Media Archive

Dramatizing the Black Experience

Vivian J.O. Barnes, Inda Craig-Galván, and Dave Harris

In the wake of the pandemic, the George Floyd protests, and the country’s ongoing efforts to reconcile its racist past…

Freeman’s: Change

Featuring Rick Bass, Lana Bastašić, and Lina Mounzer

Writer and Editor Extraordinaire, John Freeman returns to ALOUD in celebration of the latest installment of his acclaimed literary journal,…

Better not Bitter, Living in Pursuit of Racial Justice

Yusef Salaam

Writer and activist, Yusef Salaam, a member of the Exonerated Five will join ALOUD with his memoir, Better, Not Bitter, whose story of resilience and strength…

Ian Manuel on the Power of Poetry

Ian Manuel

To kick off our fall season and our theme of resilience, author Ian Manuel will return to ALOUD to discuss…

Erosion: Essays of Undoing

Terry Tempest Williams

“Each of us finds our identity within the communities we call home,” writes Terry Tempest Williams in Erosion, a galvanizing…

The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story

Featuring Sandra Cisneros, Manuel Muñoz, and George Saunders

Over the last half-century, the American short has changed dramatically. In a new anthology, the best and most representative contemporary…

Ongoing Challenges of Disability Discrimination in Law, Politics and Society

Jasmine E. Harris and Ruth Colker

As our fractured country moves forward after a year of social unrest and political division—how can we work towards inclusion,…

Tangled Up in Blue: Policing the American City

Rosa Brooks

In her forties, with two children, a spouse, a dog, a mortgage, and a full-time job as a tenured law…

Finding Latinx: In Search of the Voices Redefining Latino Identity

Paola Ramos

The first step towards change, writes journalist and activist Paola Ramos, is for us to recognize who we are. In…

The Dish: Stories and Bites from Five Notable Chefs

Featuring Tanya Holland, Luladey Moges, Mina Park and Kwang Uh, and Sonoko Sakai

The Skirball Cultural Center and ALOUD—the Library Foundation of Los Angeles’s programming series—invite you to an afternoon of culinary storytelling…