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Saturday, April 13
 

10:00am

Los Angeles: The People and Places That Shaped A City - Conversation 1101 - REQUIRES TICKET Taper Hall 101, Signing Area 5William Deverell • Lili Anolik • Tosh Berman • Lynell George • David Kipen It Takes Two: Co-Authoring Middle Grade Fiction - Conversation 1011 - REQUIRES TICKET Hoffman Hall, Signing Area 1Holly Goldberg Sloan • Emily Chenoweth • Johnny Marciano • Rachel Renée Russell • Nikki Russell Identity and Memory: The Performance of the Self in Contemporary Poetry - Conversation 1031 - REQUIRES TICKET Mudd Hall 203, Signing Area 1Cyrus Cassells • Jos Charles • Terrance Hayes • Ilya Kaminsky • Diana Khoi Nguyen

10:30am

The Enduring Allure of Shakespeare - Conversation 1131 - REQUIRES TICKET Wallis Annenberg Hall Presented by USC, Signing Area 10David Bridel • Emily Anderson • Rebecca Lemon • Natsuko Ohama • Andy Stott Crime Fiction: The Hunters and The Hunted - Conversation 1071 - REQUIRES TICKET Seeley G. Mudd 123, Signing Area 4Tod Goldberg • Rachel Howzell Hall • Maria Hummel • Thomas Perry • Stuart Woods Laurie Halse Anderson, Author of "Shout," and Roxane Gay, Editor of "Not That Bad: Dispatches From Rape Culture," in Conversation with Robin Abcarian - Conversation 1041 - REQUIRES TICKET Bovard Auditorium, Signing Area 3Robin Abcarian • Laurie Halse Anderson • Roxane Gay Susan Orlean, Author of "The Library Book," in Conversation with Julia Turner - Conversation 1021 - REQUIRES TICKET Town & Gown, Signing Area 1Julia Turner • Susan Orlean

11:00am

Column One: How to Spot and Tell a Great Story LA Times LiveSteve Padilla • Carolyn Cole • Nathan Fenno • Esmeralda Bermudez • Molly Hennessy-Fiske

11:30am

Fiction: Epic Storytelling - Conversation 1082 - REQUIRES TICKET Seeley G. Mudd 124, Signing Area 4Chris Daley • Yangsze Choo • Rabeah Ghaffari • Paula Saunders • Lisa See Tayari Jones, Author of "American Marriage: A Novel," in Conversation with Michael Silverblatt - Conversation 1102 - REQUIRES TICKET Taper Hall 101, Signing Area 5Michael Silverblatt • Tayari Jones Crime Fiction: Wrong Place, Right Time - Conversation 1012 - REQUIRES TICKET Hoffman Hall, Signing Area 1Miles Corwin • Kent Anderson • Tim Johnston • Attica Locke

12:00pm

Terrance Hayes, Reading from "American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin" Poetry Stage, Signing Area 2Terrance Hayes Feminisms in Motion: Intersectional Voices for Social Change - Conversation 1132 - REQUIRES TICKET Wallis Annenberg Hall Presented by USC, Signing Area 10Daria Yudacufski • Jessica Hoffmann • Erin Aubry Kaplan • Stephanie Abraham • Randa Jarrar

1:00pm

Love, Actually: Writing the Modern Romance - Conversation 1013 - REQUIRES TICKET Hoffman Hall, Signing Area 1Erin Judge • Alyssa Cole • Jasmine Guillory • Camille Perri Tommy Orange, Author of "There There," in Conversation with Natashia Deón - Conversation 1103 - REQUIRES TICKET Taper Hall 101, Signing Area 5Natashia Deón • Tommy Orange Creating Poetic Voice in the Age of Witness - Conversation 1033 - REQUIRES TICKET Mudd Hall 203, Signing Area 1David Baker • Jericho Brown • Victoria Chang • Carl Phillips • Diane Seuss Ilya Kaminsky, Reading from "Deaf Republic" Poetry Stage, Signing Area 2Ilya Kaminsky

1:20pm

Morgan Parker, Reading from "Magical Negro" Poetry Stage, Signing Area 2Morgan Parker

1:30pm

Memoir: Who We Came From and Who We Came to Be - Conversation 1073 - REQUIRES TICKET Seeley G. Mudd 123, Signing Area 4Samantha Dunn • Nicole Chung • Rigoberto González • Vanessa McGrady • Sophia Shalmiyev Sandra Cisneros, Author of "Puro Amor," interviewed by Esmeralda Bermudez LA Times Main StageEsmeralda Bermudez • Sandra Cisneros

2:30pm

Gigi Gorgeous, Author of "He Said, She Said: Lessons, Stories and Mistakes from My Transgender Journey," interviewed by Jessica Roy LA Times Main StageJessica Roy • Gigi Gorgeous Crime Fiction: Hidden Truths - Conversation 1104 - REQUIRES TICKET Taper Hall 101, Signing Area 5Steph Cha • Lou Berney • Jeffrey Fleishman • Tod Goldberg • Joe Ide Final Draft: Writing Hollywood's Stories - Conversation 1014 - REQUIRES TICKET Hoffman Hall, Signing Area 1Claudia Puig • Geoff Dyer • Stephen Jay Schwartz • Kenneth Turan • Elizabeth Weitzman

3:00pm

Fiction: Swept Along By Circumstance - Conversation 1114 - REQUIRES TICKET Taper Hall 201, Signing Area 5David Francis • Janet Fitch • Rebecca Makkai Writing Across Genres: What it Means to be Black in America - Conversation 1024 - REQUIRES TICKET Town & Gown, Signing Area 1Rebecca Carroll • Morgan Parker • Nafissa Thompson-Spires • Damon Young

4:00pm

Dawn Lundy Martin, reading from "Good Stock Strange Blood" Poetry Stage, Signing Area 2Dawn Lundy Martin

4:30pm

Young Adult Fiction: Writing The Fantastic - Conversation 1025 - REQUIRES TICKET Town & Gown, Signing Area 1Robert Graves • Dhonielle Clayton • Tahereh Mafi • Jennifer Nielsen • Veronica Roth

4:40pm

Diana Khoi Nguyen, Reading from "Ghost Of" Poetry Stage, Signing Area 2Diana Khoi Nguyen

5:20pm

Joseph Rios, Reading from "Shadowboxing: Poems & Impersonations" Poetry Stage, Signing Area 2Joseph Rios

5:40pm

Arminé Iknadossian, Reading from "All That Wasted Fruit" Poetry Stage, Signing Area 2Arminé Iknadossian
 
Sunday, April 14
 

10:00am

Dystopian Fiction: It's the End of the World As We Know It - Conversation 2011 - REQUIRES TICKET Hoffman Hall, Signing Area 1Mark Haskell Smith • Ben H. Winters • Adam Nemett Richard Blanco Reading From "How to Love a Country" Poetry Stage, Signing Area 2Richard Blanco

10:30am

Biography: The Lives of Legendary African Americans - Conversation 2001- REQUIRES TICKET Hancock Foundation, Signing Area 1Marcus Anthony Hunter • Raymond Arsenault • David W. Blight • Ron Rapoport • Jeffrey C. Stewart CANCELED: Joyce Carol Oates, Author of "Hazards of Time Travel," in Conversation with Barbara DeMarco-Barrett - Conversation 2041 - REQUIRES TICKET Bovard Auditorium, Signing Area 3Barbara DeMarco-Barrett Laila Lalami, Author of "The Other Americans," in Conversation with Carolina A. Miranda - Conversation 2021 - REQUIRES TICKET Town & Gown, Signing Area 1Carolina A. Miranda • Laila Lalami Science Fiction: Worlds Beyond Our Own - Conversation 2111 - REQUIRES TICKET Taper Hall 201, Signing Area 5Donna Wares • Charlie Jane Anders • Ashok Banker • Henry Thomas

10:40am

Francesca Bell, Reading from "Bright Stain" Poetry Stage, Signing Area 2Francesca Bell

11:00am

Young Adult Fiction: Writing The Real World - Conversation 2101 - REQUIRES TICKET Taper Hall 101, Signing Area 5Claudette S. McLinn • Elizabeth Acevedo • Meg Medina • Ibi Zoboi Walter Mosley, Author of "Down the River Unto the Sea," in Conversation with Christopher Goffard - Conversation 2051 - REQUIRES TICKET - CANCELED Ronald Tutor Campus Center, Signing Area 3Christopher Goffard • Walter Mosley

12:00pm

Memoir: Voices of the Black American Experience - Conversation 2022 - REQUIRES TICKET Town & Gown, Signing Area 1Karen Grigsby Bates • Bridgett Davis • Casey Gerald • Kiese Laymon Books: What It Means to Be a Reader - Conversation 2072 - REQUIRES TICKET Seeley G. Mudd 123, Signing Area 4Heather Scott Partington • Glory Edim • Lisa Lucas • Max Rudin • David L. Ulin

1:00pm

sam sax, Reading from "bury it" Poetry Stage, Signing Area 2sam sax

2:30pm

Memoir: Queer Coming-of-Age - Conversation 2014 - REQUIRES TICKET Hoffman Hall, Signing Area 1Noel Alumit • Anuradha Bhagwati • T Kira Madden • James Oseland • Jacob Tobia

3:00pm

American Dreams Deferred: The Immigrant Experience - Conversation 2074 - REQUIRES TICKET Seeley G. Mudd 123, Signing Area 4Sewell Chan • Julissa Arce • Reyna Grande • Lauren Hilgers

3:20pm

Lynne Thompson, Reading from "Fretwork" Poetry Stage, Signing Area 2Lynne Thompson

3:30pm

In My Feelings: Young Adult Rom Coms YA Stage Presented by HS Insider, Signing Area 9Kayla Cagan • Sara Biren • Melissa de la Cruz • Maurene Goo • Jennifer E. Smith

3:40pm

Noah Blaustein, Reading from "After Party" Poetry Stage, Signing Area 2Noah Blaustein

3:45pm

In Conversation: LA Librería Presents the Challenges of Biliteracy LA Times En Español StageChiara Arroyo • Madeline Peña • Myriam Quintanilla • Paulina López • Janet Cerda

4:00pm

Marilyn Chin, Reading from "A Portrait of the Self as Nation" Poetry Stage, Signing Area 2Marilyn Chin Writing & Publishing: Inside Stories of the Book Business - Conversation 2015 - REQUIRES TICKET Hoffman Hall, Signing Area 1Oscar Villalon • Dan Smetanka • Colleen Dunn Bates • Betsy Amster • Nicole Dewey