Jacket Copy
This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links.
Oct. 18, 2010
Books
In front of Li Min Books in Los Angeles’ Chinatown, there’s the familiar clink of coins dropping into a nearby cardboard box as passers-by pause to buy copies of Chinese-language newspapers.
Jan. 15, 1990
Journalist and author Robert Scheer is under contract to Doubleday to co-author a biography of actress Jane Fonda.
April 7, 1990
Feb. 27, 2008
Amid the mass culture of 1987--in which MTV is king, and most books are slickly aimed at the bottom line--there’s an incongruent bit of news: America’s literary magazines are flourishing.
Nov. 1, 1987
Jan. 19, 2011
Men are more likely to read newspapers and watch Cable News Network but women are more likely to read books.
July 15, 1990
The other day as I walked into the San Carlos branch of the public library to do some research for an article, I held the door for a girl of about 4.
Nov. 15, 1987
Sept. 7, 2010
These are the three aristocrats of America’s magazine erotica: Yellow Silk (50 pages, $7.50, circulation 15,000), Libido (88 pages, $8, circulation 9,000) and Paramour (36 pages, $4.95, circulation 12,000).
Dec. 7, 1995