Mario Vargas Llosa nació el 28 de marzo de 1936 en Arequipa, Perú y falleció en Lima el 13 de abril a los 89 años de edad. Durante su vida, vivió en varios países como Perú, Bolivia, España, y Francia. Ganó el premio Príncipe de Asturias en 1986 y también el premio Nobel de Literatura en 2010. Autor de más de 50 obras de literatura incluidos Conversación en la catedral, Cartas a...
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Art in the Library: Exposition Park - Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Regional Library
The current building of the Exposition Park - Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Regional Library is an LEED Gold Certified (environmentally sustainable design) structure built in 2008.
Pretty in Pink: The Lost Matson Terminal, 1953-1986
It's a painful truth that Angelenos can much too easily identify architectural structures that have been erased from our city's landscape. Some structures are well-known and widely mourned while others have disappeared from our collective consciousness without much afterthought.
Read It First! Movie Adaptations in Theaters This Month
If you've heard it once, you've heard it a million times—the book was better! There's nothing like debating the differences between a favorite book and its translation to the screen.
Interview With an Author: Jennifer McMahon
Jennifer McMahon is the author of ten novels, including the New York Times best-sellers Prom
Lo nuevo en español: libros interesantes que llegan a la biblioteca este mes
Los libros en español más esperados están disponibles en tu biblioteca. Haz clic en cada título para verlo en nuestro catálogo. ¡No esperes y reserva tu copia hoy mismo!
Interview With an Author: Natalia Molina
Natalia Molina is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California.
Indigenous Literature Conference
Los Angeles is one of the most linguistically diverse cities in the world. With 185 languages spoken in our city, 54 percent of the population ages five and over speak a language other than English at home. Among these languages are many Indigenous languages of Latin America.
Interview With an Author: Eddie Robson
Eddie Robson is a British comedy and science fiction writer best known for his sitcom W
Interview With an Author: Timothy Hallinan
Timothy Hallinan has been nominated for the Edgar, Nero, Shamus, Macavity, and Silver Dagger awards.
Youth Poets of Los Angeles
In my role as the City’s Poet Laureate, l issued a call to L.A.’s middle schools for students’ poems responding to the following questions: What location or site in the City means the most to you & why? What part of Los Angeles would you want to save forever?