Alta Journal

Alta Journal provides a fresh, smart take on the issues, culture, personalities, politics, lifestyle, and history of California and the West, featuring some of the region’s best writers, photographers, and illustrators.

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Alta Journal
flipped into California Book Club
2 days ago
Heavy Lifting
altaonline.com - Lydia Horne
The act of writing burns about a calorie a minute. Fingers flex and extend across the keyboard. Biceps curl to reach across the desk. Your trapezius …
Alta Journal
flipped into California Book Club
2 days ago
Excerpt: ‘Gold Fame Citrus’
altaonline.com - Claire Vaye Watkins
Punting the prairie dog into the library was a mistake. Luz Dunn knew that now, but it had been a long time since she’d seen a little live thing, and …
Alta Journal
flipped into Features
3 days ago
Letters to the Editor: The Look of a Californian
altaonline.com - The Editors
One ex-California finds fault in Alta Journal’s depiction of the state’s diversity. Got something to say? We’d love to hear from you. Email …
Alta Journal
flipped into Books
3 days ago
Play It As It Lays
altaonline.com - David L. Ulin
Some years ago, during an onstage interview in Los Angeles, I asked Joan Didion whether, in making a late-career shift to memoir, she was working …
Alta Journal
flipped into Alta Live
6 days ago
Alta Live: The Detective vs. the Cult Leader
altaonline.com - The Editors
Norman “Snake” Brooks and his collection of mostly female followers lived in rural Oregon in the 1970s, calling their church the Children of the …
Alta Journal
flipped into California Book Club
6 days ago
Event Recap: ‘Mumbo Jumbo’
altaonline.com - Anita Felicelli
On Thursday night, the California Book Club convened to discuss Oakland author Ishmael Reed’s novel Mumbo Jumbo with Reed, special guest Justin …