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Feels Like Home: "A Wanderer and Homeless Waif": Los Angeles’ Central Library - Part 4
This post is the fourth in a series of excerpts serializing the book Feels Like Home
Interview with a Zine Maker: Bronwyn Mauldin
Bronwyn Mauldin is a zine maker and writer. She is the creator of the Democracy Series which is available in bookstores and libraries across the US. She’s also the author of the novel Love Songs of the Revolution and short story collection The Streetwise Cycle.
Are You Missing Live Theatre? Try Listening to a Play!
The majority of professional theatre companies across the country have now canceled their performance seasons through at least the end of this year, so it appears that it will be a minimum of six months before any of us sees the inside of the Mark Taper Forum, the Pasadena Playhouse, the Geffen Playhouse,
Interview With an Author: Byron Lane
Byron Lane is a playwright and screenwriter. He's also worked as a journalist and as a personal assistant to celebrities, including Carrie Fisher. He's originally from New Orleans and lives in Los Angeles with his boyfriend and their rescue dog, Tilda.
Feels Like Home: "A Wanderer and Homeless Waif": Los Angeles’ Central Library - Part 3
This post is the third in a series of excerpts serializing the book Feels Like Home
Nature Walk Around the Block
For many families in Los Angeles, taking a socially-distanced stroll around the neighborhood has been a major activity over the past few months, a type of recreation that feels essential for our mental and physical health.
Interview with a Zine Maker: Lexis-Olivier Ray
Lexis-Olivier Ray is a multimedia journalist, filmmaker, zine maker, and artist currently based in Los Angeles. In the past year, he has created content for KCET, L.A. Taco, Road Trippers, Leafly, Atlas Obscura, and Hyper Allergic.
Read it First: Classic Literature on Film
From the time we first learn to read, we are steered towards “the classics.” FromThe Velveteen Rabbit to War and Peace, these novels are touted as enlightening, world expanding, and, sometimes, enjoyable reads. But what, exactly, is a “classic” novel?
Interview With an Author: Carrie Vaughn
Carrie Vaughn is best known for her New York Times bestselling Kitty Norville series of novels about a werewolf named Kitty who hosts a talk radio show for the supernaturally disadvantaged.
Adults Only: Biographies of Children’s Authors
It is a good thing that the lives of children’s authors are not always reflected in the books they wrote. Some of the most enduring and well-loved of these books were written by people whose lives were not sugar and spice.