Bookmark This #18
Feb 21, 2014
Bookmark This #18 February is the month of love, and we love sharing reading recommendations with you, especially as the 26th Annual Stay Home and Read a Book Ball is […]
Tag: Nonfiction
Tales from Two Cities
Feb 19, 2014
From the gritty drama of noir to the free-spirited poetry of the Beats, how does the literature of California tell us who we are? This Thursday, February 20, ALOUD kicks […]
Bookmark This #16
Nov 22, 2013
What better time to give thanks for the Los Angeles Public Library than in November? As you take a break from trimming the turkey (or tofurkey), mashing potatoes and opening […]
Bookmark This #15
Oct 25, 2013
Halloween is just around the corner, so how about picking up a good book to read in between doling out candy to your cutely or frighteningly-costumed neighbors? The selections in […]
Look Up These Kirkus Starred Books
Oct 22, 2013
Since 1933 the Kirkus Review has helped readers wade through the ever-expanding tide of new releases with that necessary critical look at books before they’re hot off the press. Three […]
Katherine Boo Takes Us Deeper into the “Beautiful Forevers”
Oct 03, 2013
Last year, Katherine Boo, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and staff writer at The New Yorker, picked up the National Book Award for Nonfiction for her first book, Behind the Beautiful […]
Bookmark This! #14
Oct 01, 2013
The Santa Ana winds have begun to blow again, and with them has come the start of autumn. As you enjoy the warm breezes, the harvest of apples and pumpkins, […]
Summer Reads at the Los Angeles Public Library
Jul 31, 2013
It’s nearing the end of July, and if you are feeling that summer has almost passed you by, there’s never a better way to slow down than with a great […]
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 […]
Amy Wilentz’s Cultural Guide to Haiti
Jan 09, 2013
Commemorating the third anniversary of the devastating earthquake that struck the nation of Haiti on January 12, 2010, veteran journalist and longtime observer of Haiti Amy Wilentz comes to ALOUD […]