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Lost & Found at the Movies:
Into Great Silents

John Nein

For as long as there’s been a movie industry, there have been filmmakers compelled to work outside of it. In…

My Time Will Come:
A Memoir of Crime, Punishment, Hope, and Redemption

Ian Manuel

“Ian is magic. His story is difficult and heartbreaking, but he takes us places we need to go to understand…

Lost & Found at the Movies:
New Suns

John Nein

“There is nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns.” Octavia E. Butler Fifteen years after her death, Octavia…

The Committed

Viet Thanh Nguyen

In a highly anticipated sequel to the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Sympathizer, Viet Thanh Nguyen returns with an exhilarating spy…

Lift Every Voice: Why African American Poetry Matters

Kevin Young

As part of Lift Every Voice: Why African American Poetry Matters, the Library Foundation of Los Angeles joins the nationwide…

Lost and Found at the Movies: Rebels and Revolutionaries

Haifaa Al-Mansour, Billy Woodberry, Grace Lee, and Mo Perkins

Amid this unprecedented moment of protest and uprising, Lost & Found reflects on stories of cinematic revolt. Cinema itself has…

Lost and Found at the Movies: A Fellini Centenary Celebration in 8 ½ Parts

Natasha Lyonne, Mira Nair, Suzanne Rust, and John Sayles

As we approach the end of this Felliniesque year, we’ll celebrate the centenary of one of cinema’s greatest artists, a…

This Is Not My Memoir

André Gregory

“Adventure. Compassion. Hatred. Money. Friendship. Marriage. Theatre. Failure. Beauty. Revelation. Cinema. Success. Death. Creation. And re-creation. This is a remarkable…

Collaboration & Innovation: Mixografia’s Revolutionary Printmaking

Mixografia

In the first program of a new two-part series on Collaboration & Innovation, ALOUD is excited to explore the rich…

Just Us: An American Conversation

Claudia Rankine and Terrance Hayes

How do we talk about race in America? Two of our country’s most award-winning poets and unflinching voices on racism…