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Spanning time and space, psychological thrillers, and familial sacrifices, these acclaimed authors create fantastical worlds while tackling societal moral dilemmas.

*Note: This panel was previously filmed on April 1, 2021.

Acclaimed novelist, poet, and essayist Leslie Marmon Silko is known for her lyric treatment of Native American subjects.

The jury in the trial of Derek Chauvin convicted the former Minneapolis police officer of murder in the death of George Floyd.

George Floyd’s family gathered to hear the verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin, who was found guilty in the murder of George Floyd.

Escape the humdrum of everyday life into worlds filled with gangsters, grifters and gut-wrenching suspense from three crime fiction writers that are at the top of their game.

*Note: This panel was previously filmed on April 14, 2021. Three contemporary writers reckon with the world around us exploring the range of human connections whether in real life or online.

After the season was cut short by COVID, outside linebacker Raesjon Davis chose to finish his senior year. Davis is a Mater Dei senior linebacker who will attend USC on a football scholarship.

Los Angeles Times utility desk reporter Ada Tseng visits a mobile vaccination clinic at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Baldwin Park.

Los Angeles Times reporter Ada Tseng visits a mobile vaccination clinic at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Baldwin Park.

America's broken criminal justice system and epidemic of mass incarceration is examined by these three writers whose important works focus on the the criminalization of mental illness, the human

Debut fantasy writers Tracy Deonn and Namina Forna mix it up with award-winning author Daniel Jose Older for this young adult fantasy panel that spans Arthurian legend, West Africa–inspired fantasy

*Note: This panel was previously filmed on March 29, 2021. These storytellers will transport you to China, Africa, India and through America, too.

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*Note: This panel was previously filmed on April 12th, 2021.

Best friends Jesse Tyler Ferguson, star of Modern Family, and recipe developer Julie Tanous pay homage to their hometowns as they whip up modern California food with Southern and Southwestern spins

*Note: this panel was previously filmed on March 30th, 2021 and aired on April 18, 2021. Two award-winning Scottish authors discuss their semi-autobiographical, coming-of-age novels with L.A.

*Note: This panel was previously filmed on March 30, 2021 and aired April 18, 2021. L.A.

Radden Keefe's latest saga chronicles three generations of a single family and the mark they would leave on the world.

*Note: This panel was previously filmed on April 1, 2021 and aired on April 18, 2021.

Mike Nichols, John Schlesinger, Richard Linklater.

*Note: This panel was previously filmed on April 15th, 2021 and aired on April 17th, 2021.

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*Note: this panel was previously filmed on April 13, 2021 and aired on April 17, 2021.

Creators and influencers who use digital outlets to claim space and empower communities discuss how social media can be used for social good.

Jasmine Mans is a Black American poet, artist from Newark, New Jersey. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin Madison, with a B.A. in African American Studies.

These powerful coming-of-age novels, all written in lyrical verse, are fierce, profound, and beautiful explorations of identity, race, wrongful incarceration, the power of drag, and much more.

Please join us for this important and timely discussion of immigration in America - looking back in our history and bringing us to the present day.

*Note: This panel was previously filmed on March 30th, 2021 and aired on April 17th, 2021.

Join us for the kick off the 26th Annual Virtual Festival of Books featuring the President of USC, Dr. Carol L. Folt along with surprise appearances by favorite L.A.