ALOUD @ Los Angeles Public Library
Los Angeles Public Library
ALOUD 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.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Jun 19, 2008 • 1h 12min
Undiscovered
First time author and three-time Oscar nominated actress (An Officer and a Gentleman, Terms of Endearment, and Shadowlands), Winger reflects upon her pursuit of a life beyond acting, converting her star status into a life filled with meaning.
Jun 18, 2008 • 1h 24min
ALOUD Science Series: On Seeing and Being - The Body Has a Mind of Its Own
How does your mind know where your body ends and the outside world begins? Two acclaimed science writers discuss the largely unconscious ways that your brain builds maps of your body parts, your movements, the space around your body, the actions of others, and the sensations that lead to human emotions, health and disease.Made possible by a generous contribution from K&L Gates
Jun 13, 2008 • 1h 11min
The Pornography of Power: How Defense Hawks Hijacked 9/11 and weakened America
One of America's most admired journalists offers a manifesto for enlightened reform of the nation's military-industrial complex.
Jun 12, 2008 • 1h 9min
Soldiers of Reason: The RAND Corporation and the Rise of the American Empire
A page-turning chronicle of the rise of the secretive think tank--born in the wake of World War II--that has been the driving force behind American government for the last half-century.
Jun 10, 2008 • 1h 4min
All You Can Eat: Panel Discussion
Rising concerns over food safety and the environmental impact of industrialized agriculture suggest that the true costs of \"cheap\" calories are unsustainably high. As our food economy fast approaches its limits, California's innovative food community offers hope and a salad bar full of possible solutions.
Jun 5, 2008 • 1h 12min
Relentless Pursuit: A Year in the Trenches with Teach for America
A candid account of a year in the life of four TFA recruits at Locke High School in South Central L.A. as they attempt to fulfill their mission to overcome the inequities in our educational system.
Jun 4, 2008 • 1h 7min
The Garden of Last Days
The author of House of Sand and Fog offers a new novel that explores sex and parenthood, honor and masculinity.
May 30, 2008 • 1h 11min
The Bishop's Daughter
An acclaimed poet offers an unsparing portrait of her father-a civil rights leader and Episcopalian bishop of New York City- that explores the consequences of sexual secrets on one American family.
May 29, 2008 • 1h 3min
The Story of a Marriage
Greer (The Confessions of Max Tivoli) looks at the climate of repression in 1950s America and asks how far we are willing to go to escape that which confines us.
May 22, 2008 • 1h 16min
ALOUD Science Series: On Seeing and Being - "What Do You See?"
How do our brains construct a world from a confounding and often conflicting mass of visual cues? According to Koch, professor of Cognitive and Behavioral Biology at Caltech, understanding how we see helps us understand how we arrive at a sense of a conscious "self."This series made possible by a generous contribution from K&L Gates.
