Carribean Fragoza is an artist and writer from South El Monte. After graduating from UCLA, Fragoza completed the Creative Writing MFA Program at CalArts, where she worked with writers Douglas Kearney and...
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Interview With an Author: Daniel H. Wilson
Daniel H. Wilson is a New York Times bestselling author of 10 novels, including Robopocalypse.
Interview With an Author: Jeffrey Ford
Jeffrey Ford's stories and novels have been nominated multiple times for awards such as, the
How Spanish-Language Entertainment Revived the Broadway Theaters
Once upon a time, Broadway was the Great White Way of the West. A high concentration of theaters populating the stretch of Downtown between 3rd and Olympic rendered it an epicenter for film and live entertainment.
Interview With an Author: Christopher Brown
Christopher Brown has been nominated for the World Fantasy Award and his short fiction has been published in a number of magazines and anthologies. He lives in Austin, Texas where he practices technology law.
Angels Flight: Welcome Back, Olivet and Sinai
Welcome back, Olivet and Sinai.
Is California an Island?
California has been a land of hopes and dreams, opportunities and endless possibilities, and a place with allusions to glamour and danger. It is a state where fact and myth often overlap.
Romancing the Book: Romance Novels
Romance is in the air, and on the page and the tablet and the smart phone. August is Read-a-Romance Month, and it’s a great time to settle into an air-conditioned library (or on a bright, sunny beach or really anywhere) with a fabulously satisfying romance. You won’t be alone.
Interview With an Author: Tal M. Klein
Tal M. Klein was born in Israel, grew up in New York, and currently lives in Detroit with his wife and two daughters.
There Will Be Darkness: The Great American Eclipse
Here in Los Angeles, we’re known for the sun. We get a lot of it. It’s long been a selling point for people moving to the region.
A Quiet Evening With a Quick Death — The Demise of Bugsy Siegel
Photo Friends, Friday, July 21, 2017
On June 20, 1947, Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, the East Coast mobster who had relocated to and prospered in Los Angeles and was now intent on building up Las Vegas, sat in his girlfriend’s living room in Beverly Hills.