During her confirmation hearing to become education secretary, Linda McMahon promised she would work to “send education back to the states.” Last week, McMahon’s department issued an ultimatum to ...

The year the L.A. Times Festival of Books debuted was also a landmark year in American letters, shaping literary culture in ...

To celebrate the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked authors, editors, critics and scholars to select ...