As his latest book 'The Radiance' blurs the lines between memory and invention, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author makes a compelling case for why literature remains our richest record of human conscio...

How editing American Flash Fiction restored my focus.

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Over in a blink, the best flash fiction lingers like phosphenes in the mind’s eye, its language and meaning reverberating long after the story ends. In the forthcoming Library of America volume Americ...

‘This felt like the moment New York disappeared for me.’ David Ulin ten years after 9/11.

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The Associated Press says it will continue to refer to Lake Ontario by its original name, and not Lake America. It says that as a global news agency, it must ensure place names are easily recognizable...

Grace Krilanovich’s Acid Green Velvet reimagines the Western through a feminist lens.

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And the number of women who have left the workforce since January is more than double the number of men.

In Appraisals, Claire Boyles goes back to the land.

We loved Holden Caulfield at 16, but how does the book hold up? Six California writers unpack the enduring power of Salinger’s only novel as it turns 75.

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Verbal Sparring Partners Mel Brooks, left, and Joseph Heller Engage in a Repartee That Covers Personal Struggles, 'Catch-22,' War Stories and the Novelist's Latest Book, 'Now and Then'

David L. Ulin joins writer Sam Sweet on a drift through Los Angeles, tracing the lost histories buried beneath the city’s surfaces in his series All Night Menu.

Deb Olin Unferth’s novel Earth 7 reframes the apocalypse.

Centers in Boyle Heights and East LA will offer masks, food, water, temporary shelter and pet assistance.

Metro’s D Line extension is not just functional. It’s the fruition of the dream of rail transit spanning nearly the length of one of the most heavily traveled transportation corridors in the U.S.

Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney are wringing great art and performance out of the relationship between the present and the past.

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From romance and memoirs to mystery and fantasy, here are the 101 best book club picks, according to a survey of more than 200 authors, publishers, journalists and book club fans.

Robert Altman’s offbeat noir returns to the big screen this weekend for the American Cinematheque’s Noir City festival.

In his forthcoming volume, A Third Commonness, the California Book Club’s April author, Robert Hass, connects the dots between writing and reading.