In the horror novel 'Sacrificial Animals', the violence of rural life is mixed with Chinese myth
August 19, 2024 12:54 pm Pacific Time Book review Sacrificial Animals: A Novel By Kailee PedersenSt. Martin's Press: 320 pages,…
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In Moon Unit, Zappa's memoirs, fame and family trauma collide
Book review From the Earth to the Moon By Moon Unit ZappaDey Street Books: 368 pages, $29.99If you purchase books…
Charles R. Cross, noted Kurt Cobain biographer, dies at 67
Charles R. Cross, the Seattle-based author and music journalist who wrote definitive biographies of Kurt Cobain and Jimi Hendrix, died…
Opinion: Tempted to vote for Jed Bartlet in 2024? 'The West Wing' was always a fantasy
As another terribly consequential presidential election approaches, it’s hard not to fantasize about how things could be different. Imagine, for…
A radical collaboration sheds prophetic light on Nat Turner's slave rebellion
Book review Nat Turner, Black Prophet: A Visionary Story By Anthony J. Kaye and Gregory P. DownsFarrar, Straus and Giroux:…
TJ Newman's 'worst case scenario' could ignite a bidding war in Hollywood
On the shelf The worst possible scenario By TJ NewmanLittle Brown: 336 pages, $30 If you purchase books linked on…
Opinion: Nancy Pelosi wants you to know she has power, but she won't tell you everything
Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s new book on the most important events of her two decades as House speaker and Democratic leader…
A bizarre game is hiding among the books at the Los Angeles Public Library
Imagine your local public library is inhabited by an unknown race of tiny people. They’ve hidden themselves in the shelves,…
A meticulous history of the senseless killing at Kent State
Book Review Kent State: An American Tragedy By Brian VanDeMarkWW Norton: 416 pages, $35If you purchase books linked on our…
This deaf soccer team was famous for losing, until something changed
Book Review The Riverside Boys: A Deaf Football Team and a Quest for Glory By Thomas FullerDoubleday: 256 pages, $28If…