http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/?track=rss Headlines from latimes.com en ©2013, latimes.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:11:00 -0700 By Tracy Brown http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-max-barry-interview-lexicon-20130619,0,2874134.story?track=rss   Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:11:00 PDT By David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times Book Critic http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-fantagraphics-copublisher-kim-thompson-dies-lung-cancer-20130619,0,2532050.story?track=rss Kim Thompson, who spent more than three decades as co-owner and co-publisher of the Seattle-based comics imprint Fantagraphics Books , died Wednesday morning of lung cancer. He was 56. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:56:00 PDT By Carolyn Kellogg http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-7-lessons-for-aspiring-writers-from-robin-benway-20130619,0,7574293.story?track=rss Robin Benway has something to say to aspiring writers. The author of the young adult novels "Also Known As," "Audrey, Wait?" and "The Extraordinary Secrets of April, May and June" recently spoke to students in the MFA program at UC Riverside's Palm Desert program. She was asked what advice she'd give to the hopeful writers there, but didn't manage to say everything she would have liked. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:27:00 PDT By Jenny Hendrix http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-james-franco-seeks-funds-to-turn-his-book-palo-alto-into-films-20130619,0,4274418.story?track=rss The ubiquitous James Franco, author, actor, etc., etc., is raising funds on the website Indiegogo for a three-film series based on his 2011 short story collection, "Palo Alto." Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:49:00 PDT By Carolyn Kellogg http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-parakweet-funding-bookvibe-20130618,0,3267364.story?track=rss San Francisco startup Parakweet has gotten $2 million from angel investors to help make BookVibe a going concession. BookVibe is a book recommendation engine that tells users what book they might like to read next. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:19:00 PDT By Carolyn Kellogg http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-world-war-z-20130618,0,6780173.story?track=rss Before the end arrives, everything is normal for Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt), wife Karin Lane ( Mireille Enos ) and their two daughters, who are stuck in New York traffic playing a game. And then -- well, you can see what happens . Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:23:00 PDT By Tracy Brown http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-kathy-ebel-claudia-silver-to-the-rescue-20130618,0,1101679.story?track=rss Kathy Ebel’s debut novel, “Claudia Silver to the Rescue,” chronicles three months in the life of a young woman as she navigates through employment woes, hapless romantic entanglements, and helping out her sister from whom she has been estranged for years. Set in New York City in the early 1990s, Claudia’s story details “twentysomething” college grads who are not always prepared for the realities of life in the years immediately after graduation.  Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:23:00 PDT By David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times Book Critic http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-steven-t-seagle-teddy-kristiansen-genius-graphic-novel-20130618,0,2995498.story?track=rss Near the end of Steven T. Seagle and Teddy Kristiansen’s haunting graphic novel “Genius” (First Second: 126 pp., $17.99 paper), the main character, a physicist named Ted, has an epiphany of a kind. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:07:00 PDT By Carolyn Kellogg http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-vice-removes-fashion-spread-of-female-authors-committing-suicide-20130618,0,2649718.story?track=rss If you'd like to see Vice's beautifully-lit photograph of a model portraying Sylvia Plath kneeling before an open oven -- in a dress from Chloe Sevigny -- you're too late. That photo appeared in a fashion spread illustrating the suicides of female authors. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:53:00 PDT By Carolyn Kellogg http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-kickstarter-project-of-the-day-a-clock-that-hides-a-book-20130618,0,6493901.story?track=rss Of interest to book lovers and riddle solvers: the Midnight Clock. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:00:00 PDT