Imagine a night in Santa Monica, circa 1926. See a white mansion overlooking a relatively untouched Pacific Ocean. You look around and Charlie Chaplin, Clark Gable and Greta Garbo are chilling in black-and-white. (Let's be real, they never really existed in color.) This description summons the beginnings of the Annenberg Community Beach House in Santa Monica, where old-Hollywood ambience still permeates the walls. On Tuesday, the Beach House will be the backdrop for three of California's best literary writers as Red Hen Press presents Ron Carlson (pictured), Tara Ison and Rachel Resnick. Here's why you should attend: Carlson, whose... More >>>