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Interview With an Author: Johnny Compton
Johnny Compton is a Stoker Award-nominated author whose short stories have appeared in Pseudopod, Strange Horizons, The No Sleep Podcast, and several other publications.
Horrifying Women: 13 Authors to Add to Your TBR List
When I think about Women’s History Month, it conjures up images of suffragettes and mothers, tea and sympathy, trailblazing scientists, sirens, bloody queens, burning bras, shotgun brides, downhill skiing, uphill strides, boots and sweaters, scarlet letters, and Stevie Nicks’ Landslide...
Let’s Talk Hawks
It's 4 p.m. on a peaceful Sunday in Griffith Park. Hikers stroll on the trails while children climb on a play structure. Suddenly, there's a commotion in the trees. Woodpeckers squawk and crows caw. A powerful bird emerges from where it was hidden, nearly invisible, in the branches.
Interview With an Author: Sarah Domet
Sarah Domet is the author of the novel The Guineveres and the craft book
Lost Artwork of Central Library: Bison Hunt
Tiffney Sanford, Librarian, North Hollywood Amelia Earhart Regional Branch Library, Wednesday, March 18, 2026
One of the Los Angeles Public Library's largest pieces of outdoor art can only be appreciated in photos now, after becoming a victim of Southern California's weather.
Interview With an Author: Anna Kovatcheva
Anna Kovatcheva was born in Bulgaria and now lives in Brooklyn. She holds an MFA in fiction from New York University.
Pop Culture Celebrates the Opening of Central Library’s New Teen’Scape Department
On March 13, 2000, the new, expanded Teen’Scape Department at the Central Library opened with great fanfare.
Read It First! Movie Adaptations in Theaters This Month
If you've heard it once, you've heard it a million times—the book was better! There's nothing like debating the differences between a favorite book and its translation to the screen.
Interview With an Author: Terence Keel
Terence Keel is a professor of human biology, society, and African American studies at UCLA.
Shall the Public Library Be Fittingly Housed? The Need for a Central Library Building
Tiffney Sanford, Librarian, North Hollywood Amelia Earhart Regional Branch Library, Wednesday, March 4, 2026
The first several decades of the Los Angeles Public Library's existence involved frequent moves into various rented spaces downtown.