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    Podcast
    March 15, 2016

    Empire of Words: An Unsentimental Journey to the Birth of the OED

    Sarah Ogilvie, Jamaica Kincaid

    The OED represents arguably the first example of global crowd-sourcing and documents a language rich in loanwords from other cultures.…

    Video
    February 23, 2016

    Hanya Yanagihara on Friendship

    Hanya Yanagihara

    In this excerpt from the full length conversation, Yanagihara, author of one of the most talked-about books of 2015 (nominated…

    VideoPodcast
    February 23, 2016

    A Little Life

    Hanya Yanagihara, Matthew Specktor

    One of the most talked-about books of 2015 (nominated for the Man Booker Prize and The National Book Award), A Little Life is…

    Podcast
    April 9, 2014

    The Agony and Fun of Fiction

    Lorrie Moore

    Brighde Mullins joined ALOUD in a celebration of Bark, a collection of stories (the first in fifteen years, since Birds of America)…

    Video
    July 26, 2014

    Machinations in the Library:
    Art Interventions with Machine Project Artists

    Joel Fox, Jibade-Khalil Huffman, Jeepneys, Jmy James Kidd, Tara ONeil

    One of L.A.’s most experimental and dynamic programming teams turned their curatorial eye to the Central Library to reimagine and…

    Video
    October 28, 2015

    Sandra Cisneros – “Sobre viviendo en Mexico”

    Sandra Cisneros, Reyna Grande

    In a new memoir, the award-winning novelist, poet, and beloved author of The House on Mango Street, shares over three decades…

    Video
    October 28, 2015

    “Una mujer muy mujer” – Sandra Cisneros on the Mexican Woman

    Sandra Cisneros, Reyna Grande

    In her memoir, the award-winning novelist, poet, and beloved author of The House on Mango Street, shares over three decades…

    Video
    October 28, 2015

    Sandra Cisneros on Mexico,
    “A culture of profound spiritual knowledge”

    Sandra Cisneros

    In her memoir, the award-winning novelist, poet, and beloved author of The House on Mango Street, shares over three decades…

    Podcast
    October 28, 2015

    A House of My Own

    Sandra Cisneros, Reyna Grande

    In a new memoir, the award-winning novelist, poet, and beloved author of The House on Mango Street, shares over three decades…

    Podcast
    February 17, 2016

    Deep Time:
    Ancient Lives and Modern Eyes

    Rachel Sussman, Ursula K. Heise

    Rachel Sussman and Ursula K Heise: In Conversation Artist Rachel Sussman has traveled around the world to photograph organisms—trees, lichens,…