Media Archive

First Gen: A Memoir

Alejandra Campoverdi

From former White House aide to President Obama and Harvard graduate, Alejandra Campoverdi comes a riveting unflinching memoir on navigating…

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 Fraud

Zadie Smith

Highly acclaimed novelist Zadie Smith comes to Los Angeles to discuss her historical novel, The Fraud, based on real events…

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…

Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist

Frans de Waal

“This surprising look at the nature of primates has a lot to say about what it means to be human.”― Publishers…

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…

Surviving Homelessness & Foster Care

David Ambroz

David Ambroz, best-selling author of A Place Called Home, shares his story of survival on the streets of New York City…

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…