Judith Freeman’s latest book “MacArthur Park” is set in L.A. from 1984 to the present century as it explores the complexities of a friendship between two women—and how it shapes, and reshapes, both of their lives. Continue reading “L.A.’s a Strange Place”: On Judith Freeman’s “MacArthur Park”
“Reigns also shows us how a cultural shame over sexuality helped to make Acer an easy target for those trying who saw revelation of a sexual past worse than death.” Continue reading Review: A Quilt for David by Steven Reigns
“Members of the Los Angeles Glass Table Collective consider the topic ‘late-stage writing’ in the essay collection ‘What Falls Away is Always: Writers Over 60 on Writing & Death.'” Continue reading What Falls Away is Always, Ed. Katharine Haake and Gail Wronksy
By chance and serendipity Michael Sedano ends up reading “…After…” by Carolina Rivera Escamilla. Continue reading After I Saw That Wall, I Read the Book
Writer Victoria Chang writes about grief and loss in her new book “Dear Memory.” Continue reading Victoria Chang’s Correspondence with Grief
SurvivalEye by Mare Heron Hake is a recent release from local publisher Arroyo Seco Press. Continue reading SurvivalEye by Mare Heron Hake (Arroyo Seco Press)
Book review for “Chola Salvation,” the debut book by Eastside native Estella Gonzalez. Continue reading Roll Out the Collection: Chola Debut
Local mystery writer Naomi Hirahara’s new novel is a historical mystery, about Japanese resettlement after their world War II internment. Continue reading What Came After Japanese American Internment? A Mystery Novelist Holds the Key
A book review on Alexis Rhone Fancher’s new book of poetry “Erotic.” “Rhone Fancher’s first-person evocations of sexual love are landscapes of intensity and danger, located with laser-point specificity in a Los Angeles…” Continue reading Subterranean Lovesick Clues: Alexis Rhone Fancher’s Poetic Topography of Sex
A book review of the new L.Á. poetry anthology X LA Poets published by local micro press Hinchas. Continue reading Mycorrhizal Transmission: Review of X LA Poets
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