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WHEN: April 17-23 HOW: Register in advance for events and receive a reminder email with a link. DETAILS: Events are free to view except those featuring Don Lemon, Richard Thompson and Brandi Carlile, which cost $5. Books available through partner booksellers. Questions can be submitted on registration. See Festival FAQ for more. April 17 Festival of Books kickoff, presented with USC Join us for the kickoff of the 26th annual Festival of Books featuring Dr. Carol L. Folt, USC president, along with surprise appearances by L.A. Times writers and a performance by the USC Trojan Marching Band. Ple...

Diné College to become a hub for Native writing by offering a new degree in creative writing New BFA degree begins Fall 2021 Author: News Release Diné College  Diné College will be offering a new BFA degree emphasis in creative writing beginning in fall 2021. The program was approved last month by the Board of Regents. “Based on our research, there is a demand for this degree program,” said Diné College President Charles “Monty” Roessel. “We are an indigenous-centered institution with critically-acclaimed and published faculty here at the College. It’s only fitting to off...

By Joan Gaylord Correspondent When Danielle Geller’s mother passes away, she leaves behind eight suitcases filled with worldly possessions. Seven contain worn clothing and other mundane items. The eighth, however, is packed with photographs, letters, and a lifetime’s worth of journals. In her debut memoir “Dog Flowers,” Geller explores these treasures and discovers the outline of a woman Geller never really knew. Considering that Geller’s mother had lived for years on the street and struggled with alcoholism, the existence of the trove is all the more remarka...

Let these new and forthcoming titles welcome the changes to come in 2021. Top, L to R: "Milk Blood Heat" (Grove Atlantic), "Just As I Am" (HarperCollins), "We Too" (The Feminist Press), "Four Hundred Souls" (One World/Random House). Bottom, L to R: "This Close to Okay" (Grand Central), "Firekeeper's Daughter" (Henry Holt + Co.), "The Echoing Ida Collection" (The Feminist Press), "Love is an Ex-Country" (Catapult). Illustration Credit: Courtesy CLG We will never go back to a time before the devastating losses and surreal political theater seen during the COVID-19 pandemic. The year 2020 chang...

Photo courtesy: Danielle Geller My mother left the Navajo reservation almost as soon as she could. At nineteen, she moved to the city, as many do, to continue her education. In a brown and water-stained copy of an incomplete job application, I found evidence of these early years: From April 4, 1983, until July 1, 1984, she took classes on cultural awareness, health education, and leadership at the “Albuquerque Job Corps Center.” (“It was the best,” a woman who attended the school in the late 80s wrote in a recent Google review. “I will always remember the good times I had.”) For w...