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Publisher’s Note: What Audiences Want

By Will Hearst

A Zanjero’s Life

By Marcela Davison Avilés

The West Coast’s Native Oyster

By Lydia Lee

Helping Imperiled Species

By Scott Addeo Young

Poetry: “Our Son Comes Over”

By David L. Ulin

The Coming Psychedelic-Industrial Complex

By Roberto Lovato

Fresno’s New Newsroom

By Brad Balukjian

Street Art Goes Corporate

By Ajay Orona

Why Renoir Speaks to Me

By Guimi You

Toypurina: A Cultural Icon

By Denise Hamilton

Why Are Missing Women of Color So Often Overlooked?

By Louise Farr


The New Hollywood

Three Cinematographers Take the Long View

Moderated by Tim Greiving

Film’s Waning Influence on Fashion

By Monica Corcoran Harel

The Oscars? Give It a Rest

By Will Self

A Middle-Age Rom-Com Boom

By Monica Corcoran Harel

Tightening the Reins on Runaway Production

By Robert Ito

Movies No Longer Allow Us to Hide in the Dark

By David Thomson

Why I Love This Show

Alta Picks: An Influencer’s Guide to the New Hollywood


Books

Get to Know California Book Club’s Winter Writers

By Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, Natalie Diaz, and Karen Tei Yamashita

The Bigotry-Based Beef Between Mark Twain and Bret Harte

By Joy Lanzendorfer

Tracy K. Smith’s Many Voices

By John Freeman

A Long-Distance Lit Partnership

By Jesse Katz


Poetry: “Take to the Days a Fist of Starlight”

By Mai Der Vang

Judy Garland’s Biggest Fan

By Sam Wasson

Conducting With Courage

By Catherine Womack

Two Designers’ Finnish Fancy

By Daniel P. Gregory

Berkeley’s Unequal Theaters

By Ishmael Reed

Fiction: “He Dreams About the Bunny Ranch”

By Allie Rowbottom

Trailblazer: Lauren Esposito

By Jessica Klein

Altatudes

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