History has never been as fun or wild as in British historian and novelist Simon Sebag Montefiore’s hands. He has the audacity to write the history of humanity. The World: A Family History is monumental in its boldness, creativity, and sheer breadth of great storytelling. This is the epic history of human civilization from multitudes of angles,… Read more »
In case you missed it, Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota ran for President in 2020. When she dropped out of the race, she threw her unwavering support to Joe Biden in his race against Donald Trump. Senator Klobuchar has sponsored hundreds of bills, with a knack for backing legislation that has become law. She has… Read more »
You’ve seen Aurora James’ stunning and sometimes jawdropping designs on personalities like Beyonce, AOC, Lady Gaga, Meghan Markle, and others. Some of her creations end up as news items themselves, separate and apart from those wearing them. It could be argued that Aurora James’ famous “Tax the Rich” dress, worn by AOC for the MET… Read more »
Shakespeare’s personal biography has mystified academics. armchair fans, and experts for centuries. So what happens when a scholar, or an actor, or any authority, suggests that perhaps those immortal plays weren’t all written by Shakespeare? Was the author an anonymous aristocrat? Or a spy? Perhaps a woman? Elizabeth Winkler, author of Shakespeare Was A Woman and… Read more »
The Ebell of Los Angeles welcomes Eric Holder, the former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder’s new book is a brutal, bloody, and at times hopeful history of the vote; a primer on the opponents fighting to take it away; and a playbook for how we can save our democracy before it’s too late. Eric Holder’s… Read more »
“Go back to where you came from.” It’s our guess that just about every immigrant and/or person of color in the United States heard, at one time or another, the insult hurled by someone who has lived here for, well, longer. But we all know that if we’re not Indigenous peoples, we all came from… Read more »
Bernardine Evaristo was an unlikely — and surprising– winner of the 2019 Booker Prize for her extraordinary novel, Girl, Woman, Other. She is the first Black woman to win the Booker, which is considered to be the most prestigious prize for a novel written in the English language. And second, she is the first Black British person… Read more »
THIS EVENT IS COMPLETELY SOLD OUT. Join Senator Kamala Harris for an inspiring discussion about the core truths that unite us and the big challenges we face together. In her new book, The Truths We Hold, Senator Harris draws on her own career and the work of those who have most inspired her to offer a master… Read more »
