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Five Questions for Ramona Ausubel

Posted on 5/21/2013 12:20:00 PM by Kristin Yinger

Her much-lauded debut novel, No One Is Here Except All of Us, put Ramona Ausubel on the literary map. Her second book, A Guide to Being Born (which came out May 2), explores the world in the same fantastical way. Read More

The Reading List: May ’13

Posted on 5/1/2013 12:00:00 PM by Kristin Yinger

Every month LAmag.com compiles titles of local interest that are hitting the bookshelves. Here, arranged by genre, are some highlights Read More

Three Questions for Matthew Specktor

Posted on 4/12/2013 4:55:00 PM by Kristin Yinger

Matthew Specktor, author of "American Dream Machine," talks to us about this “true blue L.A. story” which was released March 26. Read More

Three Questions For Laleh Khadivi

Posted on 4/5/2013 6:07:00 PM by Kristin Yinger

The Iranian author and documentary filmmaker tells us about the second installment in her trilogy of books Read More

The Reading List: March '13

Posted on 3/1/2013 10:10:00 AM by Kristin Yinger

Every month LAmag.com compiles titles of local interest that are hitting the bookshelves. Here, arranged by genre, are some highlights Read More

The Reading List: February 2013

Posted on 2/4/2013 12:39:00 PM by Kristin Yinger

Every month LAmag.com compiles titles of local interest that are hitting the bookshelves. Here, arranged by genre, are some highlights Read More

Four Questions for Juliann Garey

Posted on 1/7/2013 1:25:00 PM by Kristin Yinger

Garey, who has lived for over 20 years in New York but has yet to adjust to the weather, chatted with us about bipolar disorder, yoga, and her new novel, "Too Bright to Hear Too Loud to See" Read More

The Reading List: January ’13

Posted on 1/2/2013 2:13:00 PM by Kristin Yinger

Every month LAmag.com compiles titles of local interest that are hitting the bookshelves. Here, arranged by genre, are some highlights Read More

The Reading List: December ’12

Posted on 12/11/2012 7:58:00 AM by Kristin Yinger

Every month LAmag.com compiles titles of local interest that are hitting the bookshelves. Here, arranged by genre, are some highlights. Read More

Five Questions for Michael Connelly

Posted on 11/26/2012 3:44:00 PM by Kristin Yinger

The author draws heavily on his years as a crime reporter at the Los Angeles Times in the early 1990s for The Black Box, his new book about the Los Angeles riots of 1992. Read More