ALOUD @ Los Angeles Public Library
829 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsALOUD is the Library Foundation of Los Angeles' award-winning literary series of live conversations, readings and performances at the historic Central Library and locations throughout Los Angeles.
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May 06, 2010 03:00 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBSyjuco's daring debut novel opens with Crispin Salvador, lion of Philippine letters, dead in the Hudson River. Winner of the 2008 Man Asian Literary Prize, Syjuco exposes the corruption behind the rich families who have ruled the Philippines for generations offering an unhindered view of a society caught between reckless decay and hopeful progress.
How Memories Get Made
April 29, 2010 03:00 - 1 hour - 69.5 MBThe world-renowned neuroscientist Gary Lynch, subject of McDermott's new book, discusses his decades-long obsessive pursuit to uncover the mechanism by which the brain makes memories.
The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq
April 28, 2010 03:00 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBA work of brilliant and compassionate reporting, \"a must-read for everyone who cares about women, justice, fairness, the military, and the United States.\" (Katha Pollitt, The Nation)
Murder City: Ciudad Juárez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields
April 22, 2010 03:00 - 1 hour - 62.5 MBBowden, award-winning Tucson-based author and journalist reveals the story of the disintegration of Ciudad Juárez. Interweaving stories of the city's inhabitants-a raped beauty queen, a repentant hitman, a journalist fleeing for his life-with a broader meditation on the Mexican town's descent into anarchy.
Richard Wagner's Ring: Eros, Mythos, and Ethos--A Lecture by Maestro James Conlon
April 20, 2010 03:00 - 1 hour - 64.4 MBConlon, music director of LA Opera and one of the world's preeminent conductors, will discuss Wagner's monumental work, challenging preconceptions while guiding the audience through the music and dramatic themes in a way that both opera novice and aficionado can enjoy.
Ralph Angel, Carol Muske-Dukes, Cecilia Wolloch: poetry reading
April 14, 2010 03:00 - 1 hour - 62.5 MBImagination. Luminosity. Mystery and grief. Ghost landscapes. Joy and celebration. Join us for a reading by three award-winning California poets.
Poetry Reading
April 14, 2010 03:00 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBGale, editor, writer, teacher; Kearney, poet, performer, and librettist; and Shumaker, poet, author and teacher read from their work.
An Evening with Ian McEwan
April 13, 2010 03:00 - 1 hour - 71.1 MBIn his new novel Solar, the best-selling author of Atonement, explores the quest of one overweight and philandering Nobel prize-winning physicist to save the world from environmental disaster.
Pearl of China: a novel
April 08, 2010 03:00 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBA performative reading and talk, from the bestselling author of Red Azalea and Empress Orchid whose new novel- the powerful story of the friendship of a lifetime-is based on the life of Pearl S. Buck.
Re-Writing the American Dream
April 06, 2010 03:00 - 1 hour - 74.7 MBSapphire's fiction, poems and essays have taken on the myths and assumptions of class, gender and race in America. Join us for a discussion of her writing, the evolution of Push from stage to screen, her influences from the literary canon to the zeitgeist of our times, and her new novel.
The Writer in the World
April 02, 2010 03:00 - 1 hour - 73 MBTwo celebrated authors-one from Kenya, the other from Morocco-examine how writers take on the challenges posed by political and cultural conflict in our modern world.
Three Approaches to Writing Biography
March 26, 2010 03:00 - 1 hour - 65.7 MBThree new biographies-on Frank Oppenheimer, Frank Gehry, and Joseph Papp-offer completely different strategies for revealing complex and accomplished lives.
How Many Billboards? Visual Rights to the City
March 25, 2010 03:00 - 1 hour - 84.1 MBA panel of outdoor media professionals and legal experts focus on the city's recent debate surrounding LED billboards and illegal signage, raising the notion of free speech as it relates to images on the street along the way. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition \"How Many Billboards? Art In Stead\" at The MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House, Feb. 5 - March 12, 2010.
The Things They Carried
March 19, 2010 03:00 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MBA reading and conversation honoring the 20th anniversary of one of America's most important novels, a book as vitally important for anyone interested in the Vietnam War as it is for those concerned with the craft of storytelling.
So Much For That
March 18, 2010 03:00 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBThis enchanting novel by Shriver, author of the bestseller We Need to Talk about Kevin, is a witty and timely exploration of the failure of our health-care system.
The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
March 12, 2010 03:00 - 1 hour - 69.8 MBMlodinow - a physicist with the grace of a born storyteller - illuminates the improbable ways that chance and probability affect our daily lives.
From the Barrio to the 'Burbs: Crossing Borders & Finding Home in the New Los Angeles
March 11, 2010 03:00 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBIn his remarkable and ambitious new memoir, The Opposite Field, Katz tells a story of good love and failed love, of Los Angeles and Portland and Nicaragua and Mexico and a father and son in search of a place to play baseball.
The Union of their Dreams: Power, Hope and Struggle in Cesar Chavez's Farm Worker Movement
March 05, 2010 03:00 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBDrawing on a trove of original documents, tapes, and interviews to chronicle the rise of the United Farm Workers during the heady days of civil rights struggles, the antiwar movement, and 60s and 70s student activism, Pawel weaves together a powerful portrait of a people and their movement.
The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them
March 04, 2010 03:00 - 1 hour - 63.7 MBWant to know Isaac Babel's secret influence on the making of \"King Kong\"? Literally and metaphorically following the footsteps of her favorite authors, Batuman combines fresh readings of the great Russians, from Pushkin to Tolstoy, along with some sad and funny stories from the people's lives they've influenced-including her own.
Free Fall: Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy
February 25, 2010 03:00 - 1 hour - 72.4 MBNobel Prize-winner Joseph Stiglitz explains the current financial crisis-and the coming global economic order.
The Great Equations: Breakthroughs in Science from Pythagoras to Heisenberg
February 18, 2010 03:00 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBCrease, a science historian and philosopher, takes us on a tour of ten of the most important victories in our long struggle to understand the world we live in.
A Windfall of Musicians: Hitler's Emigres and Exiles in Southern California
February 17, 2010 03:00 - 1 hour - 60.6 MBCrawford, a musicologist, reveals the uniquely vibrant era when Southern California became a hub of unprecedented musical talent.
The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050
February 12, 2010 03:00 - 1 hour - 60 MBWhat will America look like in 2050? Kotkin, a renowned social and economic trend analyst, argues that the key to America's economic recovery is its robust population growth.
Jesus Was a Liberal
February 09, 2010 03:00 - 1 hour - 68.6 MBMcLennan, Dean for Religious Life at Stanford (and inspiration for Doonesbury's Rev. Scot Sloan) gives voice to millions of liberal Christians and builds solid bridges to all sides of the cultural divide.
Shush! Growing Up Jewish Under Stalin
February 04, 2010 03:00 - 1 hour - 63.4 MBDraitser, Professor of Russian at Hunter College (CUNY), resurrects-with great humor-the world of his Jewish childhood in the Soviet Union.
Parallel Play: Growing Up with Undiagnosed Asperger's
February 03, 2010 03:00 - 1 hour - 68.5 MBPage, now a Pulitzer-winning music critic, offers a riveting portrayal of what it is like to live in a psychological world that few understand.
The Swan Thieves: A Novel
January 29, 2010 03:00 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MBIn her new novel The Swan Thieves, the author of the bestseller The Historian offers a story of obsession, history's losses, and the power of art to preserve human hope.
An Evening with T.C. Boyle
January 27, 2010 03:00 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBThe settings for Boyle's bold new stories range from a California suburb terrorizedby a mountain lion, to Napoleonic France where a feral child is captured naked in the forest. He reads and discusses his new collection, Wild Child as well as his novel The Women about the life of Frank Lloyd Wright.
The Value of Nothing: Markets and Democracy in a Time of Crisis
January 21, 2010 03:00 - 1 hour - 67.6 MBPatel (author of Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System) asks us to reconsider how democracy might be the route by which we can reclaim markets so that they work for rather than against social change.
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
January 15, 2010 03:00 - 1 hour - 71.7 MBGawande, a bestselling author and surgeon, takes us on an intellectual adventure in which lives are lost and saved and one simple idea makes a tremendous difference.
Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals
January 13, 2010 03:00 - 59 minutes - 54.1 MBGrandin offers remarkable insights into animal behavior from her unique position at the intersection of autism and science. In her new book, she aims to revolutionize our ideas about what animals want and need-on their terms, not ours.
Based on Rumors and Secrets: The World of Palestine, New Mexico
December 15, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 71.1 MBThe new play by L.A.'s premiere Chicano performance group, Culture Clash, molds an intensely personal story into galvanizing theatricality. Join us for a discussion of the Culture Clash creative process that mixes humor and cold fact to unforgettable effect.
POPS: A Life of Louis Armstrong
December 09, 2009 03:00 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MBDrawing on a cache of important new sources unavailable to previous biographers,?The Wall Street Journal's drama critic and arts columnist paints a gripping portrait of Louis Armstrong's world and his music.
An Evening with Twyla Tharp
December 08, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 72.7 MBIn this audience-collaborative talk, one of America's greatest choreographers shares what she's learned from working with some of the most gifted people on the planet.
Wrestling with the Angel of Democracy
December 04, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 67 MBGriffin inquires into the \"interior life of democracy\" and the divide between theory and practice, continuing the unique \"social autobiography\" she began with A Chorus of Stones: A Private Life of War.
The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War
December 02, 2009 03:00 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MBFrom the author of Flags of our Fathers and Flyboys, a startling new look at the events that set the stage for WWII.
Lit: A Memoir
November 18, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBA new memoir by the author of The Liar's Club, about getting drunk and getting sober; becoming a mother by letting go of a mother; learning to write by learning to live.
Everything You Wanted to Know about Polish Theater (But Were Afraid to Ask)
November 17, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBJoin us for a fascinating discussion on the Polish theater tradition and what makes Polish theater so vital today.
Poetry Reading and Panel Discussion
November 13, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 77.2 MBThree distinctive voices in contemporary American poetry read their work and engage in an informal group discussion on their craft.
Sonata Mulattica
November 10, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 75.4 MBIn a lyric narrative inspired by history and imagination, the former U.S. Poet Laureate re-creates the life of a biracial nineteenth-century virtuoso violinist.
An Evening with Orhan Pamuk Part II
November 06, 2009 03:00 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBIn announcing the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy said of Orhan Pamuk: his \"quest for the melancholic soul of his native city, Istanbul, led him to discover new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures.\" Pamuk reads from his new novel, The Museum of Innocence, and discusses his life and work with Reza Aslan (How to Win a Cosmic War).
An Evening with Orhan Pamuk
November 06, 2009 03:00 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MBIn announcing the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy said of Orhan Pamuk: his \"quest for the melancholic soul of his native city, Istanbul, led him to discover new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures.\" Pamuk reads from his new novel, The Museum of Innocence, and discusses his life and work with Reza Aslan (How to Win a Cosmic War).
TIME
November 05, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBFrom jet-lag to aging to cryogenic freezing, acclaimed scholar, historian, and memoirist Hoffman offers a broad, eye-opening look beyond the clock.
Bicoastal Binge: Dining Through the Years in LA and NY
October 30, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 67.4 MBWest coast vs. east coast culinary histories collide as two of the nation's best restaurant critics trade stories about the art of eating-- past and present.
The Unheard Truth: Poverty and Human Rights
October 29, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 68 MBKhan--the first woman, first Asian, and first Muslim to serve as the Secretary General of Amnesty International--sheds a much needed light on the rights and powerlessness of the poor.
Chronic City
October 28, 2009 03:00 - 1 minute - 68 MBIn this new novel, the acclaimed author of Motherless Brooklyn portrays a Manhattan that is beautiful and tawdry, tragic and forgiving, devastating and utterly unique.
When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present
October 23, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 66.8 MBGail Collins, brilliant New York Times columnist and bestselling author, recounts the astounding revolution in women's lives over the past 50 years.
The Holocaust by Bullets
October 21, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBDesbois, a French Catholic priest, has devoted his life to confronting anti-Semitism and furthering Catholic-Jewish understanding. Since 2001 he and his team have crisscrossed the Ukrainian countryside in an effort to locate every mass grave and site at which Jews were killed during the Holocaust. Co-presented with Claremont McKenna College's Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights
Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgetting
October 15, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBThe Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Mountains Beyond Mountains tells the inspiring tale of Deogratias (Deo), a young medical student from the mountains of Burundi, who narrowly survived civil war and genocide before seeking a new life in America.
Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son
October 14, 2009 03:00 - 1 hour - 73.3 MBA shy manifesto and an impractical handbook by one of America's finest writers.