s Review: A western romance novel about a brawling Texas fiddler pulls its punches By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 12:44:19 -0400 Paulette Jiles delighted with her convention-breaking western romance, 'News of the World.' Her follow-up, 'Simon the Fiddler,' is just old-fashioned. Full Article
s 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
s Helpless women? Not these slave owners By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 11:26:32 -0400 Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers, winner of the Times Book Prize in history, spent a decade on "They Were Her Property," about women slave owners. Full Article
s 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
s 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
s 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
s 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
s 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
s Mom, 13 cats, Bogart, a restless dog and no WiFi: Rick Bragg self-isolates in Alabama By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 10:00:38 -0400 The journalist has plenty of space in Alabama, but it still gets lonesome. Luckily there's Larry McMurtry, Humphrey Bogart and Jerry Lee Lewis. Full Article
s 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
s 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
s 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
s 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
s 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
s 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
s 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
s 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
s 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
s '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
s 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
s 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
s 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
s 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
s 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
s 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
s 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
s 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
s 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
s 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
s 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
s A new 'Twilight' book is coming. What we know about 'Midnight Sun' By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 4 May 2020 14:54:01 -0400 "Twilight" author Stephenie Meyer announced that she is expanding the fantasy franchise with "Midnight Sun," told from vampire heartthrob Edward's perspective. Full Article
s 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
s 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
s 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
s How to Install Kodi on iPhone Without Jailbreak [2020] By koditips.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 19:30:52 +0000 Install Kodi on iPhone without jailbreaking in a few simple steps with our guide. This also works on all iOS devices like the iPad. The post How to Install Kodi on iPhone Without Jailbreak [2020] appeared first on Kodi Tips. Full Article Kodi Setup Guides
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s 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
s 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
s 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
s 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
s 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
s 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
s 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
s 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
s 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