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In ‘Grand Union’ Zadie Smith serves up a provocative, deeply humanistic collection of stories.
In ‘Life Undercover’ Amaryllis Fox talks about being recruited to the CIA in college.
What to do in LA: 5 book talks this week
Library of America collection tracks Joan Didion’s emergence through her 1960s and ’70s works
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Dean Koontz dives into short thrillers as his ‘Nameless’ series heads to Amazon -
“Doctor Sleep” director Mike Flanagan on Stephen King and creating a follow-up to “The Shining” and following in the footsteps of both Stephen King and Stanley Kubrick.
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Memoir ‘Home Work’ inspires new appreciation of Julie Andrews’ range and lesser-known films.
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Wrote “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman” and other classics
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PEN America award winners include Ava DuVernay, Diane Warren, Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman.
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Novelist Rene Denfeld drew on her homeless youth for “The Butterfly Girl.”
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Discover the secrets of Oaxacan cooking and walk along El Camino Real at book events this week.
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In ‘Sandworm’ Andy Greenberg tracks the evolution of cyberwar and how vulnerable we all are.
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New nonfiction: California writers explore our past, promises in a trio of books
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In ‘On Swift Horses,’ debut novelist Shannon Pufahl blends ‘50s noir with a love story.
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‘Dreamers and Schemers’ by Barry Siegel shows L.A.'s rise through the 1932 Olympic Games
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Ann Patchett reveals the route to her bestseller and how she’ll battle Amazon. (Shop dogs help.)
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Greta Gerwig reinvents the literary classic “Little Women” with Saoirse Ronan as a formidable Jo and Florence Pugh as a vibrantly complicated Amy.
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Tickets are on sale for the holiday ride based on the popular children’s book by Chris Van Allsburg, who will also appear for signings of “The Polar Express.”
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On a recent afternoon, Candace Bushnell and I were sitting at the poolside bar of the Beverly Hills Hotel.
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We are a world of migrants, a planet of comings and goings.
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‘On the Plain of Snakes: A Mexican Journey’ by Paul Theroux is a trip worth taking
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“Shadowlands: Fear and Freedom at the Oregon Standoff” is Anthony McCann’s colorful, insightful, poetic, ponderous account of a 2016 armed takeover led by Ammon Bundy.
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What to do in L.A.: Book talks with Saeed Jones, Roxane Gay, Sasha Sagan and W. Bruce Cameron
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Authors Colson Whitehead, Saeed Jones and Jerry Craft win Kirkus Prizes
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The upcoming book “Carrie Fisher: A Life on the Edge,” by Sheila Weller, is being publicly disavowed by some of the late “Star Wars” actress’ family members.
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Stories of unintended consequences and people testing the bonds that bind us come together in a gripping new collection, “Last of Her Name,” by Mimi Lok.
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Lessons of Watergate: In ‘The Fall of Richard Nixon,’ Tom Brokaw relives an era that echoes today’s impeachment drama.
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‘Movies (and Other Things)’ author Shea Serrano on the films that shaped him
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