Books

I don’t believe in prescience. I don’t believe, for instance, that when Octavia E. Butler began to write her 1993 novel, “Parable of the Sower,” she was working with a...

Lou Mathews is unequivocal in his devotion to Los Angeles and its environs. “I love it — and I don’t understand people who don’t,” says the welcoming, white-bearded Mathews, 78,...

Even as four wildfires continued to burn in Los Angeles County on Thursday, the blazes were already rewriting the record books. Over the last nine days, seven fires have broken...

One of the most powerful inventions of the 20th century is also an object that no one ever wants a reason to use. The sexual-assault-evidence collection box, colloquially known as...

Fearsome winds are howling across Southern California. Wildfires could spark at any moment. The Pacific Palisades and Eaton fires continue to burn. And spreading just as fast are quotes about...

In the spring of 2009, Vice published a blog post, notorious even by its own standards, titled “Department of Oopsies!—We Hired a Grifter.” An employee had started chatting with the...

I know it’s only Jan. 15, but I feel confident in saying that I’ve already found one of my favorite books of the year. Nnedi Okorafor’s Death of the Author,...

Years ago, at a writers’ conference, I happened to sit across from a famous novelist at lunch. At the time, I was working on a novel about Moroccan immigrants and...

Brooke Shields didn’t hold back when writing her new memoir “Brooke Shields is Not Allowed to Get Old: Thoughts on Aging as a Woman.” Not only did the “Pretty Baby”...

Ayesha Curry, known for her work as a chef, entrepreneur, bestselling author and mother, is expanding her empire into the world of publishing. Curry has launched “Sweet July Books,” an...