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Evoke LA: Tyree Boyd-Pates, Suyapa Portillo Villeda, & Natalia Molina In conversation with Josh Kun

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Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City

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Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times

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The Sentence Louise Erdrich In conversation with Eric Gansworth

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Notes from the Bathroom Line: Humor, Art, & Low-grade Panic from 150 of the Funniest Women in Comedy

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Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest

Tuesday, June 22nd, 5PM PST
Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Suzanne Simard
In conversation with Jia Tolentino
ALOUD on WORDS
One of the world's leading forest ecologists shares from her first book to bring us deeper into her intimate world of trees. In Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest, Suzanne Simard traces her journey from growing up in a logging community in the rainforests of British Columbia to her incredible work as a pioneer on the frontier of plant communication and intelligence. Illuminating how trees are not simply the source of timber or pulp, but are a complicated, interdependent circle of life, Simard brings a greater human...

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Facing the Mountain: Daniel James Brown

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Author Daniel James Brown speaks with Tom Ikeda about his book, “Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II.” Presented by The Council of the Library Foundation and ALOUD.

Evoke LA: Tyree Boyd-Pates, Suyapa Portillo Villeda, & Natalia Molina In conversation with Josh Kun

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Evoke LA: Tyree Boyd-Pates, Suyapa Portillo Villeda, & Natalia Molina In conversation with Josh Kun

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Tuesday, March 22nd, 7:00PM Evoke LA Tyree Boyd-Pates, Suyapa Portillo Villeda, and Natalia Molina In conversation with Josh Kun Join MacArthur Fellow and USC Annenberg Professor Josh Kun with the series historians-the Autry's associate curator Tyree Boyd-Pates, Pitzer professor Suyapa Portillo Villeda, and USC professor Natalia Molina-to discuss this new collaboration with KPCC & LAist that bl...

Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City

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Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City

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Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City Andrea Elliott In conversation with Dr. Robin J. Hayes Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Andrea Elliott shares an unforgettable story of a girl whose indomitable spirit is tested by homelessness, poverty, and racism in an unequal America.

Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times

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Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times

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Tuesday, March 8th, 7:00PM PST Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times Azar Nafisi In conversation with Jeffrey Brown ALOUD on WORDS The New York Times bestselling author of Reading Lolita in Tehran returns with a guide for our times, arming readers with a resistance reading list, including selections from James Baldwin to Zora Neale Hurston to Margaret Atwood. Ho...

The Sentence Louise Erdrich In conversation with Eric Gansworth

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The Sentence Louise Erdrich In conversation with Eric Gansworth

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In her stunning and timely new novel, Louise Erdrich creates a wickedly funny ghost story, a tale of passion, of a complex marriage, and of a woman’s resiliency through her relentless errors. Louise Erdrich’s latest novel, The Sentence, asks what we owe to the living, the dead, to the reader and to the book. A small independent bookstore in Minneapolis is haunted from November 2019 to November ...

Notes from the Bathroom Line: Humor, Art, & Low-grade Panic from 150 of the Funniest Women in Comedy

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Notes from the Bathroom Line: Humor, Art, & Low-grade Panic from 150 of the Funniest Women in Comedy

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Thursday, July 29th, 5PM PST Notes from the Bathroom Line: Humor, Art, and Low-grade Panic from 150 of the Funniest Women in Comedy Amy Solomon Featuring Karen Chee and Emily V. Gordon ALOUD on WORDS In this “much-needed dose of delight,” Amy Solomon, a producer of the hit HBO shows Silicon Valley and Barry, shares from her new collection of never-before-seen humor pieces. Inspired by the groun...

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Secret Identity: A Novel

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Thursday, March 17th, 7:00PM Secret Identity: A Novel Alex Segura In conversation with Steph Cha ALOUD on WORDS The bestselling and award-winning writer Alex Segura, the author of five Pete Fernandez Miami Mystery novels and the acclaimed Archie Meets Kiss storyline comics, offers a rollicking new literary mystery set in the world of comic books. Segura’s latest novel, Secret Identity, takes an...

My Time Will Come: Ian Manuel in conversation with Bryan Stevenson

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My Time Will Come: Ian Manuel in conversation with Bryan Stevenson

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Author Ian Manuel speaks with Bryan Stevenson, activist and author of “Just Mercy,” about Manuel’s new memoir, “My Time Will Come.” Presented by the ALOUD Series of the Library Foundation of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Public Library.

Threat of Extinction: Language Activism and Preservation

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Threat of Extinction: Language Activism and Preservation

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Bob Holman, Vincent Medina, Odilia Romero Hernández and Virginia Carmelo with linguist Leanne Hinton In conversation The essence of who we are is wrapped up in our language. What human knowledge is lost when a language goes extinct? Why should we care? Join ALOUD for a freewheeling conversation among language activists working to reclaim indigenous languages in California and Mexico. For the fi...

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The Committed

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Monday, April 12th, 2021, 6:30 PM PST The Committed Viet Thanh Nguyen In conversation with Laila Lalami In a highly anticipated sequel to the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Sympathizer, Viet Thanh Nguyen returns with an exhilarating spy thriller that takes on the global aftermath of the Vietnam War. The Committed follows the Sympathizer, the conflicted double agent, as he seeks refuge in Par...

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This Is Not My Memoir: André Gregory

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This Is Not My Memoir: André Gregory

Dreams, Genes, & Machines: Are We Living Science Fiction?

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Dreams, Genes, & Machines: Are We Living Science Fiction?

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Dreams, Genes, & Machines: Are We Living Science Fiction? Brain Development Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl and Dr. Andrew N. Meltzoff, Co-Directors, University of Washington Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences In conversation with Jessica Strand, LFLA Director of Public Programs With a prescient mindframe, these two highly regarded scientists, Dr. Patricia Kohl and Dr. Andrew Meltzoff, discuss thei...