The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling author of Evicted reimagines the debate on poverty, making a new and bracing argument about why it persists in America: because the rest of us benefit from it.

Join award-winning NPR journalist Ari Shapiro for an evening of conversation about his memoir, “The Best Strangers in the World,” and tales from his storied broadcast career.

A delightfully funny and steamy novel about music, fate, redemption, and love, from a beloved songwriter and the co-founder of The Bangles.

Join us for an in-person & virtual Live Talks Los Angeles event: Thursday, April 13, 2023, 8pm . An Evening with Clint Smith . discussing his books, Above Ground, a poetry collection; How the Word Is Passed .. William Turner Gallery at Bergamot Arts Station 2525 Michigan Ave E-1, Santa Monica, CA 90404 (Free parking available…

An honest, inspiring, and laugh-out-loud funny memoir about re-energizing our politics and standing up to corporate America—while carting three kids around in a minivan. 

New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Project discovers a surprising path to a life of more energy, creativity, luck, and love: by tuning in to the five senses.

Join us for an in-person & virtual Live Talks Los Angeles event: Wednesday, May 3, 2023, 8pm . An Evening with Abraham Verghese . discussing his novel, The Covenant of Water .. William Turner Gallery at Bergamot Arts Station 2525 Michigan Ave E-1, Santa Monica, CA 90404 (Free parking available at the venue) . Face masks…

An exhilarating tour of humanity’s next great technological achievement—quantum computing—which may eventually illuminate the deepest mysteries of science and solve some of humanity’s biggest problems, like global warming, world hunger, and incurable disease, by the bestselling author of The God Equation.
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Actor, producer, writer, and New York Times bestselling author Rainn Wilson, cofounder of the media company SoulPancake, explores the benefits of spirituality as a means to creating solutions for an increasingly challenging world. .

What happens when we are brave enough to speak our truths to the ones we love the most? Join award-winning actress and activist Laura Dern and her mother, legendary actress Diane Ladd, for a deeply personal conversation on love, art, ambition, and legacy, inspired by her own heart-to-hearts. 

New York Times bestselling author Andy Cohen, everyone’s favorite busiest man in show business, goes from bottle service to baby bottles in a hilarious, heartwarming, and name-dropping account of the most important year of his life.

From the star of The Book of Mormon and Girls, candid, hilarious essayson anxiety, ambition, and the uncertain path to adulthood that ask: How will we know when we get there?

Join us for an in-person & virtual Live Talks Los Angeles event: Tuesday, May 23, 2023, 8pm . Presented in association with New Roads School Daniel Siegel  in conversation with Luthern Williams discussing his book, IntraConnected: MWe (Me + We) as the Integration of Self, Identity, and Belonging   . Ann and Jerry Moss Theatre…