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Lineup announced for inaugural Palm Springs Readers' Festival; passes go on sale Monday
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe owners of Palm Springs' only independent bookstore are moving forward with their own book...
The best free events at this week's Mission Creek Festival in Iowa City
Iowa City Press-Citizen via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAlthough several ticketed concerts and performances anchor Iowa City's annual Mission Creek...
What can WGA members actually work on during the writers' strike?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWriters Guild of America members walk the picket line on the first day of their strike in Culver...
Mike Davis, 'City of Quartz' author who chronicled the forces that shaped L.A., dies
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMike Davis, seen in 2004, was the author of "City of Quartz" and more than a dozen other books on...
Bookforum is back! After folding last year, the beloved lit mag is revived by the Nation
LA Times via Yahoo News· 12 months agoLovers of long-form literary criticism have a little less to lament today. The Nation is bringing Bookforum back from the dead. Six months after the beloved literary magazine Bookforum announced ...
In a New York cathedral, Joan Didion is memorialized — as a Californian
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPatti Smith, right, sings at Joan Didion's memorial service at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine...
But could she be trusted? How Gael Greene altered the course of restaurant criticism
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGael Greene, in 1971, often wore hats to photo shoots to avoid being recognized when approaching...
A (hopefully premature) obituary for Bookforum and the magazines that connect us
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJay Penske is CEO of Penske Media Corp., which bought Artforum but not its partner publication,...
L.A.'s guerrilla readings are invading parking lots and cemeteries
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe reading was more of a house show in more of an uncovered garage. Nitrous-filled balloons and...
Exeter LitFest 2023: NY Times bestselling author Rabia Chaudry, homegrown talent and more
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEXETER — The Exeter LitFest will kick off Friday with a roaring '20s party before the main event on...