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Musician Bob Dylan
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How important are Bob Dylan’s Jewish roots? Entertaining bio doesn’t really answer the question

Harry Freedman’s new biography about Bob Dylan’s Jewish identity leans heavily on conjecture but also shows flashes of mischievous wit.

Author Geoff Dyer
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In Geoff Dyer’s U.K. childhood, a Cadbury Milk Tray meant everything

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA - MAY 30: The backyard at Allee Willis' house and the pop-up book version. The famed songwriter turned her North Hollywood home into a kitschy retro-pop fever dream. She died in 2019 but a new pop-up book honors her wacky design aesthetic. The house was built in 1937 as the party house for MGM Studios. Photographed at Willis Wonderland in North Hollywood, CA on Friday, May 30, 2025. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

Inside Allee Willis’ fabulously kitsch party house that inspired a pop-up book

Author Jess Walter
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Jess Walter’s sublime ‘So Far Gone’ finds redemption in exasperated Pacific Northwest exile

Ted Bundy discusses his views of violence and sex during a taped interview with Dr. James Dobson in Florida, Jan. 23, 1989.
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What does smelting have to do with Ted Bundy? A lot, argues ‘Murderland’ author

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Fake brides have their own agenda in Ukraine native’s heart-stopping ‘Endling’

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Her Korean father disappeared on vacation. Now Louisa is stuck in L.A.

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It’s 2044 and pink fog is enveloping Los Angeles. Chaos ensues

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Poignant Desi Arnaz bio spotlights drive and showbiz innovations of Lucy’s comic foil

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