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  1. Gangland L.A. in the 1950s, via pulp nonfiction: In the 1940s and '50s, Los Angeles was home to a remarkably high-pr... http://bit.ly/1WTiw1
  2. 'Robert Frost: Speaking on Campus' edited by Edward Connery Lathem: A collection of college talks suggests how the i... http://bit.ly/1Y9EvX
  3. Best book title of the year?: Author Judy Wearing deserves kudos for the title of her popular science book, "Edison's... http://bit.ly/gPe4g
  4. 'Under the Dome' by Stephen King: The fate of a small Maine town, suddenly left to its own devices when an impenetra... http://bit.ly/3LdiEJ
  5. Paul Shaffer knows what to spill -- and not -- in his memoir: Paul Shaffer has shared the stage with so many big nam... http://bit.ly/31G8R1
  6. How leftist intellectuals once approached bifurcated Berlin: In 1982, the leftist intellectual journal Semiotext(e) ... http://bit.ly/4pI0Ee
  7. Championing reviews this week: Magic Johnson and Larry Bird; China and the U.S. economy; J.M. Barrie and more: It is,... http://bit.ly/7PhBs
  8. Hulk Hogan wrote a book: And he'll be at Book Soup tonight to prove it. According to the bookstore, although there i... http://bit.ly/4Ewjal
  9. Philip Gourevitch to leave Paris Review: Philip Gourevitch will leave his position as editor of the Paris Review in ... http://bit.ly/1YONvO
  10. Afghanistan's Malalai Joya speaks in So Cal: At age 27, Malalai Joya was the first woman elected to Afghanistan's pa... http://bit.ly/1XD25x
  11. 'Eating Animals' by Jonathan Safran Foer: A plea against cruelty to animals draws on the author's family history an... http://bit.ly/296V2d
  12. Jonathan Safran Foer Q&A: You gonna eat that?: Jonathan Safran Foer asks, what did you do when you learned the truth... http://bit.ly/24WHRk
  13. 'When the Game Was Ours': Larry Bird and Magic Johnson look back on the era when they ruled -- and trans.. http://tinyurl.com/yj3rapv
  14. Isabel Rucker's long, long memoir: Tonight the SOMArts Center in San Francisco holds an opening for two artists.. http://bit.ly/1ZDL41
  15. 'The Man Who Loved Books Too Much' by Allison Hoover Bartlett: A thief and a detective are bound by a pa.. http://tinyurl.com/yeef97o
  16. 'XKCD: Volume 0' is sticking it to traditional publishers: What's the most stupidly ambitious aspect of "XKCD: .. http://bit.ly/2Wx1jP
  17. Gregory Maguire, author of 'Wicked,' does a good deed: Gregory Maguire, author of seven books for adults and fi.. http://bit.ly/3qGOvT
  18. Vibe Mag returns with Chris Brown on the cover: When Vibe Magazine closed its doors in June, there was a chorus.. http://bit.ly/1DWyHE
  19. LA inkSlam poetry festival includes heavy-spitters: Those who want to see lively live poetry should not miss th.. http://bit.ly/1CfHws
  20. Truman Capote's sexy gaze and other book ads: A Q&A with Dwight Garner: In "Read Me," Dwight Garner compiles a .. http://bit.ly/3K2eSW