Books
Ismet Prcic describes trauma and transformation in ‘Unspeakable Home’
The author's sophomore novel, out now from Avid Reader Press, follows a Bosnian refugee in the U.S. who is reeling from a divorce and recovering from alcoholism. He writes letters to the only person he thinks can understand him — comedian Bill Burr.
11 new books out this month: Fiction, nonfiction and more
And first, a closer look at NYRB editorial director Edwin Frank's new 'Stranger Than Fiction: Lives of the Twentieth-Century Novel.'
How this Claremont author became a Red Hen Press award winner
Esinam Bediako won the Ann Petry Award from the Pasadena-based publisher for her debut novel, 'Blood on the Brain,' out in stores now.
This week’s bestsellers at Southern California’s independent bookstores
See the top-selling releases among hardcover fiction and nonfiction, plus trade paperbacks for the sales week that ended Nov. 10.
Why ‘Didion & Babitz’ author warns readers: Don’t be a baby
Lili Anolik's dual biography of Joan Didion and Eve Babitz makes a compelling case that the literary icons weren't just rivals, they were soul mates.