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Libros SchmibrosMarie Arana, author of Latinoland - The Libros Schmibros PodcastAlberto Sahagún talks with writer Marie Arana about her new book, LatinoLand: A Portrait of America's Largest and Least Understood Minority. She was editor-in-chief of The Washington Post’s literary section, Book World, and the Inaugural Literary Director of the Library of Congress.
2025-04-1030 minLibros SchmibrosAlexander Aviña - Latinidad Beyond Borders, Episode 2 (audio)Alberto Sahagún talks with Alexander Aviña, Associate Professor of Latin American History at Arizona State University and a specialist in Mexican history. They discuss Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s policies and Mexico-US relations today.
2025-03-1044 minLibros SchmibrosAlexander Aviña - Latinidad Beyond Borders (Episode 2)Alberto Sahagún talks with Alexander Aviña, Associate Professor of Latin American History at Arizona State University and a specialist in Mexican history. They discuss Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s policies and Mexico-US relations today.
2025-03-1045 minLibros SchmibrosChris Zepeda-Millán - Latinidad Beyond Borders (Episode 1)Libros Schmibros presents The Latinidad Beyond Borders Podcast. Latinidad encompasses the diverse experiences of people who live in Latin America as well as people of Latin American descent who live in the United States. This podcast explores culture, society and politics across the Americas through the lens of Latinidad. In this episode, Alberto Sahagún talks with Chris Zepeda-Millán, Associate Professor in the Departments of Chicana/o & Central American Studies, Public Policy, Political Science, Sociology and Labor Studies at UCLA. They discuss Latino voters in the 2024 Presidential election and President Trump’s immigration poli...
2025-02-1330 min
SidedoorA Giant Listening ProjectIt’s been called ‘the most noble and absurd undertaking ever attempted by any state.’ During the height of the Great Depression, the U.S government hired out-of-work writers and laid-off reporters and sent them out to record the stories of all kinds of Americans. Called the Federal Writers’ Project, historians have called the program a giant “listening project.”While on our summer break, we’re sharing the first episode of a new podcast series called The People’s Recorder. Host Chris Haley sets the stage, laying out 1930s America, the New Deal, and the cultural forces that both suppor...
2024-07-0325 min
When We're Not Hustling: Sex Workers Talking About Everything ButS2 E1: A Funny Thing Happened at the Plastic Surgeon's with Aviva RuseWelcome back, we are so excited for Season 2! In Episode 1 of Season 2, host Jessie Sage talks to Aviva Ruse, a West Hollywood-based escort and former stand-up comic, who shares her journey of being diagnosed with autism following a traumatic experience with a botched plastic surgery procedure. Aviva discusses how dismantling internalized stigma and understanding her neurodivergence helped her embrace her career in sex work, highlighting the supportive and magical community among sex workers. In this Episode: 00:01: Introduction to the Podcast 02:08: Season 2 Excitement! 06:36: Guest Introduction: Aviva Ruiz ...
2024-07-011h 03
You Are My DensityCall Your GrandmaNeglecting our loved ones, smart phones are making us dumber and meaner, a classic thriller, the Belushi baffle, my dad meeting Arnold Schwarzenegger, don't lie about air conditioning, seeing Judge Ito, some brutal and amazing fighters, the all around cool guy Kelly Pavlik, the tragedy of Arturo Gatti, the despicable but ferocious Edwin Valero, a Taxi Driver ripoff in Los Angeles, an unmissable documentary about movies and Los Angeles, the bad ass Burt Lancaster, and a quote or two. Stuff mentioned: Pamela Prickett and Stefan Timmermans "Why Are More Americans Dying Alone?" (Los Angeles Times, March 24, 2024), Jonathan Haidt The Anxious...
2024-04-0917 min
Community of Writers PodcastsBibliocracy Episode 3: David Kipen on Dear CaliforniaMy guest today is David Kipen. He needs no introduction because he is himself the introducer, the anthologizer, the cultural historian, the literary booster and all-around celebrant of writers and literary culture for our state and our region. Book review editor, Director of Literature at the NEA, critic at large at the Los Angeles Times and, of course, founder-director of Libros Schmibros Lending Library. He’s one of a handful of go-to spokespersons for literary California, but he’s done that by being a sort of scholarly medium, a reviver, a teller of stories told by others, sometimes forgotten, urgen...
2024-02-2329 min
California Sun PodcastDavid Kipen chronicles California's soul: from letters to tweetsAs we usher in the new year, we talk with David Kipen about his latest work, "Dear California: The Golden State in Diaries and Letters." The anthology is a heartfelt ode to California, skillfully interweaving its diverse strands — from historic letters to contemporary tweets — creating a dialogue that transcends time. It reflects on California's evolving landscapes and captures the quintessence of what makes the state "a place apart."
2024-01-0426 min
How To LALA's Indie Booksellers On Best Books About The City — Just In Time For The Holidays#199: Today, we’re enlisting some local booksellers to help us understand L.A. better. Staffers from Skylight Books in Los Feliz, The Iliad Bookshop in North Hollywood, Book Soup in West Hollywood and Chevalier’s Books in Larchmont Village shared their favorite books about Los Angeles: "Amnesiascope" by Steve Erickson "The Dog Park" by Dennis Etchison "City of Quartz" by Mike Davis "Everything Now: Lessons from the City-State of Los Angeles" by Rosecrans Baldwin "The Library Book" by Susan Orlean "Writing Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology" edited by David Ulin "Dear Los Angeles: The City in Diar...
2023-12-1116 min
Living in the USABiden after the Hostage Exchange: Harold Meyerson; the Israeli Left: Dahlia Scheindlin; "Dear California": David KipenJoe Biden faces a split in the Democrat electorate over Israel and Palestine--Harold Meyerson has some recommendations.also: Why we need the Israeli left now more than ever: Dahlia Scheindlin explains.plus--California is a place to write home about. David Kipen reads some examples - his new book is "Dear California: Letters and Diary Entries."
2023-11-2458 min
Start Making Sense with Jon WienerWe Need the Israeli Left Now More than Ever; plus Letters from Californiahat comes after Israel’s war on Hamas? The Israeli government seems incapable of thinking about that. Now, the ideas of Israel’s left-wing, pro-peace camp are needed more than ever. Dahlia Scheindlin, a political scientist based in Tel Aviv, is on the podcast to explain.Also on this episode of Start Making Sense: “California has always been a place to write home about.” David Kipen reads letters and diary entries from Charles Mingus, Vita Sackville-West, Marilyn Monroe, Susan Sontag, Thomas Pynchon, and Mike Davis – David’s new book is “Dear California: The Golden State in Letters and Diaries.”...
2023-11-2242 min
The Nation PodcastsWhy We Need the Israeli Left Now More Than Ever | Start Making Sense with Jon WienerWhat comes after Israel’s war on Hamas? The Israeli government seems incapable of thinking about that. Now, the ideas of Israel’s left-wing, pro-peace camp are needed more than ever. Dahlia Scheindlin, a political scientist based in Tel Aviv, is on the podcast to explain.Also on this episode of Start Making Sense: “California has always been a place to write home about.” David Kipen reads letters and diary entries from Charles Mingus, Vita Sackville-West, Marilyn Monroe, Susan Sontag, Thomas Pynchon, and Mike Davis – David’s new book is Dear California: The Golden State in Letters and Diaries.
2023-11-2242 min
Grab Best-Selling Audiobooks with Easy Access[Spanish] - Un americano -- Henry RothPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587576 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: [Spanish] - Un americano
Author: Henry Roth
Narrator: Bern Hoffman
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 28 minutes
Release date: April 21, 2022
Genres: Literary Fiction
Publisher's Summary: Una gran novela inédita de uno de los gigantes de la literatura estadounidense «Extraordinaria... Indispensable para apreciar las increíbles vida y obra de Roth en su conjunto.» The New York Times Book Review El manuscrito de Un americano reposó intacto durante una década en los archivos de una oficina antes de caer en manos de Wil...
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Title: [Spanish] - Un americano
Author: Henry Roth
Narrator: Bern Hoffman
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 28 minutes
Release date: April 21, 2022
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
Una gran novela inédita de uno de los gigantes de la literatura estadounidense «Extraordinaria... Indispensable para apreciar las increíbles vida y obra de Roth en su conjunto.» The New York Times Book Review El manuscrito de Un americano reposó intacto durante una década en los archivos de una oficina antes de caer en manos de Willing Davidson, un joven becario del departamento de ficció...
2022-04-2110h 28Discover the Best Audio Stories in Fiction, Historical[Spanish] - Un americano by Henry RothPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587576to listen full audiobooks.
Title: [Spanish] - Un americano
Author: Henry Roth
Narrator: Bern Hoffman
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 28 minutes
Release date: April 21, 2022
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Una gran novela inédita de uno de los gigantes de la literatura estadounidense «Extraordinaria... Indispensable para apreciar las increíbles vida y obra de Roth en su conjunto.» The New York Times Book Review El manuscrito de Un americano reposó intacto durante una década en los archivos de una oficina antes de caer en manos de Willing Davidson, un joven becario del departamento de ficció...
2022-04-2110h 28
Penguin AudioAudiolibro: "Un americano" de Henry RothEsta es una muestra de "Un americano". La versión completa tiene una duración total de 10 h 28 min. Encuentra este audiolibro completo en: https://bit.ly/unamericano-audiolibroNarrado por: Bern HoffmanEl manuscrito de Un americano reposó intacto durante una década en los archivos de una oficina antes de caer en manos de Willing Davidson, un joven becario del departamento de ficción de The New Yorker quien, con una «creciente sensación de júbilo y de haber hecho un descubrimiento», reconoció que aquel manuscrito inédito poseía «un sorprendente v...
2022-04-2004 min
RadiotherapyAll Things OralProfessor David Wiesenfeld, a Specialist Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon with over 30 years clinical experience, unpacks the symptoms, causes, and treatments of common oral illnesses and disease; and Phoebe Kipen, a Physiotherapist specialising in the mouth and pelvic floor, discusses why trauma and pain are often associated with the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) and pelvic floor; and the team canvass new research on mobile phone use. With presenters Dr Mal Practice, Dr G Spot, and Nurse Epipen.Website: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/radiotherapyFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/RadiotherapyOnTripleR/Twitter: https://twitter.com/_radiotherapy_I...
2022-02-2750 min
55 Voices for Democracy – The PodcastDavid Kipen on the Renewal of the Federal Writers' Project In 1935, the Federal Writers' Project was launched by President Roosevelt to create jobs for out-of-work writers during the Great Depression and to provide a vivid literary climate in the U.S. David Kipen, an L.A.-based author, critic, broadcaster, UCLA Writing Faculty member and the founder of the nonprofit bilingual lending library Libros Schmibros in Boyle Heights, is a driving force behind the renewal of the initiative. In this episode, he talks about how a project like this can help trigger more curiosity and tolerance within a society. Kipen is the author of several books, among his recent the ant...
2022-02-1034 min
Start Making Sense ClipsIt's Time for A New Federal Writers Project: David KipenIt's a great idea: creating a new Federal Writers Project, hiring a thousand out of work writers and journalists to document American lives during the pandemic year. It’s in a bill proposed in the House by L.A. Representative Ted Lieu and the idea comes from David Kipen, former director of literature for the National Endowment for the Arts.
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2021-06-2411 min
The Nation PodcastsIt's Time to Mobilize for Voting Rights: John Nichols; plus David Kipen on a new Federal Writers ProjectVoting rights suffered a defeat in the Senate this week, but really it's just the latest battle in a continuing struggle—and if anything, it clarifies the real problem: the filibuster must go, at least for voting rights legislation. John Nichols says it’s now up to grassroots groups to go to work on reluctant Democrats during the July 4 break.
Also, here's an idea: Create a new Federal Writers Project, hiring a thousand out of work writers and journalists to document American lives during the pandemic year. It’s in a bill proposed in the House by Los Angele...
2021-06-2428 min
Libros SchmibrosCarribean Fragoza InterviewNew on the Libros Schmibros Podcast, the Carribean Fragoza Interview.
Vickie Vertiz in conversation with Carribean Fragoza, writer and artist from South El Monte. Her debut collection of stories Eat the Mouth That Feeds You was recently published by City Lights.
Vickie Vertiz is a poet, educator, and frequently collaborates with Carribean Fragoza.
Learn more about Ms. Fragoza, and purchase her books here:
Buy Eat the Mouth That Feeds You
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Buy East of East: The Making of Greater El Monte
2021-06-1832 min
Libros SchmibrosJohn Freeman Interview - The Libros Schmibros PodcastDavid Kipen in conversation with writer and literary critic John Freeman. Freeman is the editor of The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story, a selection of short fiction
2021-06-181h 13
Libros SchmibrosRick West Jr. Interview - The Libros Schmibros PodcastThe Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs presents David Kipen in conversation with Rick West, President and CEO of the Autry Museum, who will be retiring from his position at the end of the month. Rick is also the founding director of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. This (admittedly loooong) interview appears as part of the Cultural Affairs department's Big Read of Louise Erdrich's novel The Roundhouse.
2021-06-111h 14
Libros SchmibrosKendra Atleework Interview - The Libros Schmibros PodcastDavid Kipen and Colleen Jaurretche have a conversation with Kendra Atleework about her memoir, Miracle Country. Her new book draws on personal stories as well as the environmental history of her place of birth, the Eastern Sierra.
2021-03-1039 min
Libros SchmibrosKim Stanley Robinson Interview - The Libros Schmibros PodcastDavid Kipen has a conversation with Kim Stanley Robinson about his work and the work of poet Kenneth Rexroth.
His new book is Ministry for the Future, a science fiction novel set in the near future, about coping with the effects of climate change in the next 30 years.
2021-02-261h 11
Libros SchmibrosJon Wiener - The Libros Schmibros PodcastDavid Kipen speaks with Jon Wiener, author of the revised and newly timely Conspiracy in the Streets: The Extraordinary Trial of the Chicago Seven and host of radio’s Trump Watch -- recently re-christened, courtesy of Libros Schmibros’ expert naming service, Hey Joe.
2020-12-011h 04
Libros SchmibrosShizu Saldamando Interview - The Libros Schmibros PodcastArtist Shizu Saldamando talks with Cuauhtemoc Hernandez about her art and inspirations, her recent exhibition "L.A. Intersections" at Occidental College, her personal and educational background, collaborations with other artists and much more.
2020-10-0134 min
Libros SchmibrosDaniel Desure Interview - The Libros Schmibros PodcastFilm producer and entrepreneur Daniel Desure talks with Cuauhtemoc Hernandez about Total Luxury Spa, Commonwealth Projects collaborative network and the idea that streetwear can be a vehicle for positive change.
2020-09-1841 min
Libros SchmibrosGajin Fujita - The Libros Schmibros PodcastCuauhtemoc Hernandez speaks with renowned Los Angeles native graffiti artist Gajin Fujita about art, growing up in Boyle Heights, historical references in his work and where we are now.
2020-08-121h 09
Libros SchmibrosSandra de la Loza Interview - The Libros Schmibros PodcastCuauhtemoc Hernandez speaks with Sandra de la Loza about guerrilla art, politics, and her book, "the The Pocho Research Society Field Guide to L.A.: Monuments and Murals of Erased and Invisible Histories". Hernandez and de la Loza talk about an upcoming project to do with Sleepy Lagoon.
2020-07-2442 min
Libros SchmibrosWalter Thompson-Hernandez Interview - The Libros Schmibros PodcastLibros' own Cuauhtemoc Hernandez talks with author and journalist Walter Thompson-Hernandez (no relation) his recent book The Compton Cowboys, growing up in Los Angeles, influences and more.
2020-07-0938 min
Libros SchmibrosJohn Logan Interview - The Libros Schmibros PodcastDavid Kipen speaks with John Logan, the Oscar-winning screenwriter and creator of Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, which takes place in 1938 in an L.A. barrio called, ahem, "Belvedere Heights."
2020-07-0749 min
Libros SchmibrosAlexa Karolinski Interview - The Libros Schmibros PodcastAlexa Karolinski interviewed by Colleen Jaurretche, co-founder of Libros Schmibros Lending Library. Karolinski and Jaurretche discuss 'Unorthodox', the new Netflix series. Karolinski was one of the writers and producers of Unorthodox. Recorded in Los Angeles, May 2020.
2020-05-2525 min
Libros SchmibrosStephanie Burt Interview - Libros Schmibros PodcastStephanie Burt and David Kipen discuss things she likes to read, fandom and the selection of her book, Advice from the Lights, by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs as its Big Read book for 2020.
2020-05-1756 min
Libros SchmibrosMike Davis Interview - The Libros Schmibros PodcastMike Davis and David Kipen discuss Los Angeles, City of Quartz and other writings which appear to be almost prophetic, viewed through the lens of COVID-19 and the current pandemic. Full interview, recorded April 2020.
2020-05-041h 11
Big Book Club's "What the Whale!"To read all of Melville's Cetology, or to skip that chapter...Who got the gold star for reading all about whale-fish, including the footnotes? Who is actually caught up on the reading? Who thinks Ahab is headed for a reconning of, well, mythic proportions? And who is ready to read something completely different this week? We referenced: "I''ll Make a Man Out of You" from the Disney musical, Mulan. On the tv show Friends, couple Ross and Rachel "take a break," and then have a fight about what it meant to "take a break" after Ross slept with another woman during the...
2019-06-2622 min
The Hidden History of Los AngelesDear Los Angeles: An Interview with David Kipen HHLA43An interview with David Kipen about his book Dear Los Angeles: The City in Diaries and Letters, 1542 to 2018.
2019-03-2529 min
California Sun PodcastDavid Kipen shares five-hundred years of opinions about Los AngelesDavid Kipen, author, journalist, and cultural historian of Los Angeles has scoured libraries, archives, and private estates to assemble a kaleidoscopic view of the unique city of Los Angeles. He shares 500 years of writings in and about the city and the distinct role it has played in the hearts, minds, and imaginations of the public.
2019-03-0818 min
BookstoriesDavid Kipen, editor of the book 'Dear Los Angeles'David Kipen discusses his new book, Dear Los Angeles: the City in Diaries and Letters, 1542 to 2018
2019-01-1329 min
ALOUD @ Los Angeles Public LibraryDear Los Angeles: The City in Diaries and Letters, 1542 to 2018What might Marilyn Monroe, Cesar Chavez, Susan Sontag, and Albert Einstein have to say about Los Angeles? Their diary entries, along with those of other actors, musicians, activists, cartographers, students, geologists, cooks, merchants, journalists, politicians, composers, and many more—provide a kaleidoscopic view of Los Angeles over the past four centuries from the Spanish missionary expeditions of the 16 century to the present day. Book editor, critic, and Los Angeles native David Kipen has scoured the archives of libraries, historical societies, and private estates to assemble a remarkably eclectic story of life in his beloved Los Angeles. Join us for a sp...
2018-12-1200 minLos Angeles Public Library PodcastsDear Los Angeles: The City in Diaries and Letters, 1542 to 2018What might Marilyn Monroe, Cesar Chavez, Susan Sontag, Albert Einstein have to say about Los Angeles? Their diary entries, along with those of other actors, musicians, activists, cartographers, students, geologists, cooks, merchants, journalists, politicians, composers, and many more—provide a kaleidoscopic view of Los Angeles over the past four centuries, from the Spanish missionary expeditions of the 16th century to the present day. Book editor, critic and Los Angeles native David Kipen has scoured the archives of libraries, historical societies, and private estates to assemble a remarkably eclectic story of life in his beloved Los Angeles. Join us for a spe...
2018-12-1200 min
DFW Audio Project2004 Interview with David Kipen in San Francisco for City Arts & Lectures2004 Interview with David Kipen in San Francisco for City Arts & Lectures
2014-12-2400 min
Notebook on Cities and CultureS1E30: The Stories of Los Angeles with David KipenColin Marshall sits down in Boyle Heights with David Kipen, founder of that neighborhood's combined bookstore and lending library Libros Schmibros and a true man of both letters and Los Angeles. He gives commentary on books and literary culture on KPCC-FM and Sirius XM's The Bob Edwards Show, he's written the book The Schreiber Theory: A Radical Rewrite of American Film History, he recently translated Cervantes' The Dialogue of the Dogs for Melville House Books, and he spent over four years as the National Endowment for the Arts' Director of Literature, where he got their Big Read program started. They dis...
2012-07-1349 minALOUD @ Los Angeles Public LibraryA New Deal for Los AngelesIn less than a decade, President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal agencies radically transformed Los Angeles as they did other American cities in a successful, but largely forgotten, effort to extricate the nation from the Great Depression. In addition to building the region's cultural infrastructure of schools, libraries, and museums, the Federal Writers Project left us a vivid freeze frame description of what Southern California was like just before World War II. Author David Kipen discusses the recently republished Los Angeles in the 1930s: The WPA Guide to the City of Angels and geographer Gray Brechin shows the public works that...
2012-06-221h 18
Zócalo Public SquareJohn Fante’s 100th BirthdayDiscovering John Fante is like tasting garlic for the first time. He is a quintessential Los Angeles writer. H.L. Mencken, John Steinbeck, Charles Bukowski, Robert Towne and Francis Ford Coppola number among the many fans who swear by Fante, who might have turned 100 this year. A panel of fans and scholars -- including Fante biographer Stephen Cooper, KCRW’s Frances Anderton, Esotouric co-founder Richard Schave, and Fante’s children Victoria Fante-Cohen and Jim Fante -- visited Zócalo along with moderator David Kipen to celebrate the work of John Fante.
2009-04-061h 13