Join PBS SoCal and The Last Bookstore to celebrate the nation’s 100 most-loved novels. Inspired by the PBS series The Great American Read, the evening will feature exclusive clips, discussions with author Lisa See and Eliyannah Yisrael, a local subject from the series, and a special performance by Impro Theatre’s hilarious “Jane Austen UnScripted.”
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Lynell George is an LA-based journalist and essayist. She has had a long career in LA journalism as a staff writer for both The Los Angeles Times and L.A. Weekly—focusing on social issues, human behavior, and identity politics as well as visual arts, music, and literature. Her writings have appeared in several essay collections. Read More …
Our next giveaway is a signed copy of Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber, who will appear at the Barnsdall Gallery Theatre on June 13 at 8 p.m. in conversation with Cory Doctorow. The book goes to one lucky winner from our subscribers list.
Bethany C. Morrow is a recovering expat recently returning from six years in Montreal, Quebec, to live and write in north-country New York — yet another foreign place. A California native, Bethany graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz with a BA in Sociology (but took notable detours in the Film and Theatre departments). Following undergrad, she studied Clinical Psychological Research at the University of Wales, Bangor, in Great Britain before returning to North America to focus on her literary work.
Ece Temelkuran, one of Turkey’s best-known novelists and political commentators, was a prominent investigative journalist before her controversial explorations of Kurdish and Armenian issues led to her dismissal. She was a visiting fellow at Oxford and delivered the Freedom Lecture as a guest of Amnesty International and the Prince Claus Foundation. Read More …
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