ALOUD @ Los Angeles Public Library show

ALOUD @ Los Angeles Public Library

Summary: 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.

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 Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud BY Cornel West | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:22:35

In this intimate exploration, one of America's most gifted and provocative public intellectuals peels back the layers of a remarkable life.

 Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

In this intimate exploration, one of America's most gifted and provocative public intellectuals peels back the layers of a remarkable life.

 Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth BY Christos H. Papadimitriou | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:11:19

A renowned professor of computer science recounts the spiritual odyssey of philosopher Bertrand Russell in a historical graphic novel that explicates some of the biggest ideas of mathematics and modern philosophy.

 Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

A renowned professor of computer science recounts the spiritual odyssey of philosopher Bertrand Russell in a historical graphic novel that explicates some of the biggest ideas of mathematics and modern philosophy.

 An Evening with Garrison Keillor BY Garrison Keillor | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:25:53

The host and writer of "A Prairie Home Companion" knows how to spin a yarn. Join us for an evening of inspired storytelling, as Keillor converts the "base metal of small town tedium to the gold of comedy." (NYTimes)

 An Evening with Garrison Keillor | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The host and writer of \"A Prairie Home Companion\" knows how to spin a yarn. Join us for an evening of inspired storytelling, as Keillor converts the \"base metal of small town tedium to the gold of comedy.\" (NYTimes)

 Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? BY Michael J. Sandel | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:00:23

Sandel--whose Justice course is one of the most popular and influential at Harvard-- hallenges us to think our way through the hard moral challenges we confront as citizens. Co-presented by the Council of the Library Foundation and City National Bank

 Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Sandel--whose Justice course is one of the most popular and influential at Harvard-- hallenges us to think our way through the hard moral challenges we confront as citizens. Co-presented by the Council of the Library Foundation and City National Bank

 No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet and the Discoveries He Makes about Himself and our Way of Life in the Process BY Colin Beavan | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:14:33

No toilet paper! No plastic containers! No new clothes! No eating out! Beavan discusses-and screens film clips about-- his family's yearlong experiment to live a zero waste lifestyle in New York City.

 No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet and the Discoveries He Makes about Himself and our Way of Life in the Process | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

No toilet paper! No plastic containers! No new clothes! No eating out! Beavan discusses-and screens film clips about-- his family's yearlong experiment to live a zero waste lifestyle in New York City.

 The Boat BY Nam Le | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:23:13

In his first book, Le writes stunningly inventive stories that take us from the slums of Columbia to the streets of Tehran; from a tiny fishing village in Australia to a foundering vessel in the South China Sea.

 The Boat | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

In his first book, Le writes stunningly inventive stories that take us from the slums of Columbia to the streets of Tehran; from a tiny fishing village in Australia to a foundering vessel in the South China Sea.

 The Anthologist BY Nicholson Baker | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:12:47

In re-imagining the lives and loves of history's great poets, Baker creates a seductive meditation on poetry and artistic expression.

 The Anthologist | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

In re-imagining the lives and loves of history's great poets, Baker creates a seductive meditation on poetry and artistic expression.

 A Gate at the Stairs BY Lorrie Moore | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:13:29

In her long-awaited new novel, set after the events of September 2001, Moore brings us up against the heart of racism, the shock of war, and the carelessness perpetrated against others in the name of love.

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