Notable Los Angeles: 6/17–6/23
Literary events in and around L.A. this week!
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Posts Tagged: Jim Ruland
Notable Los Angeles: 10/8–10/14
Literary events in and around L.A. this week!
...moreNotable Los Angeles: 5/7–5/13
Literary events and readings in and around L.A. this week!
...moreNotable Los Angeles: 4/9–4/15
Literary events and readings in and around L.A. this week!
...moreNotable Los Angeles: 1/15–1/21
Literary events and readings in and around L.A. this week!
...moreNotable Los Angeles: 10/23–10/29
Literary events and readings in and around L.A. this week!
...moreNotable Los Angeles: 8/14–8/20
Monday 8/14: WRITE CLUB Los Angeles Chapter 66: Strange Magick. Featuring readings by Yasamin Safarzadeh, Anahita Safarzadeh, Justin Welborn, Raven Mystere, Marc Rigaud, and Vincent Lacey. Hosted by Paula Killen, Justin Wellborn, and Jeff Dorchen. 7 p.m. at The Bootleg Theater. $10–20/pay what you can. Michelle Kuo discusses and signs Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, a […]
...moreNotable Los Angeles: 4/10–4/16
Monday 4/10: When’s the last time you volunteered at 826LA? Today’s a good day to. Unless you haven’t done your taxes, in which case… do that. Tuesday 4/11: Paula Priamos discusses and signs Inside V. 7 p.m. at Book Soup. Rosalyn Eves, with Jessica Cluess, discusses and signs Blood Rose Rebellion. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
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Monday 4/3: Brooks Arthur Wachtel discusses and signs Lady Sherlock: Circle of the Smiling Dead. 7 p.m. at Book Soup. Tuesday 4/4: Bradley Spinelli with Robert Anasi discusses and signs The Painted Gun. 7 p.m. at Book Soup. Jenny Nordbak discusses her book The Scarlett Letters. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
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The Rumpus Interview with Damien Ober
Damien Ober discusses the Declaration of Independence, Internet viruses in the eighteenth century, and his new novel Doctor Benjamin Franklin’s Dream America.
...moreA Blundered Blurb
When Jim Ruland got a famous author to agree to blurb his book, he was on top of the world. Then the unthinkable happened: the author read the book and decided he couldn’t blurb it. At Electric Literature, Ruland writes about why maybe that turned out to not be such a bad thing after all.
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The Rumpus Interview with Jim Ruland
Forest of Fortune author Jim Ruland discusses his new novel, gambling addiction, and what happens behind the scenes at the casino.
...moreNext Letter in the Mail: Jim Ruland
We’re getting ready to send out the next Letter in the Mail, and it’s from Jim Ruland! His letter is handwritten, with hand-drawn illustrations, and in it he tells us all about trying to woo his 10-year-old daughter into liking Babymetal. It’s pretty freakin’ cool, and if you subscribe today, it’ll be in your mailbox soon!
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HORN! REVIEWS: Forest of Fortune
Thunderclap Casino is built on luck, but nothing happens there by chance.
...moreNotable Los Angeles 11/11 – 11/17
Monday 11/11: Jim Ruland’s Vermin on the Mount presents an evening in partnership with VLAK and Razorcake, featuring readings by Louis Armand, Melissa Broder, Juliet Escoria, Ariana Kelly, Damien Ober, and Scott O’Connor. 7 p.m. at Book Show. Tuesday 11/12: Ayana Mathis reads from The Twelve Tribes of Hattie. 7:30 p.m. at the Hammer Museum.
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