Author Javier Zamora's memoir is the June California Book Club selection. altaonline.com/california-boo…

Morning jogs offer surprising ways to interact with nature, the built environment, and oneself, @freemanreads writes. altaonline.com/dispatches/a44…

Poet Shangyang Fang recounts a moment of frustration—and enlightenment—during the pandemic. altaonline.com/culture/fictio…

Check out five movies starring iconic rattlers. altaonline.com/culture/movies…

A hospital stay awakens a dark impulse.

Original fiction by Andrew Hubbell. altaonline.com/culture/fictio…

Join Alta Journal at the Bay Area Book Festival on June 2 to celebrate California literature, shop new Alta merch, and explore the latest from the magazine. altaonline.com/events/a608500…

Author Javier Zamora's memoir is the June California Book Club selection. altaonline.com/california-boo…

May 20 was National Dog Rescue Day. A former California Book Club author’s new book brings readers close to her heart as a rescue-dog mom. altaonline.com/california-boo…

The Ed Ruscha retrospective at LACMA—Now Then—takes on big questions about the passage of time and the march of civilization. altaonline.com/culture/art/a4…

A 113-year-old hotel holds the stories of Japanese Americans unjustly imprisoned during World War II. altaonline.com/dispatches/a44…

Carvell Wallace discusses his memoir, 'Another Word for Love.' altaonline.com/dispatches/a60…

Ed Ruscha is synonymous with Los Angeles’ art scene. But what about the artist’s work with language?

Writer Hunter Drohojowska-Philp and LACMA’s Rebecca Morse join us this Wednesday on Alta Live to walk us through the creation of Now Then at LACMA. altaonline.com/events/a607481…

Need a new read?

This May, we’ve got our eyes on 'The Red Grove,' 'Love Is a Burning Thing,' 'Reading the Room,' and 12 other titles by writers on the West. altaonline.com/books/g6058084…

Scientists are pushing back on long-held misconceptions about the rattlesnake, one of the West’s most emblematic creatures. altaonline.com/dispatches/a46…

Last year’s shameful slaughter of grizzly bears in Alaska may be repeated soon in Montana.

“We in America are hell on predators,” writes Doug Peacock in Issue 26 of Alta Journal. altaonline.com/dispatches/a45…

Read a lightly-edited transcript of poet Gary Snyder's conversation with @calbookclub host John Freeman and special guests Rick Bass, Peter Coyote, Jane Hirshfield, Wang Ping, Robert Hass, Brenda Hillman, Jack Shoemaker, Kim Shuck, and Will Hearst. altaonline.com/california-boo…

Anna Dorn’s Perfume and Pain revives a lost genre. altaonline.com/books/fiction/…

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Laura Fraser went on a road trip around the Pacific Northwest to test-drive an electric vehicle.

She experienced the beauty of Washington State’s Cascade Loop but also had to account for wildfires, charging stations, and EV skeptics. altaonline.com/dispatches/a60…

Laura Fraser went on a road trip around the Pacific Northwest to test-drive an electric vehicle.

She experienced the beauty of Washington State’s Cascade Loop but also had to account for wildfires, charging stations, and EV skeptics. altaonline.com/dispatches/a60…