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Writer Rosanna Xia picks five titles that explore the climate crisis and our relationship with a changing planet.

Read two passages from Tommy Pico's Nature Poem, the California Book Club's October selection.

Historian and activist Susan Stryker traces the evolution of gender as a concept.

Cherríe Moraga, Rigoberto González, and John Freeman gathered to discuss Moraga's memoir, Native Country of the Heart, the California Book Club's September selection.

This week's bestselling titles include Empire of AI by Karen Hao, The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon, and How to Eat an Elephant by Sarah Longwell.

Exposition Park residents weigh in on the director's billion-dollar project.

Think you've solved Alta Journal's crossword? Here are the right answers.

Cherríe Moraga's memoir is the California Book Club's September 2026 selection.

Tommy Pico's book-length poem is the California Book Club's October 2026 pick.

Tommy Pico's Nature Poem is the California Book Club's October 2026 pick.