Youngmi Mayer wants you to laugh while crying over her memoir
Welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter.Hello, fellow readers. I’m culture critic and fervent bookworm Chris Vognar. This week we speak with comedian and…
With Palm Springs AIDS memorial, Philip K. Smith finds redemption
Doesn’t it look like an anus?That question — posed in September 2023 by one of the 16,000 members of the Gay Men of Palm Springs…
In Conversation with Farid Huseynov, Chief Executive Officer, Kapital Bank
Home Media Expert Perspectives In Conversation with Farid Huseynov, Chief Executive Officer, Kapital Bank Kapital Bank CEO Farid Huseynov spoke about the bank’s leadership in…
Kremlin rejects reports of conversation last week between Putin, Trump
The Kremlin on Monday rejected reports that President Vladimir Putin spoke last week with President-elect Donald Trump about the war in Ukraine, and a spokesman…
How Taylor Swift reinvented pop music
Welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter.Hello, fellow readers. I’m culture critic and fervent bookworm Chris Vognar. This week we speak with Rolling Stone…
L.A.’s audio scandal is taking down another Latino political leader
In the secretly recorded conversation that upended his political career, Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León kept returning to a familiar theme: preserving and…
Hanif Abdurraqib’s new book shows basketball can be poetry
Welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter.Hello, fellow readers. I’m culture critic, fervent bookworm and hoops head Chris Vognar.This week we speak with poet…
‘Love Is Blind’ gets political with talk of Trump, liberal views
Over seven seasons, contestants on “Love Is Blind” have shared difficult, sometimes deal-breaking conversations about issues like race, religion, money, birth control and abortion.But one…
Suspects in City Hall audio leak won’t be charged with misdemeanors
Two people who were suspected of illegally recording a conversation between four Latino political leaders that sparked an uproar at City Hall will not face…
Dwight Howard, Jeanie Buss clear air on his 2020 Lakers departure
Dwight Howard was confused.On a team led by LeBron James and Anthony Davis, Howard had been viewed as a key role player during the Lakers’…
How a new book honors Emmett Till
Welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter.Hello, fellow readers. I’m culture critic and fervent bookworm Chris Vognar.This week I spoke with Wright Thompson, a…