Peter Carey

During the pandemic, the co-owners of downtown LA’s The Last Bookstore nearly ran out of money, laid off most of their staff, and closed their store.

From the brand new podcast Appearances, by Sharon Mashihi, we bring you “Episode 04: Last Ditch Effort.”

Danika Kohler Doman, a production supervisor who has been working as a “COVID manager,” talks about what it’s like to enforce Hollywood’s new coronavirus protocols.

The eerie realism of Charles Baxter reaches an apotheosis in his new novel, “The Sun Collective.”

Douglas Stuart’s “Shuggie Bain” is not a book to miss.

Steve James, the filmmaker behind “Hoop Dreams,” is out with a new series called “City So Real,” which documents Chicago’s political landscape and the lives of its residents.

Nicole Krauss speaks about subconscious magic and realism combining through the art of writing, and her new book of short stories, “To Be a Man.”

Mauro Javier Cárdenas discusses reimagining narrative possibilities with his new book, “Aphasia."

Charles Yu’s "Interior Chinatown" is a contemporary novel about dealing with the difficulty of being whoever you are.