LA Review of Books on KCRW
The Los Angeles Review of Books (LARB) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and disseminating the best that is being and has been thought and written, with an enduring commitment to the intellectual rigor, the incisiveness, and the power of the written word. LARB is a community of writers, critics, artists, filmmakers and scholars committed to advanced literacy and the cultural relevance of the book review as public institution. KCRW partners with the LA Review of Books on this series of conversations with and about the written word.
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Tom Lutz on engaging summer reads from Southern California writers Steve Erickson, Dana Johnson, Seth Greenland and Aimee Phan.
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17th Annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
Tom Lutz previews the 17th Annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, which kicks off Saturday, April 21, at 10am on the campus of USC.
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