His third publication, “Shaky Town,” a novel of interconnected stories set in a fictional 1980s East L.A. neighborhood, arrived at the end of August, thanks in part to a mentee’s…
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The Second Coming of Octavia E. Butler
Butler’s books—from the Xenogenesis trilogy to the Parable series to her later work, including Fledgling—tackled environmental destruction, border conflicts, intergenerational trauma, and the intricacies of race, gender, and reproduction. Born…
Generation Bold – a Podcast on The Aging Landscape exploring Trends and Perspectives
Host Adriane Berg and her battalion of experts come to the rescue to bring you the “Fountain of Truth” about Boomer lifestyle and fulfillment. If it is in your life,…
Too Many Firefighters are Dying of Cancer and Derek Urwin Aims to Change that
Derek Urwin, a longtime firefighter who expects to complete his Ph.D. in chemistry during the winter quarter, is out to change that, using his knowledge of chemistry to improve firefighter…
A Bilingual Novelist’s Family Saga Plumbs the Allure and the Menace of ‘L.A. Weather’
Set during the tail end of one of California’s driest periods on record, the story unfolds over the calendar year of 2016. All the weather events in the book — every fire,…
Movers & Shakers: The Newsworthy And Noteworthy
Experts young and old — working with passion in art, architecture, food, social work and science — are doing their best to improve not just the Bay Area, but the…