Notable NYC: 5/20–5/26
Saturday 5/20: Mohammad Rabie and Mona Kareem discuss Otared: Arabic Dystopian Fiction. McNally Jackson Books, 7 p.m., free. Vivien Goldman and Sarada Rauch join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m.,...
View ArticleNotable Los Angeles: 7/24–7/30
Monday 7/24: Jimmy Webb discusses and signs The Cake and The Rain: A Memoir. 7 p.m. at Book Soup. 90×90 presents Drunken Masters: TV. With Julie Plec, Beth Schacter, Bronwyn Garrity, and Chuck...
View ArticleWhat to Read When You Want to See a World More F**ked up Than Ours
We’re currently living in a world where actual Nazi parades—flags, salutes, literal torches—are happening, and I sometimes feel frivolous turning to fiction. But at the same time, fiction often offers...
View ArticleNotable Los Angeles: 9/18–9/24
Monday 9/18: Kelly Grey Carlisle discusses and signs We Are All Shipwrecks: A Memoir. 7 p.m. at Book Soup. Adam O’Riordan discusses and signs The Burning Ground: Stories. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore....
View ArticleNotable Los Angeles: 3/12–3/18
Monday 3/12: Sean O’Callaghan discusses his debut book, Fat Gay Vegan: Eat, Drink and Live Like You Give a Sh!t. 7 p.m. at Stories Books and Cafe. Live Talks L.A. presents Chloe Coscarelli discussing...
View ArticleNotable Los Angeles: 6/4–6/10
Monday 6/4: Dave Weigel discusses and signs The Show That Never Ends: The Rise and Fall of Prog Rock. 7 p.m. at Book Soup. Stephen Gee discusses and signs Los Angeles City Hall: An American Icon. 7...
View ArticleNotable Los Angeles: 9/10–9/16
Monday 9/10: Keith O’Brien discusses and signs Fly Girls. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore. Claudia Dey reads from her new novel Heartbreaker. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books. Live Talks LA presents Yuval Noah...
View ArticleNotable Los Angeles: 10/8–10/14
Monday 10/8: Tillie Walden reads from and signs On a Sunbeam. In conversation with Jen Wang. 7 p.m. at Chevalier’s Books. Deborah Harkness discusses and signs Time’s Convert. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s...
View ArticleWhat to Read When the World Is Ending
We are only five days away from the midterm elections. Five weeks ago, Christine Blasey Ford testified in front the Senate and the country to her certainty that Brett Kavanaugh had attempted to...
View ArticleNotable Los Angeles: 2/10–2/16
Monday 2/10: Author Caroline Kepnes presents and signs You and Hidden Bodies (source books for Netflix’s You), in conversation with Zara Lisbon. 7 p.m. at Book Soup. Sarah Ban Breathnach discusses and...
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