Local bookstores, dealt another blow by L.A. fires, become ‘community touchstones’
Local bookstores have become tiny beacons of light, drawing Angelenos seeking solace and consolation following the L.A. fires ...
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Black-owned bookstore in Pasadena becomes resource hub for fire evacuees
After realizing her business survived the Eaton Fire, Nikki High, opened her bookstore’s shelfs for donations and offered ...
A stool, a bread knife, and books: How the keepers of L.A.’s most famous homes chose what to save during the fires
When the Los Angeles-area fires came for the Eames and Gamble houses, preservationists had to choose what to save. Here’s ...
Valley bookstore lends a hand: Book drive to help rebuild a local library destroyed in California wildfires
One Valley bookstore is determined to help rebuild that space. Wijaya House, a new bookstore in southern Tempe, is holding a ...
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Opinion: Los Angeles and the literature of the apocalypse
Apocalypse as a happy ending? Only in Los Angeles. It's an idea that's epicentral to the identity of the place.
Author's story of coping after a wildfire resonates with community affected by latest Los Angeles-area fires
Learning from Silence,” a memoir about losing his family's Santa Barbara home and everything he owned in a 1990 wildfire.
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Octavia Butler predicted fire disaster in Los Angeles in 1993 book 'Parable of the Sower'
"Parable of the Sower" was written in 1993 and set in a post-apocalyptic Los Angeles. "We had a fire today," reads a Feb. 1, 2025, diary entry in the book, referring to a small fire that presages ...
For years, these artists painted L.A. on fire. Now life is a charred canvas.
The L.A. wildfires look eerily like works of art by Alex Schaefer, Ed Ruscha, Francesca Gabbiani, John Knuth and others.
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‘Like the burning bush’: Rabbi’s book survives Holocaust – and the Los Angeles fire
“The bush was on fire, but it was not consumed.” The family room had shelves containing hundreds of books, but this was the only one that survived the inferno. As he flipped through its ...