I am so impressed with the wonderful quality of submissions for this award. As the contest is anonymous, I have no idea who the authors are. But their talents are obvious. So, although I was asked to only provide the citation for the winner, I…
Congratulations to the 2018 Book Prize Honorees! Tickets for the 39th annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes ceremony on April 12th will go on sale March 7th – please join us! Kiese Laymon, Heavy: An American, Scribner Katya Apekina, The…
Valeria Luiselli's novel, Lost Children Archive, is now available from Knopf. Who do you most wish would read your book? Anyone who thinks that “Make America Great Again” is not a fascist slogan. What do you always want to talk about…
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January Gill O'Neil
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Adolescence is fraught with dangers, not the least of which are teenagers' assumptions of their own immortality — how could anything stop such vibrant corporeal glory? But parents know how swiftly tragedy can strike and how accidental its…
Issa's Best: A Translator's Selection of Master Haiku 1,210 great haiku by Issa in seasonal order—with an introduction to Issa's life and poetry. 219 pages. Order paperback copies here: Issa's Best ($9.99). Also available as an e-book for…
