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    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 […]



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