David L. Ulin

Let's begin with the title. “Bluff” — the name of Danez Smith's fourth collection of poetry, and first since January 2020 — represents a cliff or aerie, a high point from which to take a broader view.

'Playground' is an intricately braided novel of overlapping love stories and unresolved polarities that doesn't always come to three-dimensional life.

Tobias Wolff’s memoir is the California Book Club’s October 2024 selection.

Tobias Wolff’s This Boy’s Life is the California Book Club’s October 2024 selection.

Rachel Khong’s novel is the California Book Club’s December 2024 selection.

Los Angeles Times Opinion Opinion The cartoonist's way — comics master Adrian Tomine draws insights on the creative process

The last time I visited my parents, I borrowed a novel from the shelves in my old bedroom. Once, the books there belonged to me, but in the decades since I lived in this apartment, my father has commandeered the space.

In Mojave Ghost, Forrest Gander rewrites the world.

Let me say it plain: I am an Angeleno. I moved to Los Angeles from Manhattan more than 30 years ago. It's been decades since I considered myself a New Yorker.

Gary Griggs’s California Catastrophes is a daybook of disaster.