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Across the city on Thanksgiving weekend, indie bookstores greeted lines of customers, kicking off a holiday season of high promise and existential concern.
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Huaraches went from being a humble Mexican sandal to a trendy shoe that big brands want a slice of.
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Young America’s Foundation announced Monday that it would provide students in the Burbank Unified School District free copies of five books recently removed from the curriculum.
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Karla Cornejo Villavicencio talks about her eye-opening book “The Undocumented Americans” and what it taught her about herself. She’ll join the LAT Book Club on Dec. 15.
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ReedPop announced Tuesday that it was retiring BookExpo, the largest publishing convention in the U.S. Some say its decline was inevitable, even before COVID.
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Olympic champion Jeanette Bolden-Pickens owns South L.A.'s 27th Street Bakery Shop, founded by her grandparents in 1956. She is persevering through the pandemic and feeding a taste for tradition.
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Douglas Stuart won the 2020 Booker Prize for his debut novel, ‘Shuggie Bain.’ Former U.S. President Barack Obama was among the night’s special guests.
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The mood during the first-ever all-virtual 2020 National Book Awards was upbeat yet emotional. It was also the last ceremony for Lisa Lucas.
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The all-virtual 2020 National Book Awards ceremony awarded Charles Yu for fiction, Les and Tamara Payne for nonfiction, Don Mee Choi for poetry and others.
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The first virtual Festival of Books hosted more than two dozen panels. Here are seven of the most memorable, featuring Henry Winkler, Kevin Kwan and more.
