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LA Times Festival of Books Virtual Event
Virtual Community Book Club with President Barack Obama
RSVP to watch for free Wednesday 04.21.21 7pm
About: Former President Barack Obama in conversation with filmmaker Ava DuVernay

President Barack Obama joins the Los Angeles Times Community Book Club to discuss A PROMISED LAND in a conversation with filmmaker Ava DuVernay.

In his critically acclaimed and bestselling memoir, President Obama takes readers inside his improbable journey: from his political awakening as a freshman at Occidental College, to finding his way as a community organizer and young senator from Chicago, to the day-to-day grind of his grassroots campaign to become the nation’s first Black president.

Times White House reporter Eli Stokols called A PROMISED LAND a fast-moving narrative that “puts the reader in the room at defining moments.”

“Obama draws a textured portrait of himself as a rookie executive — seeking counsel from aides, sneaking cigarettes on the Truman Balcony, frustrated by the constraints on his ambitious agenda but undaunted in pursuing it, even at a steep political cost,” Stokols writes in his review.

A PROMISED LAND covers the first two and half years of Obama’s presidency and is the first of two volumes.

Where: This free virtual community book club event will be live streaming on the Los Angeles Times Facebook page, YouTube and Twitter. You will receive the platform links via email on the day of the event.

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A Promised Land by Barak Obama

LA Times Festival of Books Virtual Event
Virtual Poetry Stage
Ongoing throughout the festival
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Participants: Yusef Komunyakaa | Sesshu Foster | William Archila | Yesika Salgado | Victoria Chang | Anthony Cody | Honorée Fanonne Jeffers | Ellen Bass | Cortney Lamar Charleston | Megan Dorame | Martin Espada | Jenise Miller | Martha Ronk | Michael Wasson | Gail Wronsky | and more!

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Doppelgangbanger by Cortney Lamar Charleston Indigo by Ellen Bass 
Under the Capsized Boat We Fly: New & Selected Poems by Gail Wronsky The Age of Phillis by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers The Blvd by Jenise Miller City Terrace Field Manual by Sesshu Foster Obit by Victoria Chang Neon Vernacular by Yusef Komunyakaa Floaters by Martin Espada Silences by Martha Ronk
LA Times Festival of Books Virtual Event
Crime Fiction: Secrets and Suspense
Monday 04.19.21 7pm
Moderator: Paula L. Woods
Panelists: Christopher Bollen | Tod Goldberg | Jennifer Hillier

CHRISTOPHER BOLLEN
Christopher Bollen
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A Beautiful Crime by Christopher Bollen

TOD GOLDBERG
Tod Goldberg
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The Low Desert by Tod Goldberg

JENNIFER HILLIER
Jennifer Hillier
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Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier
LA Times Festival of Books Virtual Event
Native American Literature: A Panel Honoring the Legacy of Leslie Marmon Silko, 2020 Robert Kirsch Award Winner
Tuesday 04.20.21 5pm
Moderator: Rigoberto González
Panelists: Danielle Geller | Brandon Hobson | David Heska Wanbli Weiden

DANIELLE GELLER
Daneile Geller
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Dog Flowers by Danielle Geller

BRANDON HOBSON
Brandon Hobson
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The Removed by Brandon Hobson

DAVID HESKA WANBLI WEIDEN
DAVID HESKA WANBLI WEIDEN
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Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden

RIGOBERTO GONZALEZ
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The Book of Ruin by Rigoberto Gonzalez
LA Times Festival of Books Virtual Event
Speculative Fiction: The Real and Unreal, Presented by the Ray Bradbury Foundation
Tuesday 04.20.21 7pm
Moderator: Kelly Link
Panelists: Amal El-Mohtar | Max Gladstone | Megan Giddings | Stephen Graham Jones

AMAL EL-MOHTAR
Amal El-Mohtar
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This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

MAX GLADSTONE
Max Gladstone
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This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

MEGAN GIDDINGS
Megan Giddings
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Lakewood by Megan Giddings

STEPHEN GRAHAM JONES
Stephen Graham Jones
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The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

KELLY LINK
Kelly Link
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Get in Trouble by Kelly Link