y Home wrestling, masked dinners and lots of books: Kevin Wilson's Tennessee quarantine diary By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 10:00:12 -0400 The author of "Nothing to See Here" enjoys BennY RevivaL, furniture-breaking wrestling moves and lots of books in his quarantine diary. Full Article
y 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
y Apocalypse, you say? Writer Mark O'Connell has been there, done that By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 13:00:23 -0400 Author Mark O'Connell visited preppers, paranoiacs and prophets worldwide for "Notes From an Apocalypse." Now he says "the world will go on." Full Article
y 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
y 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
y New manga subscription service launches with a quarantine-friendly 2-month free trial By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 09:00:12 -0400 Read "Attack on Titan," "Somali & the Forest Spirit," "Fire Force," "Arte" and more with Mangamo, a new mobile manga subscription service. Full Article
y Marisa Meltzer still doesn't love her fat body — and that's OK By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 11:00:32 -0400 The journalist and author of "This Is Big: How the Founder of Weight Watchers Changed the World (And Me)" discusses the limits of "fat acceptance." Full Article
y How a rough Apartheid-era school spawned an award-winning YA novel By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 11:25:14 -0400 Malla Nunn's "When The Ground is Hard," winner of the 2019 Times Book Prize for young-adult literature, revisits South Africa's toughest years. Full Article
y 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
y 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
y 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
y 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
y 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
y 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
y Review: The rich are still different in the South Bay novel 'The Knockout Queen' By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 11:00:51 -0400 In Rufi Thorpe's novel, a poor, closeted teenager befriends a wealthy girl, until an act of violence lays their class distinctions bare. Full Article
y 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
y 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
y 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
y 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
y 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
y 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
y '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
y 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
y Review: The cowboys of Compton, first a curiosity and then a legacy By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 11:00:08 -0400 Walter Thompson-Hernández's "The Compton Cowboys: The New Generation of Cowboys in America's Urban Heartland" tells a grand story in granular detail. Full Article
y 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
y 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
y A sidelined novelist copes with deadlines, dread and family in quarantine By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 10:00:29 -0400 Anna Solomon, whose novel "The Book of V." comes out next week, juggles writing, building rafts and book promotion in a void in our latest diary Full Article
y Beyond the dragon tattoo: How Wendy Lesser plunged into Scandinavian crime By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 1 May 2020 13:00:11 -0400 In 'Scandinavian Noir: In Pursuit of a Mystery,' the critic travels to Nordic cities to investigate the society that shaped a global phenomenon. Full Article
y 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
y 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
y 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
y Charles Yu quarantines with disaster blockbusters, Wong Kar-wai and 'Ozark' By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 5 May 2020 11:00:02 -0400 The author, most recently, of "Interior Chinatown" opts for "Independence Day," a slew of inspiring novels, "Thor: Ragnarok" and "Ozark." Full Article
y 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
y 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
y 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
y 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
y 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
y 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
y 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
y 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
y 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
y Letters to the Editor: Treat clean energy like fossil fuel by giving it plenty of government money By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 06:00:25 -0400 Clean energy wants a level playing field with fossil fuels and nuclear power. It needs government funding for that to happen. Full Article
y Letters to the Editor: Being a scientist while placating a narcissist — Anthony Fauci's impossible job By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 06:00:34 -0400 Dr. Anthony Fauci deserves something like combat pay for guiding the nation with his scientific expertise while also doing enough not to get fired. Full Article
y Letters to the Editor: Restart the economy? We can't even stock enough toilet paper right now By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 06:00:48 -0400 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. Full Article
y Letters to the Editor: Trump didn't prepare for the coronavirus, and neither did you By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 06:00:35 -0400 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. Full Article
y Letters to the Editor: A Yosemite with no people and only animals is a sight to behold By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 06:00:54 -0400 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. Full Article
y Letters to the Editor: Unodocumented workers pay taxes. They deserve more than one-time coronavirus aid By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 06:00:04 -0400 A program for one-time assistance to undocumented workers affected by the pandemic is a start, but California must do much more. Full Article
y Letters to the Editor: You can order TP on Amazon, but you might not actually receive it By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 06:00:10 -0400 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. Full Article
y Letters to the Editor: Yeah, Trump is lazy, but underestimating him is dangerous By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 06:00:21 -0400 The president might not like to work, but the people who think and act for him are very effective at their jobs. Full Article
y Letters to the Editor: 'Liberate' protests show why Trump is such a dangerous president By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 17:01:54 -0400 Protesters violating every rule on fighting COVID-19, with the support of the president, show how badly we need competent leadership. Full Article