Despite what people think, L.A. is home to many writers. And now they have a center to call their own

Despite what people think, L.A. is home to many writers. And now they have a center to call their own

Christopher Soto, the founder of the Center for California Literature. Los Angeles is, historically, a haven for writers and poets. In its city sprawl and California light, L.A. has fostered legendary writers from Joan Didion to Octavia E. Butler, created countercultural literary communities like the Watts Writers Workshop, and inspired Raymond Chandlerโ€™s โ€œThe Long Goodbyeโ€…

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Mychal Threets, host of ‘Reading Rainbow’ reboot, shares Latino heritage

Mychal Threets, host of ‘Reading Rainbow’ reboot, shares Latino heritage

The โ€œReading Rainbowโ€ is officially back, with internet-famous librarian Mychal Threets at the helm. Following the rebootโ€™s premiere last Saturday, the new host responded to the audienceโ€™s wishes for a Latino lead in a recent social media post. He wrote, โ€œYouโ€™re not going to believe thisโ€ฆ I am [Latino]! My dad is Black, my mom…

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โ€˜Gone Before Goodbyeโ€™ review: Reese Witherspoonโ€™s debut novel

โ€˜Gone Before Goodbyeโ€™ review: Reese Witherspoonโ€™s debut novel

Over the last decade or so, publishers of American genre fiction have borrowed a page from Hollywoodโ€™s playbook by essentially packaging novels like films, grafting together collaborators from two different A-lists: those that feature bestselling novelists and major celebrities. Large commercial rewards have been reaped from these crossbred literary partnerships. Bill and Hillary Clinton, to…

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