Before the internet, how the LA Public Library helped readers pick their next novel
The Los Angeles Public Library stores thousands of index cards with staff reviews of books dating back to the 1920s. A librarian explains how they were used and what we can learn from them today.
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The Classic Mystery That Prefigured the Los Angeles Wildfires
Ross Macdonald’s “The Underground Man” is exquisitely attuned to the Californian landscape—how it rises, falls, smells, and, ...
In Octavia Butler’s Pasadena, readers pick up visionary novel and find lessons in post-fire LA
Books can turn up in your life when you need them. What does the resurgent popularity of a dystopian novel say about modern ...
Andrew Garfield, Percival Everett and Attica Locke among L.A. Times Book Prize finalists
Andrew Garfield, Percival Everett and Attica Locke are among the finalists for the 45th Los Angeles Times Book Prizes.
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Joseph Wambaugh, Ex-Calif. Police Officer Turned Best-Selling Writer, Dies
A former Los Angeles police officer who wrote "The Onion Fields," Joseph Wambaugh tried to "put people in the cops' skin" in ...
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News Obituaries
The prolific author, who initially planned to be an English teacher, had been with the Los Angeles Police Department 11 years ...