Schedule of USC Dornsife participants at the 2018 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
Book lovers, grab your favorite tote bag and head to the University Park campus April 21 and 22 for the return of the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at USC. The event brings together authors and literature enthusiasts for two days of readings, discussions, live entertainment and more.
Join faculty, students and alumni from USC Dornsife for a number of panels and readings at the festival (noted in bold in the schedule below). For the full list of events and general information for attendees, visit the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books website. You can also join in the conversation on social media using the hashtag #bookfest.
USC Dornsife Faculty, Student and Alumni Schedule
SATURDAY, APRIL 21
10:30 a.m.
Welcoming Aging: New Possibilities for Living Long and Living Well
Moderator: Pinchas Cohen
Speakers: Alison Balbag, Caleb Finch, Valter Longo
Location: Wallis Annenberg Hall
Moderator: Carol Tavris
Speakers: Antonio Damasio, Cornelia Dean, Leonard Mlodinow
Location: Seeley G. Mudd 123
11:00 a.m.
Poetry: Self, Cultural Narratives, and Form
Moderators: Cyrus Cassells
Speakers: Mary Jo Bang, David St. John, Evie Shockley
Location: Andrus Gerontology Center
Carol Muske-Dukes reads from Blue Rose
Location: Poetry Stage
Kathryn Sermak signs copies of Miss D & Me plus Q&A
Location: Booth 933 (Book Publicists of Southern California)
12 p.m.
The California Exception: Shaping America’s Future or Distant Outlier
Moderator: William Deverell
Speakers: William Randolph Hearst III, Narda Zacchino
Location: Wallis Annenberg Hall
1:20 p.m.
David St. John reads from The Last Troubadour
Location: Poetry Stage
1:30 p.m.
Moderator: Dana Johnson
Speakers: Lisa Ko, Edan Lepucki, Claire Messud, Gabriel Tallent
Location: Salvatori Computer Science Center 101
Resilience and Survival in the Face of Disaster
Moderator: Leo Braudy
Speakers: Rita Burke, Barry Glassner
Location: Wallis Annenberg Hall
2:00 p.m.
Poetry: Trauma and the Problem of Beauty
Moderator: David Baker
Speakers: Alessandra Lynch, Shane McCrae, Carol Muske-Dukes, Patricia Smith
Location: Andrus Gerontology Center
3:00 p.m.
From the Women’s March to #MeToo: Gender and Activism in the U.S. Today
Moderator: Sasha Anawalt
Speakers: Ange-Marie Hancock Alfaro, Sue Luftschein, Karen Tongson
Location: Wallis Annenberg Hall
3:30 p.m.
Moderator: William Deverell
Speakers: Stephen G. Bloom, Bryan Mealer, Joshua Wheeler
Location: Seeley G. Mudd 124
5:20 p.m.
Robin Coste Lewis reads from Voyage of the Sable Venus
Location: Poetry Stage
SUNDAY, APRIL 22
10:30 a.m.
The Power of Comics: From the Page to the Screen
Moderator: M.G. Lord
Speakers: John DeMita, Henry Jenkins, Clifford Johnson
Location: Wallis Annenberg Hall
11:00 a.m.
Eat. Read. Sleep: Fantastical Young Adult Fiction, Conversation 2071
Moderator: Sarah Enni
Speakers: Dhonielle Clayton, Marie Lu, Tochi Onyebuchi, Sabaa Tahir
Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center
Viet Thanh Nguyen and Alexander Chee in Conversation
Speakers: Alexander Chee, Viet Thanh Nguyen
Location: Taper Hall 101
Kathryn Sermak signs copies of Miss D & Me plus Q&A
Location: Booth 933 (Book Publicists of Southern California)
12:00 p.m.
The Evolution of Mexican Food in Los Angeles
Moderator: Sarah Portnoy
Speakers: Wes Avila, Bill Esparza
Location: Wallis Annenberg Hall
12:30 p.m.
Moderator: David L. Ulin
Speakers: Geoff Dyer, Lynell George, Karen Tei Yamashita
Location: Seeley G. Mudd 124
1:30 p.m.
History: Telling Hidden Stories
Moderator: Bill Boyarsky
Speakers: Howard Blum, Yunte Huang, Steven J. Ross, Deanne Stillman
Location: Hancock Foundation
2:00 p.m.
Moderator: Celeste Fremon
Speakers: Patrisse Khan-Cullors, Paola Mendoza, Yascha Mounk, Manuel Pastor
Location: Ronald Tutor Campus Center
Moderator: Chris Daley
Speakers: Janet Fitch, Laila Lalami, A.G. Lombardo, Madeline Miller
Location: Hoffman Hall
3 p.m.
Diana Arterian reads from Playing Monster::Seiche
Location: Poetry Stage
The Entertainment Industry: Behind the Scenes
Moderator: M.G. Lord
Speakers: Ben Fritz, Amy Kaufman, Gerrick Kennedy, Kenneth Turan
Location: Seeley G. Mudd 123
The Politics of L.A. Spaces: From Architectural Icons to Homelessness and Gentrification
Moderators: David L. Ulin
Speakers: Ken Breisch, Sesshu Foster, R. Scott Mitchell
Location: Wallis Annenberg Hall
4:20 p.m.
Edoardo Ponti reads from Letters From a Young Father
Location: Poetry Stage