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Their beautifully curated vintage-book pop-ups were thriving. Along came coronavirus

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.




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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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Review: A dark corner of California's migrant history, illuminated in a debut novel

Rishi Reddi's "Passage West" plumbs an important story of Indian immigrant farmers, but isn't quite up to the task as fiction




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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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Review: Let's hear it for the codependents

Nina Renata Aron's memoir, "Good Morning, Destroyer of Men's Souls," doubles as an ennobling history of recovering enablers of addiction.




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Quarantined Stephanie Danler works in bed and wages a 'subtle music war' with her family

The author of "Sweetbitter" juggles child care and promoting her new L.A. area memoir, "Stray," reads poetry and takes solace in "The Office."




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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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A sidelined novelist copes with deadlines, dread and family in quarantine

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




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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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Three essential Nordic crime series from Wendy Lesser's 'Scandinavian Noir'

In an excerpt from "Scandinavian Noir: In Pursuit of a Mystery," the essayist Wendy Lasser recommends her favorite writers in the booming genre.




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A new 'Twilight' book is coming. What we know about 'Midnight Sun'

"Twilight" author Stephenie Meyer announced that she is expanding the fantasy franchise with "Midnight Sun," told from vampire heartthrob Edward's perspective.




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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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Why are entertainers so depressed? Comedian John Moe has been asking for years

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.




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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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Android TV Boxes: The Ultimate Guide

Are you looking in to buying an Android TV Box and you don't know where to begin? Maybe you already have one but you have questions on how to set it up and install the best apps.

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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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Kodi Not Working? Fix Broken & Slow Kodi Now

Is Kodi not working for you? Does Kodi still work for anyone? Come find out how to easily fix a broken Kodi setup or addon and access content today!

The post Kodi Not Working? Fix Broken & Slow Kodi Now appeared first on Kodi Tips.




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The Ultimate Guide to Real Debrid

December 23rd: Real Debrid's Christmas promo is live! Click here for all of the details.
Real Debrid is the most popular option for Kodi users who want to access HD media with less buffer. Come learn about Real Debrid's cost, sign up process, setup, fidelity points, alternative, and more!

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Letters to the Editor: How can Trump's critics possibly get through to his supporters?

People are making valid points about Trump's handling of the coronavirus crisis, but the president's supporters aren't listening.




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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: The COVID-19 pandemic sickens NIMBYs with heartlessness

Laguna Woods residents express dismay at their neighbors' opposition to using a nearby hotel as housing for homeless coronavirus patients.




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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: How L.A.'s hotel industry is stepping up in the COVID-19 crisis

Local hotels have repurposed thousands of rooms for use by medical professionals and homeless people during the coronavirus pandemic.




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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: Trump is No. 1 in headlines that start with 'president lashes out'

This is what happens when we elect a failed-businessman-turned-reality TV star as president.




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Letters to the Editor: Why just a running mate? Joe Biden should name his entire Cabinet

These are extraordinary times, and Joe Biden has a number of legislators, mayors and governors who could fill an entire Cabinet.




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Letters to the Editor: I had to make many, many calls about my unemployment benefits. This is a crisis

Countless people have applied for unemployment benefits they cannot get. This can create a crisis worse than the coronavirus outbreak.




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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: Austin Beutner's LAUSD leadership amid crisis is winning over skeptical teachers

An LAUSD teacher who once campaigned against Austin Beutner gives the superintendent credit for his leadership during the pandemic.




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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.