Five Questions for Dana Spiotta
Jun 27, 2012
This week, ALOUD is hosting novelist Dana Spiotta in conversation with Janet Fitch and LA Times staff writer Carolyn Kellogg on “Artists and Survivors: Lost and Found in LA.” Spiotta’s […]
Meet the Innovation Leadership Program Residents: Part Two
Jun 25, 2012
Recently, we spotlighted Amy Bradley, one of the two inaugural ILP residents. This week, we talked to Yesenia Villar-Villalobos, who is from East Los Angeles and received her M.L.I.S. from […]
A Storytelling Renaissance in the Digital Age
Jun 22, 2012
From a 140-character count ephemeral tweet, to a behemoth Jonathan Franzen hardback, forms of storytelling today are ever-elastic and changing. We read, we watch, we listen, we mass consume stories […]
Novelist Richard Ford Crosses into CANADA with Library Supporters
Jun 18, 2012
The 31st of May was a truly beautiful day in Los Angeles. Not only was the sky clear and the temperature a pleasant 70 degrees, but the downtown Central Library […]
Lew Welch’s RING OF BONE Back in Print
Jun 14, 2012
In the winter of my sophomore year at Reed College, I had the honor of hosting my favorite poet, Lew Welch, at the little house I shared with my boyfriend […]
Gail Collins: Obsessed with Texas
Jun 13, 2012
Last night, New York Times columnist Gail Collins visited ALOUD to talk about Texas, and how and why it casts such a large influence over the other 49 states in […]
Meet the Innovation Leadership Program Residents: Part One
Jun 13, 2012
Over the last year, the Library Foundation and Los Angeles Public Library have collaborated to launch the first of its kind librarian residencies in a major public library. The Innovation […]
Believe it… or Not!
Jun 12, 2012
Love this vintage 1929 library photo, found while perusing the amazing LAPL Photo Archive. Wouldn’t it make a great new postcard for the store? Perhaps you’ll see it this fall!
Reflections and Sketches of ALOUD from L.A. Creek Freak
Jun 08, 2012
Over at the LA Creek Freak blog, Joe Linton recaps the recent ALOUD program The Elemental West: Reflections on Moving Water featuring Kathleen Dean Moore, Craig Childs and William Deverell. Thanks for the […]
¡Qué Vivan las Bibliotecas!
May 25, 2012
Library as history. Library as art. Library as culture. Library as the skeleton of existence. In the spirit of the Mexican Revolution photographic exhibition, A Nation Emerges: The Mexican Revolution Revealed, […]