Chi-ming Yang, Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, specializes in histories of race, empire, and East-West cultural exchanges. Yang’s scholarship spans chinoiserie, cross-species encounters in art and poetry, and her recent work on blackness, abolition, and Atlantic slavery, have been published in Early American Literature, Eighteenth-Century Fiction, British Art Studies,...
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Groove up Your Holiday With These Freegal Super Sounds
The temperature has plunged below 82. You’ve switched from cold brew to hot coffee and you’re thinking about putting on a sweater. Lights twinkle from the palm trees along the boulevards… the Kings are battling the Ducks out on the Staples Center ice… it’s holiday time once again in the Southland!
Interview With an Author: Nicholas Meyer
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A Puzzling History of Jigsaw Puzzles
I have been an avid puzzler all my life, but because of Covid, I have rekindled my love of doing puzzles. 1000 pieces are my jam, and I can usually finish one in the course of 2 to 3 evenings or a marathon weekend.
Interview With an Author: Steven Reigns
Steven Reigns is a Los Angeles poet and educator and was appointed the first Poet Laureate of West Hollywood.
Interview With Zine Maker - Brian Baynes
Brian Baynes is the creator of Bubbles Fanzine, a comics fanzine out of Richmond Virginia. He's been co-organizing Richmond Zine Fest since 2012.
Interview With an Author: Amanda Foody and Christine Lynn Herman
Amanda Foody is the author of YA novels Daughter of the Burning City and The Shadow Game
Laurie and Cesar: Making Remote Learning Work
Despite the enormous challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Adult Literacy Services at the Los Angeles Public Library never stopped working.
Interview With an Author: Roshani Chokshi
Roshani Chokshi is the author of commercial and critically acclaimed books for middle grade and young adult readers that draw on world mythology and folklore.
New or Forthcoming Books I’m Excited About
As I indicated in the November 4 episode of Poems on Air, there are a slew of new or forthcoming poetry collections that I’m excited to add to my reading table.
Interview With an Author: Brent Spiner
Brent Spiner is an actor, comedian, and singer best known for playing the android Lieutenant Commander Data on Star Trek: The Next Generation from 1987-1994.