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John Green, author of “The Fault in Our Stars” and “Looking for Alaska,” will join Iranian-American poet Kaveh Akbar on ...

“How to Survive a Bear Attack,” by Claire Cameron, Knopf Canada, $34.95.

Pulitzer-winning biographer Ron Chernow will discuss his new biography of Mark Twain on June 10 at Immanuel Congregational ...

Are you yearning for the days when fantasy novels weren’t all some variation of the same A Noun of Noun and Noun title? Dying ...

Magic City Books, 221 E. Archer St., will be welcoming Pulitzer Prize finalist Laila Lalami for a conversation about her new ...

Do you ever find yourself in a reading rut? If so, you’re not alone! Each of us enjoys our favorites. However, if we are ...

Plus, visiting the Los Angeles Public Library Central Branch to see the Vox Femina Los Angeles women’s chorus perform.

People are really hungry for imaginative explorations of this particular moment in our history,” the author tells PEOPLE ...

When you make a purchase through links on our site, we may earn a commission. Over the last few years, pushback against diversity and inclusion has spilled into public schools and libraries, where ...

Of American poets born after the Civil War, Pound and Eliot have the strongest claim on long attention, though both in recent ...

(Photo credit: Beowulf Sheehan) Del Howison, owner of Dark Delicacies book and gift store in Burbank has been forced to move after many years on the same Magnolia Blvd location. So Cal’s ...