Media Archive

Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

Naomi Klein

“A dazzling, hallucinatory tour de force that takes the reader through shadow selves and global fascism, leaving them gasping by…

The Rabbit Hutch

Tess Gunty

“Tess Gunty’s debut novel… is lush and melancholy, jumping between various points of view. It’s a meandering story that defies…

Our Migrant Souls:
A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of “Latino”

Héctor Tobar

“‘Stories about empire,’ Tobar writes, ‘move us because they’re echoes of the memories that reside deep in our collective consciousness.’ Latinos, after…

Writer/Scholar/Target:
Online Harassment and the Threat to Free Expression

Reza Aslan and Franklin Leonard

Around the world, writers and journalists have been increasingly targeted for their work by waves of online harassment. From the…

The Power of Trees—Exclusive L.A. appearance!

Peter Wohlleben

In 2016, The Hidden Life of Trees began the conversation that trees can communicate with each other. Peter Wohlleben’s bestselling book changed…

Tiny Beautiful Things from the Page to the Screen

Cheryl Strayed

Bestselling author Cheryl Strayed takes the ALOUD stage to discuss the transformation of her popular book, Tiny Beautiful Things, to the television screen…

Dust Child

Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

Join international bestselling author and poet Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai in conversation with host of The Vietnamese podcast Kenneth Nguyen…

Finding the Words

Colin Campbell

“I wrote this book in the hopes of making grief less frightening, mysterious, and lonely for those of us who…

A Guest at the Feast

Colm Tóibín

Celebrated Irish writer Colm Tóibín (Brooklyn, The Master) returns with a new book of scintillating essays, A Guest at the Feast. This collection blends…

How Does L.A. Inspire First-Time Novelists?

Fatimah Asghar, Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi, and Ryan Lee Wong

Everybody loves a debut novel. The thrill of discovering a new literary voice, the culmination of years of solitary work,…