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  • Los libros en español más esperados están disponibles en tu biblioteca

    Lo nuevo en español: libros interesantes que llegan a la biblioteca este mes

    Los libros en español más esperados están disponibles en tu biblioteca. Haz clic en cada título para verlo en nuestro catálogo. ¡No esperes y reserva tu copia hoy mismo!

    • Date: October 3, 2022
    • Patricia Valdovinos
    • En español
  • Author Conner Habib and his debut novel, Hawk Mountain

    Interview With an Author: Conner Habib

    Conner Habib hosts the podcast Against Everyone With Conner Habib, which covers topics like punk rock, philosophy, pornography, and occultism. His writing has appeared in CR Fashion Book, Best Gay…

    • Date: September 29, 2022
    • Daryl M.
  • Authors Clare L. Evans, Brian Merchant and book,Terraform

    In Conversation With Claire L. Evans and Brian Merchant

    Terraform: Watch/Worlds/Burn is the first Anthology of "near-future" speculative fiction from Terraform, Vice's science-fiction vertical. Edited by Claire L. Evans and Brian Merchant, the collection…

    • Date: September 27, 2022
    • Neale Stokes
    • Science Fiction
  • Zine author, John Dishwasher and his zine, Reuben the Guide

    Interview With Zine Maker - John Dishwasher

    John Dishwasher is a writer and zine maker based in Southern California's San Jacinto Valley. His Zine from the Future Describing the End of Civilization was named a finalist for Best Political Zine…

    • Date: September 26, 2022
    • Lorena Villegas
    • Zines
    • Latino Heritage Month
  • hand holding a remote with a tv screen in the background

    Five of My Favorite Sitcoms

    During the pandemic, I had a lot of extra free time. So I ended up watching a lot of TV, and through some of the darker moments of the pandemic, these five sitcoms brightened up my day. The stressful…

    • Date: September 21, 2022
    • Guest Blogger
    • Teens
  • Novels Boyfriend Material and Husband Material by Alexis Hall

    Interview With an Author: Alexis Hall

    Alexis Hall writes books in the southeast of England, where he lives entirely on a diet of tea and Jaffa Cakes. His latest book, Husband Material, is a sequel to 2020’s Boyfriend Material, and he…

    • Date: September 15, 2022
    • Daryl M.
  • Cahuenga Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library

    Dig Los Angeles: Cahuenga Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library

    From its earliest years, the Cahuenga Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library operated amidst movie studios, halls of higher learning, and architectural wonders. One of three remaining Carnegie…

    • Date: September 12, 2022
    • Tiffney Sanford
    • Library History
    • Los Angeles History
  • Author Gigi Pandian and her latest book, Under Lock & Skeleton Key

    Interview With an Author: Gigi Pandian

    Gigi Pandian is the USA Today bestselling and multiple award-winning author of the Jaya Jones Treasure Hunt mysteries, the Accidental Alchemist mysteries, and several locked room mystery short stories…

    • Date: September 8, 2022
    • Daryl M.
  • Three films adapted from books

    Read It First! Movie Adaptations in Theaters This Month

    If you've heard it once, you've heard it a million times—the book was better! There's nothing like debating the differences between a favorite book and its translation to the screen. But if you don't…

    • Date: September 6, 2022
    • Elizabeth Graney
  • Author J.M. Miro and and his debut novel, Ordinary Monsters

    Interview With an Author: J.M. Miro

    J.M. Miro lives and writes in the Pacific Northwest. His debut novel is Ordinary Monsters and he recently talked about it with Daryl Maxwell for the LAPL Blog. What was your inspiration for Ordinary…

    • Date: September 1, 2022
    • Daryl M.
  • Los libros en español más esperados están disponibles en tu biblioteca

    Lo nuevo en español: libros interesantes que llegan a la biblioteca este mes

    Los libros en español más esperados están disponibles en tu biblioteca. Haz clic en cada título para verlo en nuestro catálogo. ¡No esperes y reserva tu copia hoy mismo!

    • Date: September 1, 2022
    • Patricia Valdovinos
    • En español
  • Author Luivette Resto and her latest poetry book, Living on Islands Not Found on Maps

    Interview With an Author: Luivette Resto

    Luivette Resto attended Cornell University, where she earned her BA in English Literature and a minor in U.S. Latinx history. She later studied under Martín Espada at the University of Massachusetts…

    • Date: August 25, 2022
    • Daryl M.
  • young Latinx women looking concerned

    Understanding the Latinx Mental Health Crisis

    The Latinx community has fallen victim to the growing mental health crisis across the United States. The shared experiences felt by the Latinx community are universal as they can involve similar…

    • Date: August 19, 2022
    • Guest Blogger
    • Latino Heritage Month
    • Teens
  • Author Liz Michalski and her latest novel, Darling Girl

    Interview With an Author: Liz Michalski

    A former reporter and editor, Liz Michalski now crafts articles on human interest, living, and health as a freelance writer. She lives with her family in Massachusetts, where she loves reading fairy…

    • Date: August 18, 2022
    • Daryl M.
  • Photos of the North Hollywood library (top left) Circulation desk [1954] Valley Times Collection. (bottom left) Library exterior [1946]

    Dig Los Angeles: North Hollywood Amelia Earhart Regional Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library

    With locations all over the city and lots of books and other materials devoted to local history, libraries are a perfect springboard for exploring Los Angeles. This is the third in a series of blog…

    • Date: August 17, 2022
    • Tiffney Sanford
    • Library History
    • Los Angeles History
  • El Paso skyline and mountains

    Eminent El Pasoans

    I grew up in El Paso in the 1970s and 80s, a city that wraps around the Franklin Mountains out on the tip of west Texas, adjoining Ciudad Juárez across the Rio Grande in Chihuahua and a short drive…

    • Date: August 15, 2022
    • Daniel Tures
  • Author B.L. Blanchard and her debut novel, The Peacekeeper

    Interview With an Author: B.L. Blanchard

    B.L. Blanchard is a graduate of the UC Davis creative writing honors program and was a writing fellow at Boston University School of Law. She is a lawyer and enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie…

    • Date: August 11, 2022
    • Daryl M.
  • Canvas triptych mural features Dr. Bethune by Charles White. A folktale-themed hand-carved, glazed ceramic tiles by Cha-Rie Tang

    Art in the Library: Exposition Park - Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Regional Library

    The current building of the Exposition Park - Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Regional Library is an LEED Gold Certified (environmentally sustainable design) structure built in 2008. Renamed in 1973, the…

    • Date: August 9, 2022
    • Catherine Sturgeon
    • Library History
    • Los Angeles History
    • African American History Month
  • Vin Scully, circa 1955, at Ebbets Field

    Vincent Edward Scully, 1927-2022

    The recent passing of Vin Scully has resulted in innumerable obituaries, most of which will be far more eloquent than what this one will be. For someone who held the same job for 67 straight years, 59…

    • Date: August 9, 2022
    • Bob Timmermann
  • Matson Cruise Terminal 1955

    Pretty in Pink: The Lost Matson Terminal, 1953-1986

    It's a painful truth that Angelenos can much too easily identify architectural structures that have been erased from our city's landscape. Some structures are well-known and widely mourned while…

    • Date: August 8, 2022
    • Nicholas Beyelia
  • Collage of films adapted from books

    Read It First! Movie Adaptations in Theaters This Month

    If you've heard it once, you've heard it a million times—the book was better! There's nothing like debating the differences between a favorite book and its translation to the screen. But if you don't…

    • Date: August 5, 2022
    • Elizabeth Graney
  • Author Jennifer McMahon and her latest novel, The Children on the Hill

    Interview With an Author: Jennifer McMahon

    Jennifer McMahon is the author of ten novels, including the New York Times best-sellers Promise Not to Tell and The Winter People. She lives in Vermont with her partner, Drea, and their daughter…

    • Date: August 4, 2022
    • Daryl M.
  • Los libros en español más esperados están disponibles en tu biblioteca

    Lo nuevo en español: libros interesantes que llegan a la biblioteca este mes

    Los libros en español más esperados están disponibles en tu biblioteca. Haz clic en cada título para verlo en nuestro catálogo. ¡No esperes y reserva tu copia hoy mismo!

    • Date: August 1, 2022
    • Patricia Valdovinos
    • En español
  • Author Natalia Molina and her latest book, A Place at the Nayarit

    Interview With an Author: Natalia Molina

    Natalia Molina is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. A 2020 MacArthur "Genius" Grant recipient, she is the author…

    • Date: July 28, 2022
    • Daryl M.
    • Latino Heritage Month
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