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Get Your Lit On: The Week in Bookish LA

Monday
Will Beall presents L.A. Rex 7pm @ Book Soup
Robert Alter & Jonathan Kirsch discuss The Book of Psalms with David Ulin 7pm @ Central Library
Mark Schapiro signs Exposed 7pm @ Dutton's
Richard King presents Spirituality in the Workplace 7pm @ Vroman's
Alan Alda presents Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself 7pm @ Borders, Westwood
Tuesday
Bill Clinton presents Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World 2pm @ Vroman's
Leslie Cohen presents Trapped Inside the Story 6:30pm @ Venice Library
Gore Vidal presents Point to Point: A Memoir 6:45pm @ Claremont McKenna College
Alan Alda in discusses Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself with Mike Farrell 7pm @ Central Library
Andy Helfer presents Ronald Regan: A Graphic Biography 7pm @ Book Soup
Roger Director signs I Dream in Blue 7pm @ Dutton's
Nikki Sixx presents The Heroin Diaries 7:30pm @ Borders, Westwood
Mira Honeycutt presents California's Central Coast: The Ultimate Winery Guide 7:30pm @ Barnes & Noble, The Grove
Wednesday
Junot Diaz signs The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 7pm @ Dutton's
Ann Packer presents Songs Without Words 7pm @ Vroman's
Tim Weiner presents Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA 7pm @ Central Library
Rick Copp presetns Fingerprints & Facelifts 7pm @ Borders, Hollywood
Bill Marx presents Son of Harpo Speaks! 7:30pm @ Barnes & Noble, The Grove
Thursday
Ray Bradbury discusses his work 6pm @ Encino-Tarzana Library
Katherine Taylor presents Rules for Saying Goodbye 7pm @ Vroman's
Lara Santoro signs Mercy 7pm @ Dutton's
Melissa Chiu presents Breakout: Chinese Art Outside China 7pm @ MOCA, Pacific Design Center
Pat Graham presents Silent Picutres 7pm @ Book Soup
Stephen Hunter presents The 47th Samurai 7pm @ Borders, Long Beach
Friday
No bookish events. Bizarre.
Saturday
Gronk & Maz Benavidez discuss Gronk 2pm @ MOCA, Grand Avenue
Jorge Ramos presents El Regalo del Tiempo 2pm @ Borders, Pico Rivera
Carol Muske-Dukes presents Channeling Mark Twain 5pm @ Skylight Books
Sunday
Gina Nahai signs Caspian Rain 2pm @ Dutton's
Janet Fitch, Tara Ison, Rachel Resnick and others read from the latest Black Clock 3pm @ MOCA, Downtown
Stephen Hunter presents The 47th Samurai 4:30pm @ Vroman's
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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.