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Artist Phil Ross built sculptures, furniture, and houses with fungi.

Now, his mycelium material is being used in Hermès bags, and his company is worth millions. altaonline.com/culture/art/a3…

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Unlike books and media that hinge on suburban dysfunction, D. J. Waldie uses haunting details to reveal the fabric of Lakewood, the town featured in 'Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir,' the January @CalBookClubselection. altaonline.com/california-boo…

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An early champion of Mexico’s popular wine country explores its growing pains—and the role he played in its expansion. altaonline.com/culture/food-d…

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Draymond is suspended and Steph looks tired, but don’t bet against the best team in basketball.

Read a poem by Ishmael Reed. altaonline.com/culture/fictio…

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NBCC Vice President/Fundraising Anita Felicelli wrote an introductory essay to Carribean Fragoza's short story collection 'Eat the Mouth that Feeds You,' the December 2023 pick for Alta Journal's California Book Club: altaonline.com/california-boo…

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'The Missing Mouseketeer' for Alta Journal. Dennis Day was one of the original Walt Disney Mouseketeers back in the 50's, in his later years he went missing and was sadly found dead under a pile of laundry in his own home, murdered by his lodger.

'The Missing Mouseketeer' for @AltaJournal. Dennis Day was one of the original Walt Disney Mouseketeers back in the 50's, in his later years he went missing and was sadly found dead under a pile of laundry in his own home, murdered by his lodger.
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Isa Arsén’s debut novel, 'Shoot the Moon,' follows Annie Fisk, who works at NASA in the final years of the space race to the moon. altaonline.com/books/fiction/…

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In the 1930s, Hamlin Garland scoured the California desert hunting for mysterious Indigenous artifacts that allegedly predated Cortés.

He found 16 of them. altaonline.com/dispatches/a36…

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Read a series of passages from early in the January CBC book, author D. J. Waldie’s poetic and nonlinear memoir of Lakewood, California. altaonline.com/california-boo…

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Started 25 years ago, McSweeney’s remains an idiosyncratic—and influential—publishing house and journal. altaonline.com/books/a4494161…

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Head DOWN south and ACROSS the Baja peninsula is this puzzle themed to Alta Journal's Issue 26. altaonline.com/culture/puzzle…

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In the mid-1700s, Jesuit priests hid untold riches in a Baja cave, planning to return one day and recover them.

For Alta, Geoffrey Gray tried to find them. altaonline.com/dispatches/a45…

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Alta Journal takes our first deep dive into Baja.

Our writers and photographers head beyond the beaches of Cabo to explore this extraordinary and important peninsula. altaonline.com/dispatches/a46…

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A set of Polaroids found at McKee’s Indian Store reveals a larger story of Indigenous artists in Oklahoma during the 1960s and ’70s.

Reported by Jason Asenap. altaonline.com/culture/art/a4…

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In his publisher’s note for Issue 26, @WHearst revisits his mission in founding Alta Journal. altaonline.com/dispatches/a46…

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The California Book Club January selection is here! Today, we take a closer look at how the quotidian details of the D. J. Waldie's suburb Lakewood are folded into an extended poetic meditation on place and possibility. altaonline.com/california-boo…

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