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Maddie Connors
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Inside the elaborate, competitive L.A. book club taking immersion to the extreme
From Ukrainian delicacies in a Venice Beach kitchen to 18th century mansions in La Jolla, go inside 'The Booked Babes' — an ultra-exclusive, high-production Los…
The ‘baby of the group’ is 83: How a Pacific Palisades book club remains unbreakable
Their connection is a quarter-century in the making, deepened by the shared experiences of marriage, motherhood and grief — a history they now measure against…
The rise of the ‘Adderall novel’: How our attention spans are changing the way authors write
Why the latest literary trend favors short, punchy prose over epics. Novelists Anika Jade Levy and Jenny Offill weigh in.
Is that your kid’s drawing or the cover of the hottest new novel?
From fashion runways to the covers of books, a trendy "naive" aesthetic is ditching polished perfection for the deliberate messiness of childhood.
Why these Angelenos are flocking to an 8-hour immersive dining and literary experience
In an era of 'anti-intellectualism,' a popular L.A. reading series called Grain of Salt is redefining the book club by pairing queer literature with immersive…