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ISSUE 35

The California Novel No One Can Find
Collectors have been tracking an 1854 outlaw tale from gold rush San Francisco to the alleys of Mexico City—and beyond. We join the hunt.

Issue 35: We Love Book Clubs
A look inside Alta Journal’s Issue 35.

Recently Reviewed: From Artists to a Dancing Detective
From memoir and literary fiction to noir and writing craft, these standout titles were recently featured in our Monday Book Review newsletter.
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A Kind of Sublimity
Newly reissued by New York Review Books, Baby Driver reveals Jan Kerouac’s fierce, unsentimental vision of freedom—shadowed by her father, but wholly her own.

A Book Club in Santa Barbara County Jail
Incarcerated women find the outside world—and some inner peace—talking about books together.
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An Owens Valley Travelogue
A journey through an arresting landscape of craggy mountains and ancient trees, where parched land reveals how California has been shaped by water throughout history.
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Weekly Cartoon: Altatude #2 Issue 35

Excerpt: ‘Praise’

Recruiting You to the Barricades

Issue 35 Crossword: Book Club Picks

Fiction: ‘Glass Houses’

Writer’s Room: Joshua Wheeler

A Writing Guide Primer

Ask a Californian’s Best Advice of 2024

Upcoming Releases: A Host of Spring Reads

The Habit Jane Smiley Could Not Get Rid Of

Why I Write: To See My People’s Stories in Books






















