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L.A.'s writers make their case for their absolute favorite books on the city
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year ago95 writers with deep ties to Los Angeles weighed in on the L.A. books that affected them most....
The Ultimate L.A. Bookshelf: Fiction
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoL.A.'s 16 essential works of literary fiction, from 'The Day of the Locust' to 'If He Hollers Let Him Go,' 'Play it as it Lays' to 'Interior Chinatown.'
Letters to the Editor: How Hollywood writers can turn struggles into art and solidarity
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThe picket line at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank during the Writers Guild of America strike...
Biblioracle: Books with dark humor can actually be really funny, I swear
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoI am concerned about how my book club scheduled for next Thursday at the time of this writing is going to go. Given that I’ve been telling people what to read for better than a decade in these ...
Commentary: Hollywood helped build the cult of the perfect green lawn into a disaster genre
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMy lawn spoke to me the other day. At least, I think it did. I was sitting on the porch having my...
Column: Mike Davis has terminal cancer. But his big worry is what is happening to our world
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMike Davis, right, author of "City of Quartz," is seen with actor Viggo Mortensen in 2004. (Annie...
I wanted to write a book of L.A. noir for decades. But first, I had to live it
LA Times via Yahoo News· 5 months ago(Patrick Hruby / Los Angeles Times) I decided to write about Los Angeles before I ever moved to Los...
Feet first, one month early, columnist arrived Thanksgiving weekend, 1939
The Northwestern via Yahoo News· 5 months agoEighty-four years ago this weekend I came into the world feet first and one month early. I was born during a blizzard at approximately 2:30 a.m. the Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend, Nov. 25 ...
Review: Ed Ruscha show wowed in New York. Why it's even better in L.A.
LA Times via Yahoo News· 4 weeks ago“Ed Ruscha / Now Then,” the sprawling and much-anticipated retrospective of the great American Pop...
10 films showcasing the greatness of bi Hollywood icon Montgomery Clift
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 3 months agoColumbia Pictures; United Artists; Warner Bros. Entertainment Montgomery Clift was one of the most...
