We host David Milch at Track 16 at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica on Wednesday February 1. Tickets and more info here. He’ll be in conversation with Richard Stayton, Editor, Written By magazine.

Milch (Deadwood, NYPD Blue, Hill Street Blues) is creator and writer of HBO’s new series, Luck, which debuts on January 29th and stars Dustin Hoffman and is directed by Michael Mann.

Hoffman appeared at Live Talks in 2010 interviewing Scott Turow.  Here’s  the video from that event.

Here are some links of recent articles about David Milch that may be of interest.

* Q&A: David Milch talks William Falkner and his new deal with HBO (Los Angeles Times, November 30, 2011)
* HBO takes a gamble on ‘Luck’ (Los Angeles Times, January 22)
* HBO: Lucky at the racetrack? (USA Today, January 13)
* HBO Takes Its Money to the Track (Wall Street Journal, January 13)
* David Milch Luck Interview — On Deadwood Movie, True Grit and Luck (Esquire, January 14)
* David Milch will tackle William Faulkner’s works for HBO (Los Angeles Times, December 25, 2011)
* David Milch Strikes Deal to Bring Falkner Works to HBO (New York Times, November 30, 2011)
* David Milch and Michael Mann Gamble with Luck (Written By magazine, January 2012)

See you February 1 at Track 16.