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WEST HOLLYWOOD
The onetime resident returns to the place that still frolics in his imagination.
FLIPPING AHEAD
David Maraniss on the 1960 Olympics in Rome, which marked the modern age of athletic competition.
Book It
Paris Barclay to direct the tale of black soldiers wrongly convicted of lynching a prisoner.
DISHING BOOKS
Simon & Schuster's CEO knows that
blockbuster books can be a crapshoot.
Books & Authors
Joseph O'Neill sees 'Netherland' as a work in the American Dreamer tradition.
Books & Authors
'Previous Convictions' figures to expand his reputation as an attack dog.
Books & Authors
His own flight delay gave him an idea that led, eventually, to the novel.
Books & Authors
The new generation of writers tackles the social upheaval that has shaped their lives.
Books & Authors
"Master of the Mysteries" explores L.A.'s obsession with the occult.
BOOKIT
Paramount options 'Beautiful Boy' and 'Tweak,' dealing with a son's meth addiction.
Books & authors
The 'Sex and the City' writing grad travels the globe to research her new book.
Some gossip that her novel is an act of revenge on husband Denis, the actor. Nah.
Books & authors
Known for her research on chimpanzees, she's now working to save the planet. We can all do little things, she says.
THE WRITER'S LIFE
Anthropology meets the pocket protector in 'American Nerd: The Story of My People' by Benjamin Nugent.
BOOK IT
Actress Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman producing.
Padma Lakshmi hosts 'Top Chef' and writes cookbooks. And has more things cooking.
BOOKS
The novelist's new work hugs the Southern California cost but embraces a wider world.
BOOKS
What are you going to read this summer? Let Book Review help you decide.
BOOKS & AUTHORS
Novelist Marisa Silver sets her new book, 'The God of War,' in a barren desert region of California largely ignored by other writers.
BRENTWOOD
Diesel plans to open in September at the Brentwood Country Mart. It's not trying to replace the beloved Dutton's, but comparisons are probably inevitable.
BOOK IT
The book: 'Stolen Innocence' By Elissa Wall with Lisa Pulitzer (William Morrow) The buyer: Sharp Independent and Killer Films
The company plans to reduce $120 million in annual expenses.
Books & Authors
The novelist's visit to Soviet Russia sparked his endless pursuit of espionage stories of 1930s Europe.
For four days, the City of Angels is where it's at, literarily speaking.
Books & Authors
The British author Lavinia Greenlaw revisits her youthful days when music played a major role in shaping her self-image.
THE WRITER'S LIFE
In his first book, the 29-year-old writer describes people and places near and far -- when he isn't fantasizing about fishing.
In a once-seedy little corner of downtown, mystery writers and tenants rights groups tackle gentrification.
BOOKS & IDEAS
At Book Expo America, publishers and booksellers will look at ways to attract readers in a new age. Key word: Change.
BookIt
Paramount Vantage options Samuel Logan's book on the gang
ESSAY
Susan Straight on winning the Edgar award for her short story, 'The Golden Gopher'
Books & Authors
The Sarajevo-born Hemon insists he's a writer first, and works in whatever forms his talent allows. His latest, "The Lazarus Project," happens to be a novel.
The editor of Newsweek International foresees the rise of China and India, and suggests how the U.S. can remain a major player in the world.
BOOK NEWS
He's trying to step clear of 'A Million Little Pieces' as he publicizes his novel.
Books & Authors
His new book's unblinking melding of sex and death raises the queasiness factor several notches.
The outspoken feminist wrote about everyday events in a way that touched on basic human realities.
Books & Authors
The Brazilian journalist has spent more than four decades trying to right wrongs while staying alive and out of jail.
A flawless draftsman, Elder also had a satiric edge.
Hall, a well regarded Western novelist, helped build UC Irvine's prestigious writing program and launch the careers of such writers as Michael Chabon, Richard Ford and Amy Tan.
BOOKIT
Rapp is a post-9/11 hero who battles terrorism and the threat of war.
BOOK NEWS
Walden Media and HarperCollins form a publishing venture.
Books
Memoir celebrates the simple pleasures of artisan wines and the adventure found in every glass.
BOOKS & AUTHORS
The memoirist of the Coppola clan reflects on high and low points and her famous family in 'Notes on a Life.'
Books & Authors
'The Story of a Marriage' deals with secrets in the Sunset District.
BOOK IT
The book: 'Money for Nothing' by Edward Ugel The buyer: Warner Independent Pictures
The legacy of the literature critic is born again in a new collection of his essays.
Books & authors
The singer-songwriter's ex-girlfriend ends years of silence in 'A Freewheelin' Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties.'
BOOKIT
The book: 'The Matarese Circle' by Robert Ludlum The buyer: MGM
BOOK NEWS
Gary Snyder receives the prestigious poetry prize worth $100,000
BOOK NEWS
It starts with a phone call from someone claiming to be an author. Then the caller asks for money. But sellers are catching on.
BOOKIT
The book: 'The Blonde' by Duane Swierczynski The buyer: Michelle Monaghan
Books & Authors
Sex in literary fiction is going far beyond the missionary position. Witness Melanie Abrams' 'Playing.'
The Writing Life
In 'The Bill McKibben Reader: Pieces From an Active Life' and 'American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau,' the writer keeps our eyes on the argument.
It is elevated to fine art, with famous models posing for top fashion photographers.
BOOKS
At a memorial service, Norman Mailer's family and friends laud his artistic risk-taking and literary successes.
Book It
The book: "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel," by Lisa See The buyer: Florence Sloan
REASSESSMENTS
The onetime enfant terrible, now 44, still has no patience for critics, but some of his colleagues say Ellis' writing may one day get the respect it deserves.
Essay
With a "Brave New World" movie coming from the team of Ridley Scott and Leonardo DiCaprio, and reissue orders climbing, Aldous Huxley is making a comeback.
The writing life
This novel — Carlson’s first in 30 years — revolves around three damaged souls (an aging rancher, a guilt-ridden engineer and a runaway teenager) who come together one summer to build a stunt motorcycle ramp in a gorge in southern Idaho. A stirring exploration of the way men relate (or don’t) to one another, set against the stark and unforgiving landscape of the rural West.
Books & Authors
Despite the pending demise of Dutton's, special bookstores remain. Writers describe their favorites.
Book news
Harriet A. Washington, Alex Ross, Mary Jo Bang and Tim Jeal also take prizes.
Books & Authors
Called by some the nation's gayest city, it is described as a center of aging men with sexual hyper-drives.
Observers call for more caution and fact checking. Others note a history of white artists appropriating the experiences of racial minorities.
Why so many frauds? We love tell-alls, and careless publishers love money.
BOOK NEWS
Margaret Seltzer joins an infamous club of authors and journalists whose work was more fiction than fact.
For 23 years, the West L.A. bookstore has been a place for writers, thinkers and readers.
Books & Ideas
"The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945," is the second and concluding volume in Saul Friedlander's sprawling chronicle of Hitler's final solution.
In his 600-page autobiography, the Cuban leader touts universal literacy, free higher education, and healthcare as his greatest accomplishments. But he decries his people's move toward materialism.
BOOK REVIEW
New books examine sex, monogamy in marriage, erectile dysfunction, lack of intimacy and sexploration.
COOKBOOK WATCH
Pastry chef Sherry Yard's latest collection amuses and inspires. Recipes mark the milestones of her life.
Books & Authors
His book of baseball photos, 'Ballet in the Dirt,' is selling for a hefty $400.
WEB SCOUT
The e-book reader raises questions about the fundamentals of literature and its future.
ELECTRONICS
Amazon banks on Kindle as the digital answer to books.
The author of 'The Naked and the Dead' won glory and scorn, on and off the page, as one of the major literary figures of his generation.
BACKTRACKING/BOOKS
'Top Pop Singles' by Joel Whitburn
REREADING THE CLASSICS
Sadism pervades the text and the story can be confusing. Yet there is something irresistible about Shakespeare's play.
BOOKS & IDEAS
Grounded in West Coast soil and a California literary tradition, Robert Hass has won acclaim for a volume of verse that looks not only inward but at political and environmental concerns.
THE WRITER'S ART
Junot Díaz was a lapsed fan of science fiction. A nerdy guy named Oscar Wao drew him back.
Book Review
By Marianne Wiggins
Writer's path: Of his new novel, Ron Carlson says it's still a question of "advancing into the dark and not being certain. I don't just feel the need anymore to follow every little digression."
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