Lorraine Berry
Los Angeles Times
Eugene, OR, United States
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Review: 'Such Kindness,' a working-class novel by Andre Dubus III
In "Such Kindness," Andre Dubus III ("The House of Sand and Fog") focuses on a laborer who spirals downward after being addicted to opioids. → Read More
11 books to get excited about this summer
The most anticipated fiction of the summer includes new works from Lorrie Moore, Colson Whitehead, Ivy Pochoda, Tom Rachman and other great stylists. → Read More
Mona Gable on 'Searching for Savanna,' murdered Native women
'Searching for Savanna' tracks only one of thousands of Indigenous women kidnapped or killed on Native reservations. It's a hard, necessary story to tell. → Read More
Matthew Perry to remove Keanu Reeves insult from his book
His potshot at Keanu Reeves was "a mean thing," the "Friends" star says at the Festival of Books, where he delves into his brutally revealing memoir. → Read More
Trauma plot, meet samurai lizard: Kevin Chong on his mind-bending, Chinatown-set novel
Kevin Chong discusses the inspirations, from Vancouver's Chinatown to 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,' behind his metafictional novel 'The Double Life of Benson Yu.' → Read More
Looking for a feminist horror western? Novelist Victor LaValle is your (highly evolved) man
Victor LaValle’s novel ‘Lone Women’ reinvents the western, adding horror and a Black woman pioneer protagonist — with help from the women in his own life. → Read More
Review: Idra Novey's new novel 'Take What You Need'
In 'Take What You Need,' novelist Idra Novey follows a woman returning to her small town to mourn her stepmother — and confront the bigotry she'd fled. → Read More
How one novelist built a world without prisons that's even crueler than ours
Marisa Crane's 'I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself' takes place in a country that burdens outlaws with shadows. Crane's inspirations were surprisingly personal. → Read More
What novelist Cai Emmons taught us about how to die
Cai Emmons, a prolific novelist of the West, died Monday, after running a blog after her ALS diagnosis that has much to teach us about facing the inevitable. → Read More
A hot new Indian gangster novel thrills and dazzles. It could have done so much more
Deepti Kapoor's "Age of Vice" comes bearing "Godfather" comparisons and an FX series deal. But in favoring glitz, the novel loses sight of India's poor. → Read More
S.A. Cosby's Southern noir debut 'My Darkest Prayer' reissued
'My Darkest Prayer,' S.A. Cosby's first novel, was released in 2018 to little fanfare. Now reissued, it cements his status as a Southern noir pioneer. → Read More
Review: Erin Keane's memoir investigates her "Runaway" mother
Erin Keane's mother ran away from home at 13 and married two years later. In "Runaway," Keane unearths her parents' past and the myths that shaped them. → Read More
Adam Hochschild on World War I history "American Midnight"
Adam Hochschild began working on "American Midnight," on democracy's retreat after World War I, during Trump's first year in office. The parallels were obvious. → Read More
Review: Kamila Shamsie's new novel, 'Best of Friends'
"Best of Friends," Kamila Shamsie's follow-up to "Home Fire," follows two friends from Pakistan to the U.K. — where trouble eventually follows them. → Read More
‘A roaring from my body’: Novelist Cai Emmons on writing while running out of time
Cai Emmons discusses being diagnosed with ALS shortly after finishing the surrealist California novel "Unleashed," one of two novels out this September. → Read More
30 books we can't wait for this fall
The latest from Ling Ma, Yiyun Li, Russell Banks and Namwali Serpell as well as exciting newcomers round out our critics' most anticipated fall books. → Read More
Percival Everrett talks about new fall novel "Dr. No"
The novelist and USC professor is acclaimed for cerebral genre mashups. He talks about his forthcoming novel, 'Dr. No,' and the concept of zero. → Read More
How Marianne Wiggins rebuilt her novel 'Properties of Thirst'
Rebuilding Marianne Wiggins' novel 'Properties of Thirst' after a debilitating stroke, the author and her daughter embarked on the project of their lives. → Read More
MSNBC host Katy Turr on a chaotic LA news-chasing childhood
The MSNBC host on her news-chasing upbringing, her father's alleged abuse and gender transition, and more from her revealing memoir, "Rough Draft." → Read More
Review: How cosmetic surgery emerged from the horrors of World War I
Lindsey Fitzharris' 'The Facemaker' tracks the development of plastic surgery to World War I, when weapons of war achieved a new destructive power. → Read More