For our first episode, BookSwell’s Managing Editor Cody Sisco sat down with Director of the LA Review of Books/USC Publishing workshop Irene Yoon, professional book club facilitator Sarah Labrie, and local author/bookseller Dan Lopez. This week they address the best events they’ve been to recently, the March events they can’t wait for, and underrepresented authors finding mainstream audiences.
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Events Mentioned
- March 1 Jill Abramson The Truth Merchants at ALOUD Series
- March 4 Queer Book Club with CB Lee
- March 7 Nina Revoyr A Student of History at Skylight
- March 10 Rita Osei #WOMAN poetry book launch at Brewery Arts Complex
- March 10 Headcase: LGBTQ writers at Skylight
- March 12 Ali Liebegott The Summer of Dead Birds at Skylight
- March 25 Matt de la Pena at Vroman’s Superman: Dawnbreaker
Books Mentioned
Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
Leading Men by Christopher Castellani
Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
Less by Andrew Sean Greer
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
The Hate U Give by Angie Jones
BookSwell Intersections: Connecting Los Angeles readers to the literary events that matter most.
Music credits:
Chill Wave Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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