The spirit of Valentine’s Day, like February itself, is best kept short and sweet. On the occasion of a notoriously ...

A book celebrating letters speaks in its subtitle of gathering “memorable quotes from a moribund art.” What hope does an art have when even its votaries are sure of its demise? Rachel Syme is ...

Do you remember the first time that you felt very delighted by sending or receiving a letter? It’s got to be back in middle school. I had this—she’s mentioned once in the book as kind of a d ...

Welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter ... “Parable of the Sower,” by Octavia E. Butler: Speculative fiction set largely in a future (now present) Southern California ravaged by ...

Letters from former presidents left for their successors are photographed Saturday, Jan 18, 2025, in Washington. Every president since Ronald Reagan has left a note for his successor, and President ...

By Danielle Directo-Meston E-Commerce Writer If you purchase an independently ... The Hollywood Reporter may receive an affiliate commission. The 288-page book “broadens the interpretive ...