Books

The business that preserves and protects Dr. Seuss’ legacy says it will stop publishing six of his books because of racist and insensitive imagery.

A writer who was chosen to translate Amanda Gorman’s work into Dutch has declined the assignment folowing criticism that a white author was selected.

The Man of Two Faces returns in Viet Thanh Nguyen’s ‘The Committed.’ The author explains what’s different.

Poet and teacher Paisley Rekdal’s ‘Appropriate: A Provocation’ looks at cases of literary appropriation in an attempt to figure out some guidelines.

State plans call for the library to be moved, which some residents don’t like.

Michael Patrick F. Smith’s “The Good Hand,” about leaving the New York high life to toil in North Dakota oil fields, avoids the traps of stunt memoirs past.

A new collection from author of dark tales Todd Golberg trades urban L.A. noir for the more sprawling menace of the Inland Empire and other exurbs.

Is being fired for using offensive language anything like having books confiscated by federal agents and facing jail? Maybe not, but the “Howl” verdict applies to 2021 nonetheless.

Lynne Thompson is the author of the poetry collections “Beg No Pardon,” “Start with a Small Guitar” and “Fretwork.”

With a new memoir, “You’re Leaving When?,” the writer-actress contemplates illness, middle age and an empty nest, humorously.

“Migrations” author Charlotte McConaghy discusses her climate change novel and upcoming movie with L.A. Times Book Club readers.

Ioan Grillo’s “Blood Gun Money” traces the escalating drug wars in Latin America to the “iron river” of automatic weapons from the tragically lax U.S.