It's all about story.
Your story, my story, our stories, and our participation in the Big Story.
Fiction, biography, history, memoir, even poetry--it's all story.
To the right are panelists at Conversation #2071 "Memoir: Live (and Laugh) through This."
Below is a link to 100+ photos I took while wanderig through this year's Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at the University of Southern California:
https://picasaweb.google.com/102150538747404124091/2014LATFestivalOfBooks
Authors I saw at the festival:
Susan Straight - She won the Robert Kirsch Award for her contribution to recording southern California life in her many novels.
Sandra Cisneros - Author of House on Mango Street and her new novel Have You Seen Marie?
Veronica Roth - Author of the Divergent series now on screen.
Patt Morrison - Journalist and radio commentator.
Reyna Grande - Her memoir La Distancia Entre Nosotros (The Distance between Us) came out in 2012 in both Spanish and English. Sandra Cisneros called it "the book I have been waiting decades for... Grande is the voice for millions of immigrants whose voices have been lost."
Gustavo Arellano - Funny and insightful writer about Mexicans and US Americans, their long history of conflict and influencing each other: Taco USA, Orange County, and Ask a Mexican!
T.C. Boyle - Read his story "The Love of My Life" for starters.
Lilibet, Paemla, Anna, and Annabelle (above photo) - Books about surviving love from the teen years through the fifties.
Veronica Roth - author of the Divergent series.
Mary Williams - Adopted daughter of Jane Fonda and now a writer professionally.
Eileen Cronin - Born without legs as a result of Thalidomide taken by her mother in the 1960s.
Elizabeth Scarboro - Her husband died of cystic fibrosis.
Ron Suskind - He writes about the impact of his autistic son on his life and the lives of others in his family.
Samantha Dunn - Modernator of the panel "Memoir: The Trials of Life" with Williams, Cronin, Scarboro and Suskind. I took several classes in writing memoir with her 10-15 years ago.
Robert Scheer - The founder of Truth Dig website and a family friend since 1986 when John was hired by his wife Narda, then editor of the Orange County edition of the LA Times.
Narda Zacchino - Founder of the LA Times Festival of Books (held for the 34th time this year) and once the highest ranked woman at the LA Times. She co-wrote a book about the life and death of NFL star and Army Ranger Pat Tillman; she's now working on a book about California.
Bill Boyarsky - Former city editor of the LA Times and now columnist at LA Observed, as well as friend of John's.
Tom Zoellner - His newest book is about trains (for example, how they shaped LA's freeways); his previous book was on uranium.
Lisa See - Daughter of Carolyn See, both novelists in southern California.
Anchee Min - Author of six novels and two memoirs, including Red Azalea, about losing her best friend during the Cultural Revolution in China.
Krista Bremer - Author of My Accidental Jihad, which was chosen by Oprah Winfrey for her book club.
Ruth Ozeki - Author of A Tale for the Time Being, a novel about Japan's earthquake and tsunami.
A financial reckoning:
Day 1 (just an evening, really): No books bought at all--but nine copies of Susan Straight's novel Between Heaven and Here happened to be in my possession as I arrived home. (If you'd like one, let me know.)
Day 2 - The Fall. I spent $171 on books though my budget allows only $20 per month.
Day 3 - Don't ask. I spent more than yesterday but don't regret it. I will somehow pay off that credit card bill, and if I can't afford to eat anything but oatmeal when I'm 80 years old, I will still have these books.
Note: This happens every year.
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| Pamela Ribon, Lilibet Snellings, Anna David, and Annabelle Gurwitch with a fan |
Your story, my story, our stories, and our participation in the Big Story.
Fiction, biography, history, memoir, even poetry--it's all story.
To the right are panelists at Conversation #2071 "Memoir: Live (and Laugh) through This."
Below is a link to 100+ photos I took while wanderig through this year's Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at the University of Southern California:
https://picasaweb.google.com/102150538747404124091/2014LATFestivalOfBooks
Authors I saw at the festival:
Susan Straight - She won the Robert Kirsch Award for her contribution to recording southern California life in her many novels.
Sandra Cisneros - Author of House on Mango Street and her new novel Have You Seen Marie?
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| The inimitable Patt Morrison |
Veronica Roth - Author of the Divergent series now on screen.
Patt Morrison - Journalist and radio commentator.
Reyna Grande - Her memoir La Distancia Entre Nosotros (The Distance between Us) came out in 2012 in both Spanish and English. Sandra Cisneros called it "the book I have been waiting decades for... Grande is the voice for millions of immigrants whose voices have been lost."
Gustavo Arellano - Funny and insightful writer about Mexicans and US Americans, their long history of conflict and influencing each other: Taco USA, Orange County, and Ask a Mexican!
T.C. Boyle - Read his story "The Love of My Life" for starters.
Lilibet, Paemla, Anna, and Annabelle (above photo) - Books about surviving love from the teen years through the fifties.
Veronica Roth - author of the Divergent series.
Mary Williams - Adopted daughter of Jane Fonda and now a writer professionally.
Eileen Cronin - Born without legs as a result of Thalidomide taken by her mother in the 1960s.
Elizabeth Scarboro - Her husband died of cystic fibrosis.
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| Eileen Cronin with a fan |
Ron Suskind - He writes about the impact of his autistic son on his life and the lives of others in his family.
Samantha Dunn - Modernator of the panel "Memoir: The Trials of Life" with Williams, Cronin, Scarboro and Suskind. I took several classes in writing memoir with her 10-15 years ago.
Robert Scheer - The founder of Truth Dig website and a family friend since 1986 when John was hired by his wife Narda, then editor of the Orange County edition of the LA Times.
Narda Zacchino - Founder of the LA Times Festival of Books (held for the 34th time this year) and once the highest ranked woman at the LA Times. She co-wrote a book about the life and death of NFL star and Army Ranger Pat Tillman; she's now working on a book about California.
Bill Boyarsky - Former city editor of the LA Times and now columnist at LA Observed, as well as friend of John's.
Tom Zoellner - His newest book is about trains (for example, how they shaped LA's freeways); his previous book was on uranium.
Lisa See - Daughter of Carolyn See, both novelists in southern California.
Anchee Min - Author of six novels and two memoirs, including Red Azalea, about losing her best friend during the Cultural Revolution in China.
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| Ruth Ozeki |
Krista Bremer - Author of My Accidental Jihad, which was chosen by Oprah Winfrey for her book club.
Ruth Ozeki - Author of A Tale for the Time Being, a novel about Japan's earthquake and tsunami.
A financial reckoning:
Day 1 (just an evening, really): No books bought at all--but nine copies of Susan Straight's novel Between Heaven and Here happened to be in my possession as I arrived home. (If you'd like one, let me know.)
Day 2 - The Fall. I spent $171 on books though my budget allows only $20 per month.
Day 3 - Don't ask. I spent more than yesterday but don't regret it. I will somehow pay off that credit card bill, and if I can't afford to eat anything but oatmeal when I'm 80 years old, I will still have these books.
Note: This happens every year.
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