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Ken Brecher, anthropologist and longtime champion of Los Angeles humanities, dies at 78
LA Times via Yahoo News· 4 months agoKen Brecher, former president of the Library Foundation of Los Angeles, executive director of the...
Wimpy kids, dark hours and dog man: What Los Angeles is reading as the library turns 150
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs the Los Angeles Public Library celebrates 150 years, the city's readers are back in force with...
Columbus-born authors included in nominees for 81st annual Ohioana Book Awards
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThirty Ohio authors have been nominated for the 81st annual Ohioana Book Awards, to be announced in...
Book Talk: Dan Chaon’s novel ‘Sleepwalk’ is mind-bending experience
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThere are surprises on every page of Dan Chaon’s terrific, darkly funny new novel “Sleepwalk.”...
Column: Here's why you can't 'own' your ebooks
LA Times via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoPublishers and authors rightly fear that they'll lose out financially from the digitization of books; but it's also quite possible that, properly...
The Weekender
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIllustration by Chris Morris When I was asked to write this newsletter, I was all for it. As a former columnist, I missed the weekly suffering that...
Colorado Springs area literary events starting Oct. 2
The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.) via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 2—SIGNINGS Book Signings, Meet and Greet and Live Poetry — With Patrice Diechelle, Jennifer Harris and Patrick Murakami, 6-8 p.m. Oct. 15, Creations at the Edge, 324 N. Nevada Ave. Tickets ...
Norman Pfeiffer, prolific architect of SoCal institutions and L.A. Central Library expansion, dies...
LA Times via Yahoo News· 8 months agoDescribed as "the antithesis of a starchitect," Norman Pfeiffer contributed to major projects at L.A. venues including Griffith Observatory, LACMA and the Colburn School, among others.
Chelsea Boes: Eliza the rooster and the suburban phenomenon of chicken-mania
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIt is a truth universally acknowledged that an adventurous soul in possession of a sizable backyard must also be in want of chickens. I’m talking about chicken-mania. You can read about the ...
Bestsellers List Sunday, July 10
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSoCal Bestsellers Hardcover Fiction 1. Horse by Geraldine Brooks (Viking: $28) Prior to the Civil War, a slave, a racehorse and an artist launch a complex story that spans generations. 2. Lapvona ...
