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Mario Vargas Llosa
Nicholas Clayton, Librarian, Multilingual Collections, April 18, 2025

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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Artist Maru García

Interview With Artist Maru García

Alice S., Librarian, Art, Music & Recreation Dept. , Monday, April 19, 2021

Maru García is a Mexican artist who is now based in Los Angeles. Her work merges the fields of art, science, and technology. She often uses organic, living material in her artworks to explore biological processes and the ability of living creatures (including humans) to restore polluted sites.


Author Pip Williams and her first novel, The Dictionary of Lost Words

Interview With an Author: Pip Williams

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Monday, April 19, 2021

Pip Williams was born in London, grew up in Sydney, and now lives in Australia’s Adelaide Hills. She is the author of One Italian Summer, a memoir of her family's travels in search of the good life, which was published in Australia to wide acclaim.


coloring page from the Hidden Heroes coloring book

Compton's Cafeteria Riot

Andrea Borchert, Librarian, Koreatown Media Lab, Friday, April 16, 2021

Narratives attached to events in LGBTQIA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual) history like the Stonewall riots and other uprisings often de-emphasize the work of transgender people, particularly transgender people of color, in the fight for LGBTQIA rights.


Writer Alice Wynne and her zines, Face Value and Digital Demigod

Interview With Zine Maker - Alice Wynne

Angi Brzycki, Senior Librarian, Digitization & Special Collections, Friday, April 16, 2021

Alice Wynne is a Los Angeles based zinester and writer. Alice loves coffee, community, learning stories, and researching.


Dr. Batra and Keith R.A. DeCandido and their first novel, Animal

Interview With an Author: Dr. Munish K. Batra & Keith R.A. DeCandido

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Thursday, April 15, 2021

Munish K. Batra’s cosmetic practice is one of the busiest in the nation, and Dr. Batra has been featured in People, The Los Angeles Times, and many other national media outlets.


Collage of films adapted from books

Read it First: Literary Sleuths on the Silver Screen

Elizabeth Graney, Librarian, Literature & Fiction Department, Wednesday, April 14, 2021

This month marks the 180th anniversary of the publication of Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “Murders in the Rue Morgue.” Widely recognized as the first modern detective story and the progenitor of the fictional detective character, “Murders in the Rue Morgue” is also considered the first locked room mystery


Happy person with arms raised among the trees

21st Century Kids: Tree Advocates

Mona Gilbert, Children's Librarian, Northridge Branch Library, Tuesday, April 13, 2021

I stand in awe of a large Ash Tree, growing in my backyard for thirty-seven years. This tree not only provides wonderful shade during summer, but also is a place of rest for birds and squirrels. I can’t imagine life without trees, as they are essential to all outdoor spaces.


Alexandre Dorriz black and white architectural drawing

Interview With Artist Alexandre Dorriz

Eileen King, Librarian, Art & Music Department, Monday, April 12, 2021

Alexandre Dorriz’s research-based work informs the viewer of a data-driven concept accompanied with a visual format that presents data as entities tied to economic systems with or without links to social or political intersections.


Author Joshilyn Jackson and her latest novel, Mother May I

Interview With an Author: Joshilyn Jackson

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Monday, April 12, 2021

Joshilyn Jackson is the New York Times bestselling author of nine novels, including Gods in Alabama and


Portrait of Florence Price taken by G. Niledoff

Happy Birthday, Florence Price - Groundbreaking Composer

Alan Westby, Librarian, Art, Music & Recreation Department, Friday, April 9, 2021

On Easter Sunday, 1939, contralto Marian Anderson performed one of the most significant concerts in American history.


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