Bookmark This! #7
Feb 25, 2013
Friday, March 1, 2013 marks the 25th Edition of the Stay Home and Read a Book Ball! Support the Los Angeles Public Library by picking up a book wherever you […]
Stay Up With This Is Your Library
Feb 21, 2013
On Saturday, March 2, the doors of the downtown Central Library will stay open later than usual for the seventh installment of “This is Your Library,” the Library Foundation’s series […]
Demystifying the 50th Anniversary of “The Feminine Mystique”
Feb 15, 2013
Next week at ALOUD we’ll be celebrating the 50th anniversary of Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique. To get ready for this retrospective on the struggle for gender equality, we were […]
Ardent Library Lovers
Feb 14, 2013
In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, Library lovers are sharing their passion for the Los Angeles Public Library! Invitations to the 25th Edition of the Stay Home and Read a […]
Will you be our Valentine?
Feb 11, 2013
We adore Valentine’s Day here at The Library Store! Who can resist the color combo of red & pink (okay, maybe a lot of people can….) and an overabundance of […]
George Saunders and Bernard Cooper Find Inspiration in the Unknown
Feb 08, 2013
“Don’t write about Oxnard!” teased George Saunders as he spoke about the unwritten rules of writing this week at ALOUD. But the irreverent conversation more frequently steered towards how to […]
Mark Salzman Invites You to Stay Home and Read a Book
Feb 08, 2013
Mark Salzman, writer/performer extraordinaire and this year’s chair of the Stay Home and Read a Book Ball, invites you to take part in the most delightful non-event of the year. […]
From the Archives: Daniel Mendelsohn and Jonathan Lethem
Feb 01, 2013
As we gear up for what’s sure to be a memorable conversation next week at ALOUD between writers George Saunders and Bernard Cooper, we’re still ruminating on a conversation between […]
Bookmark This! #6
Jan 25, 2013
Happy New Year, everyone! To ring in 2013, I’m excited to bring you another set of reading recommendations from more library enthusiasts. This edition’s selections sweep us up in prose […]
From the Archives: Jodi Kantor on the Obamas
Jan 17, 2013
In the days before Inauguration Day, as we look ahead to the next four years with President Obama, we thought it was timely to also reflect back on his first […]