses his frightening and eerily prescient novel, "The End of October."




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Review: The cowboys of Compton, first a curiosity and then a legacy

Walter Thompson-Hernández's "The Compton Cowboys: The New Generation of Cowboys in America's Urban Heartland" tells a grand story in granular detail.




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They came to make art in isolation; the pandemic forced them to stay

While guests of Provincetown's Fine Arts Work Center are stuck through June, canceled residencies across the U.S. endanger an artistic ecosystem.




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Bookshop.org earns more than $1 million for indie bookstores

Earlier this week, Bookshop.org hit $1 million in earnings that will go to bookstores endangered by the coronavirus outbreak.




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Pomona professor, poet and translator Robert Mezey dies

A brilliant, mercurial and often rebellious poet and critic, would-be translator of Jorge Luis Borges and mentor to John Darnielle and many others.




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The beats and emojis flow as spoken-word open-mics shelter on Instagram

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.




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Beyond the dragon tattoo: How Wendy Lesser plunged into Scandinavian crime

In 'Scandinavian Noir: In Pursuit of a Mystery,' the critic travels to Nordic cities to investigate the society that shaped a global phenomenon.




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Colson Whitehead wins second fiction Pulitzer, Ben Moser's 'Sontag' wins for biography

Colson Whitehead, Ben Moser, Jericho Brown, Anne Boyer and Greg Grandin are the 2020 recipients of Pulitzer Prizes for books.




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Charles Yu quarantines with disaster blockbusters, Wong Kar-wai and 'Ozark'

The author, most recently, of "Interior Chinatown" opts for "Independence Day," a slew of inspiring novels, "Thor: Ragnarok" and "Ozark."




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How to Install Kodi on iPhone Without Jailbreak [2020]

Install Kodi on iPhone without jailbreaking in a few simple steps with our guide. This also works on all iOS devices like the iPad.

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The Crew Kodi Addon Install Guide

April 30th: If you are having trouble with The Crew, click here!
Are you looking for a free live IPTV source in Kodi? The Crew Kodi addon is a simple and efficient television addon with some one click movie playlists as well.

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UFC 249 Kodi Best HD Streams: Kodi UFC Ferguson Gaethje

Check out our UFC 249 Kodi PPV feature and learn more about the next UFC PPV taking place, Kodi UFC 249: Ferguson Gaethje. Find streams, addon information, card, and other news.

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Letters to the Editor: Gov. Gavin Newsom needs to stop calling California a 'nation-state'

Gov. Newsom has taken to calling California a "nation-state" when discussing its efforts to fight the coronavirus. Constitutionally, that's not true.




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Letters to the Editor: A memorable Passover celebration at 'Temple Beth Zoom'

With social distancing a must, this year's virtual celebration will be long remembered.




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Letters to the Editor: Finally, the coronavirus screening we need — blood antibody testing

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.




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Letters to the Editor: The coronavirus is America's chance to become a mature nation

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.




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Letters to the Editor: Ease Iran sanctions during coronavirus pandemic. It's what a Christian country should do

Easing sanctions on Iran, hard hit by the coronavirus, would be a humanitarian act that reminds the world of what America truly is.




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Letters to the Editor: How will Newsom protect Calfornia if other states end coronavirus restrictions?

Trump can't 'reopen' the economy, but Republican governors can follow his lead. If they do, Newsom must continue to protect Californians.




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Letters to the Editor: The Supreme Court's Wisconsin decision shows how democracy ends

The Supreme Court is allowing the Republican Party to suppress the vote. This bodes very poorly for democracy in America.




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Letters to the Editor: Hubris and bad leadership made America a perfect target for the coronavirus

Warning memos were written. Research was funded. But what good is any of this if American leaders fail to act?




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Letters to the Editor: Coronavirus kills the delusion that government should be like a business

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.




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Letters to the Editor: Trump punishes the World Health Organization for his own mistakes

Halting funding of the WHO is another in a long line of decisions made by the Trump administration abdicating U.S. leadership on science.




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Letters to the Editor: Too bad it's taking a pandemic for leaders to get creative on homelessness

A tent city for homeless veterans? It should not have taken a deadly pandemic for local leaders to come up with that solution.




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Letters to the Editor: Who asked Ron Reagan about his zealous atheism?

Ron Reagan, son of the late president, was in an ad for an atheist interest group. He should have just kept his nonbelief to himself.




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Letters to the Editor: Tuition-free college used to be common in the U.S. It can be again

Free college was common in the U.S. until the 1960s and produced alumni that included Nobel Prize winners and accomplished statesmen.




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Letters to the Editor: Treat clean energy like fossil fuel by giving it plenty of government money

Clean energy wants a level playing field with fossil fuels and nuclear power. It needs government funding for that to happen.




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Letters to the Editor: Being a scientist while placating a narcissist — Anthony Fauci's impossible job

Dr. Anthony Fauci deserves something like combat pay for guiding the nation with his scientific expertise while also doing enough not to get fired.




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Letters to the Editor: Restart the economy? We can't even stock enough toilet paper right now

It's insane to think life can return to normal soon when we haven't even figured out how to get enough milk and toilet paper into stores.




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Opinion: Atheist activists were once punching bags. Now, readers revere them

A writer criticized atheist activist Ron Reagan. In a sign of the times, that letter drew howls of protest from readers.




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Letters to the Editor: Churches don't have a 1st Amendment right to ruin public health

Some of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks have been linked to religious services, and the public's health trumps every other right.




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Letters to the Editor: Trump didn't prepare for the coronavirus, and neither did you

People who blame the president for failing to prepare the country ignore an important fact: We didn't want to believe America was vulnerable to COVID-19.




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Letters to the Editor: A Yosemite with no people and only animals is a sight to behold

Bears, deer and other animals are roaming freely in areas once packed by Yosemite tourists. It appears the coronavirus is teaching us something about humans.




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Letters to the Editor: Unodocumented workers pay taxes. They deserve more than one-time coronavirus aid

A program for one-time assistance to undocumented workers affected by the pandemic is a start, but California must do much more.




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Letters to the Editor: You can order TP on Amazon, but you might not actually receive it

A reader says it's nice to know she wasn't the only one who was apparently duped after she bought packages of toilet paper on the Amazon Marketplace.




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Letters to the Editor: The Postal Service helps define our nation. Losing it would be devastating

The Postal Service is as important to the United States as its language and its highways. Losing it would forever change the country for the worse.




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Letters to the Editor: Democrats were impeaching Trump when action against coronavirus was needed

No Democratic candidates called for social distancing before Super Tuesday, and now the left is Monday-morning quarterbacking the president.




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Letters to the Editor: The rich are going to have to pay more in taxes after the coronavirus pandemic

Governments across the U.S. have simply not saved enough to deal with coronavirus-induced budget shortfalls. They need to start taxing the rich more.




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Letters to the Editor: Dealing with coronavirus was Trump's job, even during impeachment

Even when he was being impeached, Trump still had a job to do. Nothing justifies his failure to take early action against the coronavirus.




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Letters to the Editor: No, flawed coronavirus antibody studies don't mean we can reopen

The study authors are reckless to say we need to "recalibrate" public health approaches because the actual COVID-19 mortality rate might be lower.




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Letters to the Editor: State governors, listen to your mayors who don't want to reopen

State preemption has been used against local governments on a number of issues; it would be a mistake for that to happen now amid coronavirus fears.




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Letters to the Editor: One draconian law is killing the U.S. Postal Service. Rescind it

A 2006 law requiring the Postal Service to pre-fund future retirees' health benefits has accelerated the agency's financial decline.




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Letters to the Editor: Coronavirus stirs readers' patriotism — for California

A call to split the U.S. into separate republics based on our deep political divisions draws support from readers.




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Letters to the Editor: It's time to trade mass lockdowns for more tailored protection measures

Our healthcare system has not been overwhelmed. It's time to return to normal for most people while taking measures to protect the vulnerable.




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Letters to the Editor: Gavin Newsom's briefings are reassuring, even if they're filled with jargon

Gov. Gavin Newsom's daily coronavirus news conferences may drag on, but he's hitting all the right notes with the public.




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Opinion: These protestors crying oppression get almost no sympathy from readers

Rarely does any group of people draw so many howls of protest from readers as the anti-lockdown demonstrators.




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Letters to the Editor: Coronavirus isn't making cancer less deadly. Patients need treatment now

If you're a cancer patient, you should not avoid treatment because of the pandemic. Surgery and follow-up care cannot wait.