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Star Wars Books to Share With Your Children
“Where are your Star Wars books?” This is a very popular question librarians receive from children and their caregivers at the library.
Dodger Thoughts and Beyond: An Interview With Author Jon Weisman
If you're an Angeleno with even a casual interest in the Dodgers, you've probably heard of veteran baseball writer Jon Weisman.
There and Back: Los Angeles Japanese and Executive Order 9066
Photo Friends, Tuesday, May 1, 2018
In the spring of 1942, the City of Los Angeles experienced a population exodus triggered by a presidential executive order. Images in the Los Angeles Public Library's Herald Examiner Collection and Shades of L.A.
Rising From the Ashes: A Love Letter to Central Library
"It happened in New York, April 10th, nineteen years ago. Even my hand balks at the date. I had to push to write it down, just to keep the pen moving on the paper.
Forgotten Los Angeles History: El Aliso, the Big Tree of Los Angeles
“Poems are made by fools like me, but only God can make a tree.”
—Trees by Joyce Kilmer
Interview With an Author: Linda Addison
Linda Addison is an award-winning poet and author writing in the genres of Fantasy, Horror and Science Fiction.
Visit a National Park With the Library As Your Guide
The best way to celebrate the National Park System in America is to stand on the hallowed ground of any one of them and just look around. They never fail to fill you with wonder and genuine pride in the treasures that exist in this country.
Deciphering the News: Interview With Bill Kovach
Our democracy holds us, its citizens, responsible for knowing what the issues are, and how we intend to vote on them. Journalists, for their part, are responsible for providing us with the information we need to understand the issues and our choices.
Interview With an Author: Sarah Kendzior
Sarah Kendzior is a writer, journalist, and researcher who has studied authoritarian states in Central Asia. She is a former columnist for Al Jazeera English and is credited with being one of the first to predict the outcome of the 2016 presidential election.