Is it cheesy to open this review with “What a time to be alive, indeed”? Almost certainly, but Jade Chang embraces clumsy cheesiness in her new novel about an L.A. spirituality influencer named Lola ...

Once upon a time, piano music was the social media of its day. The 19th and early 20th Centuries were the heyday of the piano. It was the primary entertainment for the evening in most middle-class ...

How does one respond to grief? In Jade Chang’s sophomore novel, “What a Time to Be Alive,” the answer is, at least, creative: become an influencer and start paying off your student loans. Lola ...