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October 1, 2015
October 1, 2015
Impossible Idealism:
Inventing a Moral Life
What does it mean to devote yourself to helping others? Larissa MacFarquhar, a staff writer for The New Yorker, follows the… VideoPodcast
September 30, 2015
September 30, 2015
Fates and Furies
The award-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of The Monsters of Templeton and Arcadia delivers an exhilarating new novel about the creative partnership of marriage, and…Podcast
September 21, 2015
September 21, 2015
An Evening with
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer
In the wake of an historic summer of groundbreaking Supreme Court decisions, Justice Stephen Breyer returned to ALOUD to discuss… Podcast
September 10, 2015
September 10, 2015
Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights
Returning to ALOUD after receiving the 2012 Los Angeles Public Library Literary Award for his distinguished commitment to libraries and…VideoPodcast
February 24, 2011
February 24, 2011
Destiny and Desire: A Novel
Carlos Fuentes
One of literature’s masters offers a wild, riveting saga that explores passion, magic and corruption in modern Mexico, mixing ancient…Podcast
June 14, 2015
June 14, 2015
To Live and Dine in L.A.:
Menus and the Making of the Modern City
Cynthia Hawkins, Ricardo Diaz
ALOUD gathers for a multimedia tour of the library's menu collection, paired with a conversation on the city's food past…Podcast
April 20, 2016
April 20, 2016
The Further Adventures of Mr. Cilantro Man
Tom Lutz
Juan Felipe Herrera grew up the son of Mexican immigrants in the migrant fields of California, and became the first…Podcast
May 10, 2016
May 10, 2016
The Bricks That Built the Houses
Kate Tempest, Neelanjana Banerjee
The Bricks That Built the Houses explores a cross-section of contemporary urban life with a powerful moral microscope, giving us…Podcast
May 17, 2016
May 17, 2016
Searching to See:
Experiences from the Outside World
Geoff Dyer, Jonathan Lethem
From the Watts Towers in Los Angeles to the Forbidden City in Beijing, Geoff Dyer’s newest collection of essays explores…Podcast
May 19, 2016
May 19, 2016