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Get Your Lit On: The Week in Bookish LA

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Monday
Steve Tolz presents A Fraction of the Whole 7pm @ Book Soup
Lisa McKay presents My Hands Came Away Red 7pm @ Vroman's
Dario Castagno presents A Day in Tuscany 7pm @ Dutton's
Terry Cheney signs Manic 7pm @ Borders, Westwood
Ray Bradbury, Forrest J. Ackerman and Ray Harryhausen discuss their work 7:30pm @ Mystery & Imagination Bookstore
Tuesday
Ed Begly Jr. presents Living Like Ed 7pm @ Book Soup
Heather King presents Redeemed 7pm @ Vroman's
Susan Jacoby discusses The Age of American Unreason with Jack Miles 7pm @ Central Library
Wednesday
Manil Suri presents The Age of Shiva 7pm @ Vroman's
Dan Kennedy presents Rock On 7pm @ Book Soup
Susan Power discusses Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World with film director Terry George 7pm @ Central Library
Thursday
Wendy Molyneux presents and signs Everything Is Wrong With You 7pm @ Book Soup
Andrew Bridge presents Hope's Boy 7pm @ Vroman's
Manil Suri presents The Age of Shiva 7pm @ Dutton's
Stan Chambers presents KTLA's News at Ten 7:30pm @ Barnes & Noble, The Grove
Friday
Herve This presents Kitchen Mysteries 7pm @ Vroman's
Charles Burns presents Black Hole 7:30pm @ Skylight Books
Saturday
Dan Kennedy presents Rock On 3pm @ Vroman's
Jennifer Chang & Cecily Parks present The History of Anonymity: Poems 5pm @ Skylight Books
Sunday
David Shields presents The Thing About Life is that One Day You'll Be Dead 5pm @ Vroman's
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Donald Trump was a fading TV presence when the WGA strike put a dent in network schedules.
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Pickets are being held outside at movie and TV studios across the city
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For some critics, this feels less like a momentous departure and more like a footnote.
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Disneyland's famous "Fantasmic!" show came to a sudden end when its 45-foot animatronic dragon — Maleficent — burst into flames.
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Leads Ali Wong and Steven Yeun issue a joint statement along with show creator Lee Sung Jin.
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Every two years, Desert X presents site-specific outdoor installations throughout the Coachella Valley. Two Los Angeles artists have new work on display.