Join the Library Foundation for a Chance to Win…
Oct 09, 2012
Become a member of the Library Foundation of Los Angeles to be entered into a raffle to win a pair of tickets for the David Byrne and Trent Reznor ALOUD […]
Robert Hass on Writing as Attention
Oct 08, 2012
Ten years ago, I took a poetry workshop with Robert Hass. One winter afternoon when half of the class, sitting along one side of a rectangular table, watched the snow […]
Bettye LaVette Serenades ALOUD with her Musical Story
Oct 05, 2012
Next Wednesday, October 10, legendary R&B singer Bettye LaVette comes to ALOUD to discuss her new memoir, A Woman Like Me, co-written with David Ritz. LaVette made her first record […]
Up Next at ALOUD: Local Writer Attica Locke
Oct 04, 2012
Eight years ago Attica Locke found herself touring the grounds of Oak Alley, a Southern Louisiana plantation, for the wedding of a friend. Complete with twenty-foot white columns, a wrap […]
Revving up for some revolutionary Eastside history: Ruben Martinez’s “Variedades”
Sep 28, 2012
ALOUD author Rubén Martínez, who joins us at the library later this season for a look at Desert America: Boom and Bust in the New Old West, takes the stage […]
Celebrating the Champions of the Los Angeles Public Library
Sep 26, 2012
On Sunday supporters of the Library Foundation gathered at the downtown Central Library to kick-off an evening celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Foundation. The Library was festively illuminated with […]
Thoughts On Salman Rushdie’s JOSEPH ANTON
Sep 21, 2012
This Sunday the Los Angeles Public Library will honor Salman Rushdie with the 2012 Literary Award for his commitment to literature, and on Monday he will sit down with ALOUD’s […]
Peace in a Time of Politics
Sep 13, 2012
In the aftermath of the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, the battle between the red and blue divide rages louder than ever. Beyond the issues that will drive voters to […]
ALOUD and LAPL Among Favorite Local Literary Spots
Aug 23, 2012
Even if you are already one who hits the Los Angeles literary pavement, you might learn something new with this great post over at Ploughshares that covers the who, what, […]
Bookmark This! Meet Our New Reading Community
Aug 20, 2012
I am excited to launch Bookmark This!, the Library Foundation of Los Angeles’ recommended reading program. Each month, we will present you with a list of books, stories, or poems […]