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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,…

On the Front Lines of Democracy

Joel Simon, Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady

The author of The Infodemic, Joel Simon, and the directors of the HBO documentary Endangered, Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, describe how…

An Evening with George Saunders

George Saunders

Called the “best short-story writer in English,” (Time) George Saunders is back with a masterful collection that explores ideas of…

Something in Common x Baseball Reliquary: Shrine of the Eternals

Baseball Reliquary

Join us for the Baseball Reliquary’s signature annual event, the Shrine of the Eternals awards and induction ceremony, often referred…