Nothing Doings
Author and USC Professor Percival Everett’s new novel, “Dr. No,” is a parody of 007 movies in the screwball comedy mode. The premise: an inverted Goldfinger. Continue reading Nothing Doings
Tag: Novel
A Ballad of Love and Glory by Reyna Grande
Reyna Grande’s new book, a historical novel, “takes place in 1846. After Texas has been annexed,” and “the US army begins to head south to start a war with Mexico over the Río Grande border.” Continue reading A Ballad of Love and Glory by Reyna Grande
Latinx Literature of Los Ángeles and Southern California
Hispanic Heritage Month celebrates the diverse contributions of the US’s Latinx population. With Southern California’s deep Chicanx and Latinx roots, Los Angeles Literature is highlighting many of the city and region’s powerful and diverse Latinx writers. Continue reading Latinx Literature of Los Ángeles and Southern California
Annette Chavez Macias’ Inland Empire Childhood Inspired Her Novel About Mexican American Cousins
“The novel is a family drama set primarily in Inland Valley, a fictional L.A. suburb that’s inspired by the area that Macias, who was raised in Ontario and currently lives in Rancho Cucamonga.” Continue reading Annette Chavez Macias’ Inland Empire Childhood Inspired Her Novel About Mexican American Cousins
Charles Bukowski’s Lush Life: “Post Office” and the Utopian Impulse
“In fact, Bukowski cannot be understood apart from his midcentury Los Angeles milieu.” Continue reading Charles Bukowski’s Lush Life: “Post Office” and the Utopian Impulse
Susan Straight Releases New Novel, ‘Mecca’
In UC Riverside Professor Susan Straight’s 10th novel, “Mecca,” it “has fictional characters — but all are inspired by true stories or events that have occurred in the Inland Empire.” Continue reading Susan Straight Releases New Novel, ‘Mecca’
Excerpt & Q&A: Agave Blues by Ruthie Marlenée
Maya’s story “is interwoven with the magic of Jesus Maria, a small village in Mexico, and her life as a successful lawyer in Los Angeles.” Continue reading Excerpt & Q&A: Agave Blues by Ruthie Marlenée
A Review Of Percical Everett’s The Trees
“No category adequately describes The Trees. Percival Everett seems to have purposefully written it that way.” Continue reading A Review Of Percical Everett’s The Trees
A review of Shaky Town by Lou Mathews
“Shaky Town by Lou Mathews is a linked short story collection filled with the working-class concerns of L.A.’s barrio, circa 1980s.” Continue reading A review of Shaky Town by Lou Mathews
“L.A.’s a Strange Place”: On Judith Freeman’s “MacArthur Park”
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”
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