L.A. is gloriously unstable ground for Sarah Shun-lien Bynum's slippery stories

Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, author of the story collection "Likes," a finalist for the Times Book Prize in fiction, talks about her destabilizing work. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-04-08 13:30:24 UTC ]

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Watch Brit Bennett discuss her bestselling novel, 'The Vanishing Half'

Brit Bennett brings her bestselling novel, "The Vanishing Half," to L.A. Times Book Club readers. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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L.A. Times Book Prize Winners Announced

The 40th annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes were announced today on Twitter. The prizes are given in 12 categories, and titles from Penguin Random House took home six. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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'Why We Swim' by Bonnie Tsui is July's book club read

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Walter Thompson-Hernández shares stories of 'The Compton Cowboys'

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L.A. Times Book Club rides with 'The Compton Cowboys' in June

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[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-05-21 14:00:06 UTC ]
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Watch 'Station Eleven' author Emily St. John Mandel at the L.A. Times Book Club

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[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-05-19 23:03:32 UTC ]
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Make a Family Comic With The Believer

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[ Literrary Hub | 2020-04-26 21:15:34 UTC ]
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'Station Eleven' author Emily St. John Mandel joins the L.A. Times Book Club May 19

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[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-04-23 22:16:10 UTC ]
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Watch the L.A. Times Book Club's virtual meet-up with author Fanny Singer and chef Alice Waters

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[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-04-22 22:32:48 UTC ]
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Here are the winners of this year’s LA Times Book Prizes.

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Coronavirus is topic one among newly announced L.A. Times Book Prize winners

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[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-04-17 15:53:24 UTC ]
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How language can destroy or rebuild, per Times Book Prize fiction winner Ben Lerner

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[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-04-17 15:30:20 UTC ]
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Helpless women? Not these slave owners

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[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-04-17 15:26:32 UTC ]
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How a rough Apartheid-era school spawned an award-winning YA novel

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[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-04-17 15:25:14 UTC ]
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Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Revealed on Twitter

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The L.A. Times Book Prizes ceremony will be virtual, and free, this year

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Author Fanny Singer and chef Alice Waters talk food and family with L.A. Times Book Club

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10 crime writers to read while under house arrest

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