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www.aefonner.com From “Preface” The thing about poetry is that it is very personal. I think a poet is suddenly inspired and locks him—or herself off …

FRAMED: Greg Gorman for l.a.Eyeworks Photography by Greg Gorman Grafiche Damiani www.laeyeworks.com/framed For 30 years, photographer Greg Gorman has made an artful, hip spectacle of …

Grand Central Publishingwww.hatchettebookgroup.com A gentleman answers the phone.  “Hello?” “Hi, can I please speak with Pam Grier?” “Just a minute.” Strains of opera music can …

The Astaires: Fred & AdeleBy Kathleen Riley Oxford University Presswww.oup.com The shows written for the Astaires’ singular talents changed the very shape of the American …

On a sunny L.A. day in 1975, a young photographer named Hugh Holland was driving up Laurel Canyon Boulevard when he saw something he, and …

Tired of California examines the efforts of the Beach Boys to reinvent themselves in the early 1970s as they recorded their critically acclaimed Holland album. …

Author, Aaron James, begs to differ with Jean-Paul Sartre, who once declared waterskiing to be “the ideal limit of aquatic sports.” Penguin Random Housepenguinrandomhouse.com Shelf …

Timid, 14-year-old Tiny undertakes a life-saving swim sparked by an unlikely friendship with Goliath. Bonding over their imperfections, they form a deep friendship, quickly becoming …

www.braddockavenue books.com Although Lovepain is by no means a suspense novel, Curtis Smith proves throughout to be a master of the suspended moment and a …

About the Book: http://www.marlenembell.com “Debut author Bell delivers a great, slow-building romance, gently examining her characters’ painful pasts.” — Kirkus Reviews  People die, but legends live …