Author Spotlight: Denise Hamilton
"I was a reporter for the L.A. Times for ten years,” Hamilton says. “I would come into the office every day and be sent out on an assignment. I...
L.A. By the Slice: How Are Adults Anticipating Universal’s Harry Potter Theme Park?
Home-brewing butterbeer in the basement, for starters
So Long Alexander Hamilton, Hello Joan Didion?
As discussion ramps up over which woman’s face will grace the $10, Joan Didion fans root for the author
3 Books to Kick Off Your March Reading
Personal essays, an historic love story, and a symbolic short story collection
Molly Knight’s New Book about the Dodgers Brings it Home
The Best Team Money Can Buy caught literary critic David Kipen’s eye this month
Get Your Literary Fix at Sumarr, Diana Arterian’s Seasonal Reading Series
It's the best place in town to discover fresh talent
The Armchair Modernist’s Guide to Palm Springs
Four new art books to peruse if you can't make it to the Palm Springs Modernism Show and Sale this weekend
The Reading List: November ’11
Fiction
Fever Dream(Poisoned Pen, paperback, $15)By Dennis PalumboThe L.A. writer’s second Daniel Rinaldi book, set about a year after the events of the first, finds the Pittsburgh trauma expert investigating...
The Reading List: July ’12
Fiction You Take It From Here (Gallery, paperback, $15)By Pamela RibonDanielle’s terminally ill best friend wants Danielle to date her husband and raise her daughter in this latest from the...
Michael Connelly’s Novel Approach to Crime in L.A.
The writer on his most famous character, nobility, authenticity, and L.A.