This weekend at UCLA is the annual LA Times Festival of Books.  I’ll be heading to the presentation of the LAT Book Prizes the evening before, and then at the festival all day, both days.  If you’ve never gone before, you should try to head up to UCLA for a little - the Festival is [...]

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While in Dutton’s today, I thought about an accelerating trend marking my past 3 years in LA - the shuttering of local bookstores (a trend that doubtless is occurring across the country - Coliseum Books comes to mind).
It’s weird that I’ve come to witness the tail end of some really beloved institutions like Dutton’s.  Here [...]

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