WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 7 PM
ORIN STARN
Ishi’s Brain: In Search of America’s Last “Wild” Indian
A spellbinding chronicle of the remarkable campaign to find and rebury the body of the last Yahi Indian, who hid out for decades in northern California’s mountains.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 7 PM
HUNTER DROHOJOWSKA-PHILP
FULL BLOOM: The Art and Life of Georgia O'Keeffe
Using previously unavailable materials, the author offers an astonishingly honest portrayal of an artist’s life previously shrouded in myth.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 , 7 PM
DAME ANITA RODDICK
TAKE IT PERSONALLY: THE GLOBAL WATER CRISIS
Firebrand, activist and entrepreneur Roddish – founder of The Body Shop – discusses how inspired activism could help to stop a looming global crisis. Presented in conjunction with “Enterprising Women” exhibit.
LIBRARY ASSOCIATES’ RECEPTION TO FOLLOW

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 7 PM
MOLLY IVINS Cancelled
Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush’s America
The queen of Austin political columnists takes a close look at the policies of the Bush administration and their effects on ordinary Americans.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 7 PM
TRACY KIDDER
Mountains Beyond Mountains: Healing the World: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer
IN CONVERSATION WITH LOUISE STEINMAN
Kidder, awarded a Pulitzer for his masterful non-fiction, tells the true story of an outlaw miracle worker--Dr. Paul Farmer-- who blasts through convention to get results.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 7 PM
THE FICTION OF NONFICTION FULL - STANDBY ONLY
LAWRENCE WESCHLER AND MARK SALZMAN IN CONVERSATION
Longtime New Yorker reporter Weschler (Vermeer in Bosnia) and memoirist and novelist Salzman (True Notebooks) explore some of the bracingly fictive elements of nonfiction: voice, tone, irony, freedom, form, and grace, all the good stuff.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 7 PM
COURTNEY ANGELA BRKIC
The Stone Fields: An Epitaph for the Living
In her gripping memoir, Brkic explores her family’s history in Yugoslavia and trains her penetrating gaze on the little known world of forensic archeology. CO-PRESENTED WITH HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 7:30 PM
TERRY GROSS FULL - STANDBY ONLY
All I Did Was Ask: Interviews from "Fresh Air with Terry Gross"
MODERATED BY KPCC’S KITTY FELDE.
One of the most thought-provoking interviewers working today reveals what makes a great interview.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 7 PM
FRANCISCO GOLDMAN
The Divine Husband
A joyfully imagined novel about the soul of the Americas and the birth of the modern spirit, from the prize-winning author of The Ordinary Seaman.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 7 PM
ART SPIEGELMAN FULL - STANDBY ONLY
In the Shadow of No Towers (slide lecture)
A deeply personal, politically charged, graphically and emotionally stunning account of the events and aftermath of 9/11, from the Pulitzer-winning author of Maus.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 7 PM
JON LEE ANDERSON
The Fall of Baghdad
A masterpiece of literary reporting about the endgame of the Hussein regime, its violent fall, and the troubled American occupation by the New Yorker’s ace correspondent in Iraq.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 7:30 PM
CHITRA DIVAKARUNI
Queen of Dreams
The author of Mistress of Spices returns with the mystical story of a woman caught between two worlds. CO-PRESENTED BY THE ASIA SOCIETY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 7 PM
DOUGLAS BRINKLEY (EDITOR) Cancelled
Windblown World: The Journals of Jack Kerouac 1947-1954
A distinguished American scholar gathers entries from the most pivotal period of Kerouac’s life. With a surprise guest reader!

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 7 PM
JEFF HAWKINS and SANDRA BLAKESLEE
On Intelligence: How a New Understanding of the Brain Will Lead to the Creation of Truly Intelligent Machines
The inventor of the PalmPilot discusses his compelling theory of intelligence, brain function, and the future of intelligent machines with co-writer Blakeslee, a science writer for The New York Times. CO-PRESENTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION AND SPONSORED BY CITY NATIONAL BANK.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 7 PM
CYNTHIA OZICK Cancelled
Heir to the Glimmering World in conversation with David L. Ulin
One of America’s most accomplished and graceful literary stylists offers grand storytelling inspired by the real-life Christopher Robin.

WEDNESDAY, November 10, 7 PM Rescheduled Due To World Series
THE DODGERS: 120 YEARS OF DODGERS BASEBALL
MODERATED BY KPCC’S KITTY FELDE.
The first comprehensive look at the history of the venerated franchise – in both Brooklyn and Los Angeles – as one sweeping story. With award-winning L.A. Times sports columnist Bill Plaschke, sports historian Glenn Stout and Sportswriter and Sandy Koufax biographer Jane Leavy. Presented in conjunction with the Central Library exhibition Play by Play: A Century of L.A. Sports Photography, 1889-1989.