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Jessica Ceballos y Campbell
Saturday
, April 21
10:00am PDT
Juan Felipe Herrera, Reading from "Jabberwalking"
Poetry Stage, Signing Area 2
Juan Felipe Herrera
10:30am PDT
American Cultural Icons, Conversation 1011
Hancock Foundation, Signing Area 1
Elizabeth Taylor • Isaac Butler • Caroline Fraser • Dan Kois • Vanda Krefft
Keep the World Interesting — Solving the Problems of Immersive Storytelling, Conversation 1151
School of Cinematic Arts: Ray Stark Family Theater, presented by Newstory
Miles Perkins • Michele Barnwell • Alton Glass • Patrick Meegan • Kamal Sinclair
11:00am PDT
Poetry: Self, Cultural Narratives, and Form, Conversation 1041
Andrus Gerontology Center, Signing Area 4
Cyrus Cassells • Mary Jo Bang • Christopher Merrill • Evie Shockley • David St.John
Jorge Ramos in Conversation with David Kipen, Conversation 1071
Ronald Tutor Campus Center, Signing Area 3
David Kipen • Jorge Ramos
Publishing: What's Working & What's Next, Conversation 1121
Taper Hall 101, Signing Area 5
Carolyn Kellogg • Betsy Amster • Glory Edim • Peter Ginna • Chad Post
12:00pm PDT
Writing Great Lives, Conversation 1012
Hancock Foundation, Signing Area 1
Diane Smith • Andrea Barnet • Jonathan Eig • John A. Farrell • Adam Federman
The Bob Lefsetz Podcast with Special Guest Moby, Musician and Animal Rights Activist, Conversation 1082
Annenberg Auditorium, presented by Newstory, Signing Area 3
Bob Lefsetz • Moby
Patricia Smith, Reading from "Incendiary Art"
Poetry Stage, Signing Area 2
Patricia Smith
1:00pm PDT
Kim Addonizio, Reading from "Mortal Trash"
Poetry Stage, Signing Area 2
Kim Addonizio
2:00pm PDT
Poetry: Trauma and the Problem of Beauty, Conversation 1043
Andrus Gerontology Center, Signing Area 4
David Baker • Alessandra Lynch • Shane McCrae • Carol Muske-Dukes • Patricia Smith
Walter Mosley in Conversation with Steph Cha, Conversation 1073
Ronald Tutor Campus Center, Signing Area 3
Steph Cha • Walter Mosley
2:30pm PDT
CANCELLED -- Janet Mock, Author of "Surpassing Certainty" in Conversation with Tre’vell Anderson --CANCELLED
Los Angeles Times Main Stage, Signing Area 8
Tre'vell Anderson • Janet Mock
3:00pm PDT
Memory: How It Shapes You, Conversation 1094
Seeley G. Mudd 123, Signing Area 4
Dinah Lenney • Elizabeth Rosner • Alex Wagner • Amy Wallen
Fiction: The Art of the Short Story, Conversation 1054
Salvatori Computer Science Center 101, Signing Area 4
Matthew Specktor • Elizabeth Crane Brandt • Scott O'Connor • Daniel A. Olivas • Susan Straight
3:30pm PDT
Memoir: Becoming a Writer, Conversation 1024
Hoffman Hall, Signing Area 1
Michelle Franke • Alexander Chee • Samantha Dunn • Nell Scovell
Writing the West, Conversation 1114
Seeley G. Mudd 124, Signing Area 4
William Deverell • Stephen G. Bloom • Bryan Mealer • Joshua Wheeler
3:40pm PDT
How Social Justice Movements are Reshaping Hollywood
L.A. Times Central
Mary McNamara • Tre'vell Anderson • Jessica Gelt
4:00pm PDT
Junot Diaz, Author of "Islandborn" **
Reading by 9 Children's Stage, Signing Area 7
Junot Diaz
4:30pm PDT
How We Die: Approaches to Mourning, Burial, and Death, Conversation 1145
Wallis Annenberg Hall, presented by USC, Signing Area 10
Susan Enguidanos • Caitlin Doughty • Megan Rosenbloom • David Sloane
Fiction: The Meaning of Family, Conversation 1095
Seeley G. Mudd 123, Signing Area 4
Nina Revoyr • Kirstin Chen • Gina Frangello • Anne Raeff • Mark Sarvas
Sunday
, April 22
11:00am PDT
Viet Thanh Nguyen and Alexander Chee in Conversation, Conversation 2121
Taper Hall 101, Signing Area 5
Alexander Chee • Viet Thanh Nguyen
Kaveh Akbar, Reading from "Calling a Wolf a Wolf"
Poetry Stage, Signing Area 2
Kaveh Akbar
12:00pm PDT
The Evolution of Mexican Food in Los Angeles, Conversation 2142
Wallis Annenberg Hall, presented by USC, Signing Area 10
Sarah Portnoy • Wes Avila • Bill Esparza
Young Leaders Rising: The Movement to End the Weaponizing of America, presented by bigSTORY, Conversation 2132
Norris Theater, presented by Newstory, Signing Area 5
Mike Bonifer • Students from March for Our Lives • Students from MUSE High School • Students from Rock Your World
Immigrants: We Get the Job Done, Conversation 2012
Hancock Foundation, Signing Area 1
Frances Dinkelspiel • Alberto Ledesma • Lauren Markham • Sasha Polakow-Suransky
Dennis Lehane in Conversation with Karen Grigsby Bates, Conversation 2032
Town & Gown, Signing Area 1
Karen Grigsby Bates • Dennis Lehane
12:30pm PDT
Photography & Narrative, Conversation 2112
Seeley G. Mudd 124, Signing Area 4
David L. Ulin • Geoff Dyer • Lynell George • Karen Tei Yamashita
2:00pm PDT
Activism Now!, Conversation 2073
Ronald Tutor Campus Center, Signing Area 3
Celeste Fremon • Patrisse Khan-Cullors • Paola Mendoza • Yascha Mounk • Manuel Pastor
2:30pm PDT
Dave Eggers in Conversation with Joel Arquillos, Conversation 2063
Bovard Auditorium, Signing Area 3
Joel Arquillos • Dave Eggers
Poetry Slam presented by Anansi Writers Workshop
Newstory Stage
AKOLDPIECE • Shonda Buchanan • Peggy Dobreer • V. Kali • Ymasumac Maranon • D Hideo Maruyama • Romus Simpson • Hiram Sims
3:00pm PDT
Urbanism: How We Make Cities, Conversation 2054
Salvatori Computer Science Center 101, Signing Area 4
Christopher Hawthorne • Chris Myers Asch • Geoff Manaugh • Alissa Walker
The Politics of L.A. Spaces: From Architectural Icons to Homelessness and Gentrification, Conversation 2144
Wallis Annenberg Hall, presented by USC, Signing Area 10
David L. Ulin • Ken Breisch • Sesshu Foster • R. Scott Mitchell
4:40pm PDT
826LA Manual Arts High School Students, Reading from Through the Same Halls: Journeys of Elders Born and Raised in South Central and Beyond
Poetry Stage, Signing Area 2
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Andrus Gerontology Center, Signing Area 4
Annenberg Auditorium, presented by Newstory, Signing Area 3
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Hancock Foundation, Signing Area 1
Hoffman Hall, Signing Area 1
L.A. Times Central
Los Angeles Times Main Stage, Signing Area 8
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Norris Theater, presented by Newstory, Signing Area 5
Pacific Sales Cooking Stage, Signing Area 6
Poetry Stage, Signing Area 2
Reading by 9 Children's Stage, Signing Area 7
Ronald Tutor Campus Center, Signing Area 3
Salvatori Computer Science Center 101, Signing Area 4
School of Cinematic Arts - Broccoli Theater, presented by Newstory
School of Cinematic Arts: Ray Stark Family Theater, presented by Newstory
Seeley G. Mudd 123, Signing Area 4
Seeley G. Mudd 124, Signing Area 4
Taper Hall 101, Signing Area 5
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Wallis Annenberg Hall, presented by USC, Signing Area 10
YA Stage, presented by HS Insider, Signing Area 9
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