Emily Dickinson

Emily Rapp writes her way through grief in 'Still Point of the Turning World''

2013-03-15 06:00:00

Emily Rapp is not one to sugarcoat hard truths, including the brutal diagnosis she and her husband received in January 2011 when they took their then-9-month-old son to a pediatric ophthalmologist because of concerns about developmental delays. Ronan,...

UCLA Festival of Preservation turns spotlight on Julie Harris, TV

2013-03-15 05:00:00

The UCLA Film & Television Archive's Festival of Preservation turns its spotlight on the small screen with a tribute Saturday to the television work of an award-winning actress and a celebration March 23 of an acclaimed but short-lived ABC anthology...

Revved up about motorcycles zooming between cars

2013-01-28 20:55:00

During his nearly 40 years as a columnist for this newspaper, my late father occasionally tweaked his readers — quite disingenuously — by belittling his cat, knowing the slur would stir invective so passionate and erudite that he could fill...

The Bernard Madoff book collection: Rick Moody, Fyodor Dostoevsky

2013-01-05 12:36:00

How does an author of seriously literary fiction discover one of his books was owned by Bernie Madoff, the investor who defrauded his clients of billions of dollars? He sees it listed in an auction on EBay. That's how Rick Moody came to know that Madoff's...

The writers behind Magnus Flyte come to Vroman's on Wednesday

2012-12-10 16:57:00

When writers Christina Lynch and Meg Howrey decided to collaborate on the new novel "City of Dark Magic," they chose a pseudonym as fantastical as the novel itself: Magnus Flyte. Howrey is� a novelist whose two previous books have veered closer to...

Should you try Denny's 'The Hobbit' menu?

2012-12-10 15:29:00

With Peter Jackson's film "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" coming to screens this week, the novels of J.R.R. Tolkien are at the top of the mind. And the top of the menu, if you happen to be sitting at America's chain diner, Denny's. Denny's...

Happy birthday, Emily Dickinson!

2012-12-10 12:48:00

Today is the 182nd anniversary of Emily Dickinson's birth. Happy birthday, Emily Dickinson! Dickinson may now be one of the most recognized names in poetry, but in her day, she kept much to herself. Her work was not widely known until after her death --...

Decision on Los Angeles' first poet laureate nears

2012-12-05 00:00:00

Dana Gioia spent many years doing battle in that viper's nest of bureaucrats and elected officials called Washington D.C. This fall the former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts and L.A. native found himself back home. In a series of...

Mick Jagger's 1969 love letters to be put up for auction

2012-11-10 09:50:00

Next week promises to be a big one for fans of the Rolling Stones, with a new three-CD anthology due out Tuesday and a career-overview documentary set to premiere Thursday night on HBO. Now listeners can get a deeper (and perhaps less authorized) look at...

National Endowment for the Arts announces new Big Read grants

2012-07-10 21:37:27

Post & Beam's well-seasoned restaurateur, Brad Johnson

2012-07-04 00:00:00

Foodies tend to move like flocks of birds, swarming a chic eatery, and then — swoop — off to the next. One of their newer perches in Los Angeles is in a part of town that hasn't had much of the food spotlight. Post & Beam opened on New Year'...

88 books that shaped America, at the Library of Congress

2012-07-04 16:36:52

Poet Emily Dickinson

2012-12-10 11:04:21

This undated photo provided by The New York Botanical Garden shows the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory decorated with flowers for the exhibition " Emily Dickinson 's Garden: The Poetry of Flowers," at The New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx borough of New York.

2010-05-01 00:00:00

The Homestead, in Amherst, Mass., Emily Dickinson's lifelong home, is the quiet reveal that sheltered and stimulated the poet. Though sparsely furnished, it provides visitors with a feeling for how Emily lived.

2006-09-22 00:00:00