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Michelle Huneven, who was born and raised in Altadena and recently lost her homes there, finds herself circling back to the same familiar patch of land in her fiction. The middle-class Altadena family at the heart of her new novel, ‘Bug Hollow,’ is also confronted with crises at every turn.
‘The Happiest Place On Earth’ by Don Hahn and Christopher Merritt traces the development of Disneyland, starting in the early ’50s.
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In “A Physical Education,” Casey Johnston journeys into the world of weightlifting and emerges transformed in both body and mind.
From Michelle Zauner to R.F. Kuang, we look at books written by and about Asian identity before checking in with Filipina-owned Bel Canto Books in Long Beach.
Mara Brock Akil, showrunner of Netflix’s gender-swapped, L.A.-set ‘Forever,’ explains why Blume’s work is as relevant as ever — and attracting Hollywood’s attention.
In his new book about Malcolm X, Mark Whitaker deftly outlines the slain Black activist’s wide-ranging cultural influence and the resonance his words have today.
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