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Get Your Lit On: The Week in Bookish LA

Monday
Mark Danielewski presents Only Revolutions 7pm @ Vroman's
Ellen Sandler presents The TV Writer's Workbook 7pm @ Borders, Sherman Oaks
Nell Freudenberger & Jennifer Gilmore discuss their work with Bernadette Murphy 7pm @ Central Library
Sy Safransky discusses his work and The Sun 7:30pm @ Beverly Hills Public Library
Tuesday
James Ellroy discusses his work 7pm @ Central Library
Diana Gabaldon presents Lord John & the Brotherhood of the Blade 7pm @ Vroman's
Jack Klugman presents Tony and Me 7:30pm @ A Different Light Bookstore
Wednesday
Danica McKellar presents Math Doesn't Suck 7pm @ Barnes & Noble, The Grove
David Ulin presents The Myth of Solid Ground 7:30pm @ Otis College of Art & Design
Thursday
David Leavitt presents The Indian Clerk 7pm @ Vroman's
Don Winslow presents The Winter of Frankie Machine 7pm @ Diesel, A Bookstore
The Girls of Critical Studies present Hallway Riot 7:30pm @ Metropolis Books
Friday
Charlie Huston presents The Shotgun Rule 7pm @ Vroman's
David Leavitt presents The Indian Clerk 7pm @ Dutton's
Rene Schultz presents Searching4mrright.com 7pm @ Barnes & Noble, Pico-Westwood
Mark Salerno presents Odalisque 7:30pm @ Skylight Books
Hal Ackerman presents Long Women 8pm @ Beverly Hills Public Library
Saturday
Max Sindell signs The Bright Side 2pm @ Dutton's
Gregory Paul Williams presents The Story of Hollywood 2pm @ Westwood Branch Library
Aileen Baron and Renee Morgan-Hampton read their work 3pm @ Metropolis Books
Sonya Sones presents What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know 3pm @ Vroman's
Vicki Vantoch presents The Threesome Handbook 7:30pm @ Skylight Books
Sunday
Romy Wyllie presents Betram Goodhue: His Life and Residential Architecture 2pm @ Central Library
Joel Stern signs Animated Origami Faces 2pm @ Dutton's
Sasha Issenberg presents The Sushi Economy: Globalization and the Making of a Modern Delicacy 5pm @ Village Books
Photo of Chinatown Gold Line Station by The Urbanist via Flickr
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But Yeoh is the first to publicly identify as Asian. We take a look at Oberon's complicated path in Hollywood.
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His latest solo exhibition is titled “Flutterluster,” showing at Los Angeles gallery Matter Studio. It features large works that incorporate what Huss describes as a “fluttering line” that he’s been playing with ever since he was a child — going on 50 years.
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It's set to open by mid-to-late February.
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The new Orange County Museum of Art opens its doors to the public on Oct. 8.
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Cosplayers will be holding court once again and taking photos with onlookers at the con.
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Littlefeather recalls an “incensed” John Wayne having to be restrained from assaulting her and being threatened with arrest if she read the long speech Brando sent with her.