Author of the novel Dreaming in Cuban
Cristina García on KCRW
More from KCRW
Pride Poets hotline brings creativity and comfort to LGBTQ community
ArtsThe Pride Poets hotline writes custom, on-the-spot, free poems for anyone who dials in. This year, its creative team took more than 200 calls.
Meet LA’s Atheist Street Pirates who take down religious signs
ReligionLocal atheist volunteers started taking down illegally posted religious signs in public places less than a year ago. Now their plunders and crowdsourced maps are gaining traction.
Plane-turned-observatory collects data on our neighbors in space
ScienceThe world’s only flying deep-space telescope zigzags over the Pacific, taking images from a hole in the side of the plane. The program is set to end this fall.
Vietnam War veteran Ron Kovic, author of “Born on the Fourth of July” and subject of Oliver Stone’s iconic Vietnam War film, will mark his 76 th birthday watching a war that portends the end of civilization
BooksAt a time when the war that could end civilization escalates, peace activist Ron Kovic marks his July 4 birthday sounding the alarm about the true costs of war, a sentiment shared by…
Predicting the future: The true story of the Premonitions Bureau
ScienceAuthor Sam Knight tells the true story of the British psychiatrist and London science journalist who established a Premonitions Bureau to test the power of ESP and predict future…
California’s High Sierra inspires a vision of the future
CaliforniaAt a time of rapidly changing climate, a new memoir says California’s most majestic mountains will be transformed, offering hope to humanity.
Saving broke and broken America, one town at a time.
PoliticsMichelle Wilde Anderson speaks to Robert Scheer about how four working class towns struggling with poverty and broke governments still managed to progress.
Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic on career-defining film 'Murina'
EntertainmentFilmmaker Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic’s debut feature “Murina” won best first film at Cannes last year.
All of the lights and glitter: Will 'Elvis' be a box-office success?
EntertainmentWith Baz Luhrmann and an endorsement from Elvis’ estate, Warner Bros. hopes to cash in with their new feature film “Elvis.”