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Betting Big

Betting Big

On whether a book can make people care about a new runaway-train predatory industry.

Paul Bass

10 Apr 2025 · 5 min read

A Shining Star In The Shadow of Hollywood’s Barriers

A Shining Star In The Shadow of Hollywood’s Barriers

“When I die, my epitaph should be: I died a thousand deaths. That was the story of my film career.”

Vita Hewitt

9 Apr 2025 · 5 min read

Now We Know Why

Now We Know Why

A new "Hunger Games" prequel answers some questions and challenges us about our role amid the world' evils.

Erica Hobbs

8 Apr 2025 · 4 min read

Survival Is No Joke

Survival Is No Joke

In Boris Fishman's new novel about a family escaping civil war and totalitarianism.

Paul Bass

27 Mar 2025 · 6 min read

Get This Bread

Get This Bread

A fresh book by baker and writer Jim Franks frames culinary experimentation as a coping tactic for existential dread.

Izzy True

10 Mar 2025 · 1 min read

What We Owe The Dogs We "Own"

What We Owe The Dogs We "Own"

In his new poetry collection, Reginald Dwayne Betts questions who's in control

Laura Glesby

3 Mar 2025 · 3 min read

Book Review: A Raw, Poetic Journey of Identity, Rebellion, and Self-Discovery

Book Review: A Raw, Poetic Journey of Identity, Rebellion, and Self-Discovery

How much of who we are is defined by the world around us, and how much of it is something we must create for ourselves? Aria Aber explores identity in this debut coming of age novel.

Vita Hewitt

21 Feb 2025 · 4 min read

All Over

Power To The Novelist

A search for Black Panther truth -- through fiction.

Paul Bass

10 Feb 2025 · 5 min read

California Against the Sea: Rosanna Xia Takes the High Road on Sea Level Rise

California Against the Sea: Rosanna Xia Takes the High Road on Sea Level Rise

An author's chat at Clio's Books offers a clear-eyed look at the storms brewing outside.

Frederick Noland

5 Nov 2024 · 1 min read

What You Don’t Know: A Childhood Memoir

What You Don’t Know: A Childhood Memoir

What You Don’t Know Will Make a Whole New World Dorothy Lazard Heyday Books

Frederick Noland

7 Jul 2024 · 1 min read

How Geology Shaped A City

How Geology Shaped A City

Deep Oakland: How Geology Shaped A City, by Andrew Alden, published by Heyday Books.

Frederick Noland

22 May 2024 · 1 min read