Start your Thursday with our free Issue 26 crossword puzzle: altaonline.com/culture/puzzle…

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

Javier Zamora’s 'Solito' is the California Book Club’s June 2024 selection.

Find out why he writes: 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…

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

Find out more about his new LACMA show today on Alta Live. altaonline.com/events/a607481…

Anna Dorn’s 'Perfume and Pain' is an homage to lesbian pulp fiction. altaonline.com/books/fiction/…

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…

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

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…