Donald Trump has been bad for America but good for American book publishers. Dozens of books about Trump were published in 2020, some selling millions of copies. Here is a highly personal assessment. Read the full article here.
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The 10 best California books of 2020
Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties was added to the Los Angeles Times’ Top 10 Best Books of 2020 by David Ulin. “For all the horrors of this year, it has been a great one for California writing. Here are 10 favorite books that have changed or expanded the ways I think…
Column: This Mexican nerd’s guide to coronavirus lockdown reading
Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties was included in a reading recommendation in the Los Angeles Times by Gustavo Arellano. “One of the few good things Southern California saw in 2020 was a bounty of history books on the region. The ones I’m going to recommend all hit issues — protests, politics,…
Op-Ed: How do you protest at a virtual Democratic convention?
Jon Wiener and Mike Davis published an Op-Ed in the Los Angeles Times on the history and future of protests at the DNC. “With the Democratic National Convention meeting virtually this year, the fate of another longstanding political tradition is also in jeopardy.” Read the full op-ed here.
Op-Ed: Venice tried to oust the LAPD 50 years ago. Today we’re talking about the same issues
“July 4, 1969, was a day of festive parades and picnics across Southern California: Pacific Palisades had its annual “Americanism” parade, the West Covina parade had two Vietnam vets for its grand marshals and Claremont had an ‘Old Tyme Parade.’” Read the full article here.
Los Angeles Times Bestsellers List — June 14, 2020
Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties is on the Los Angeles Times bestseller list. To see the full list, visit the Los Angeles Times.