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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…

Una noche con Yesika Salgado

Yesika Salgado

La emergente superestrella literaria y activista de la positividad corporal se está ganando al mundo por su forma poco convencional…

Tracy Flick Can’t Win: A Novel

Tom Perrotta

Fans of best-selling author Tom Perrotta’s Election will remember the signature character Tracy Flick— Reese Witherspoon’s character from the classic…

Cult Classic: A Novel

Sloane Crosley

Described as “Hilariously insightful and delightfully suspenseful,” Cult Classic, by acclaimed author Sloane Crosley, takes the reader on a journey…

The Candy House: A Novel

Jennifer Egan

From the daring Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist Jennifer Egan, this program will enter the world of The Candy House, her…

Evoke LA

Tyree Boyd-Pates, Suyapa Portillo Villeda, and Natalia Molina

Join MacArthur Fellow and USC Annenberg Professor Josh Kun with the series historians—the Autry’s associate curator Tyree Boyd-Pates, Pitzer professor…

The Sentence

Louise Erdrich

In her stunning and timely new novel, Louise Erdrich creates a wickedly funny ghost story, a tale of passion, of…

ALOUD Cooks

Curated by Leslie Jonath

Food connects us to our past, to our family, our communities and to each other. As we reflect on the…

Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City

Andrea Elliott

What if leaving poverty means abandoning your family, and yourself? Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Andrea Elliott of The New York Times…

The Matter of Black Lives:
Writing from The New Yorker

Jelani Cobb

Historian and writer Jelani Cobb will present a collection of The New Yorker‘s groundbreaking writing on race in America, from stories of endurance…