In her latest newsletter, Louise Farr reports on Santa Clarita Valley’s Gibbon Center. altaonline.com/dispatches/a62…

“There are ancestors [in CA's Central Valley] that have been advocating for our families to live, work safely with dignity, go to school, and receive an education. When I drive through the fields, there’s a power that brings me to silence.” Alta Journal altaonline.com/dispatches/a62…

For today's newsletter, Charley Locke reports on the expanding network of educators teaching and supporting a growing population of immigrant students. altaonline.com/dispatches/a62…

There's an expanding network of educators teaching and supporting a growing population of immigrant students. Charley Locke shares more. altaonline.com/dispatches/a62…

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“Hollywood is where I am always on the verge of meeting the people who will change my life.” love this Lisa Locascio Nighthawk essay in Alta Journal altaonline.com/california-boo…

"Rachel Kushner’s singular and enthralling novel Creation Lake is perhaps the finest fictional consideration of techne and technology...in recent years," writes Anita Felicelli in this Alta Journal review. altaonline.com/books/fiction/…

The Santa Clarita Valley’s Gibbon Center is a safe place for endangered apes. Louise Farr reports on the only organization worldwide to house all four gibbon genera. altaonline.com/dispatches/a62…

This week’s Sunday funny comes to us from cartoonist Sarah Morrissette. altaonline.com/culture/cartoo…

“I’m a good listener,” she tells me. “But eventually, it comes to a point where no one ever listens to me.” Wonderhussy shares her story with Meg Bernhard. altaonline.com/dispatches/a60…

Ever hear singing in the Santa Clarita Valley around sunrise? It could just be the creatures within the Gibbon Center. We’ve invited GCC director Gabriella Skollar to introduce us to these fascinating apes! Join us this week. altaonline.com/events/a620491…

In this week's book review, Anita Felicelli considers "Creative Lake" by Rachel Kushner—the "finest fictional consideration of techne and technology." altaonline.com/books/fiction/…

The Gibbon Center is the only organization worldwide to house all four genera of gibbon, including endangered and critically threatened species. Wednesday, Gabriella Skollar introduces us to these apes and shares more on her organization’s work. altaonline.com/events/a620491…

We're launching PST Sketchbook, a weekly newsletter on Southern California's massive PST ART! Starting Sep 20, get artist Q&As, must-see shows, reviews & more from Getty’s PST ART: Art & Science Collide series. Sign up for updates every Friday! join.altaonline.com/newsletters

Gabriella Skollar has been working for the Gibbon Center since 2005. Tomorrow, at 12:30 p.m. Pacific time, she joins us to discuss these incredible apes and why these primates are so prized—especially by those who seek to exploit them. altaonline.com/events/a620491…

Critic and artist Nichole LeFebvre considers questions of family and art-making that arise in Danzy Senna’s novel "Colored Television," the September California Book Club selection. altaonline.com/california-boo…

In today's California Book Club newsletter, Anita Felicelli looks at art-making and interpretations of Danzy Senna’s fourth novel. altaonline.com/california-boo…

We’re 1 week away from CALIBA_Bookstores 2024 Fall Fest! Join us in Pasadena for 2 days of author sessions, rep picks, education, networking, and more. We’ll be at Table F-10 in the Exhibit Hall. See you there!

The industrial system is a pseudo-organism, and its survival entails the exclusion, and so finally the destruction, of social and natural systems. Wendell Berry explains: altaonline.com/dispatches/a46…

Viet Thanh Nguyen sits down with John Freeman to talk about breaking out of genre, expectation, and academia. altaonline.com/books/nonficti…