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  • The Auntie Sewing Squad Guide to Mask Making, Radical Care, and Racial Justice

    Performance artist, comedian, activist, and local elected official Kristina Wong began sewing masks three days into the COVID-19 shutdown and spreading the word through her social media. Due to the overwhelming response, she enlisted friends and strangers to form the Auntie Sewing Squad to provide…

    February 6, 2023
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  • Episode 92: Lucille Clifton

    Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads "i am not done yet" by Lucille Clifton.

    December 29, 2022
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  • Episode 91: Claribel Alegría

    Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads "Rain" by Claribel Alegría.

    December 22, 2022
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  • Episode 90: Janice Mirkitani

    Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads "For a Daughter Who Leaves" by Janice Mirkitani.

    December 15, 2022
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    December 15, 2022
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  • Episode 89: Pablo Neruda

    Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads "One Hundred Love Sonnets: XVII" by Pablo Neruda.

    December 8, 2022
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    December 8, 2022
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  • Episode 88: Robert Hayden

    Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads "Frederick Douglass" by Robert Hayden.

    December 1, 2022
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    December 1, 2022
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  • Episode 87: Shonda Buchanan

    Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads "Black Indian" by Shonda Buchanan.

    November 23, 2022
    Writer Shonda Buchanan
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    November 23, 2022
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  • Episode 86: Peter J. Harris

    Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads "Speak A Million Years" by Peter J. Harris.

    November 17, 2022
    poet Peter J. Harris
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    November 17, 2022
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  • On the Front Lines of Democracy

    The author of The Infodemic, Joel Simon, and the directors of the HBO documentary Endangered, Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, describe how lies, censorship, and attacks on journalists are undermining democracy in the US and around the world. The Infodemic: How Censorship and Lies Made the World Sicker…

    November 17, 2022
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    November 17, 2022
  • On the Front Lines of Democracy

    The author of The Infodemic, Joel Simon, and the directors of the HBO documentary Endangered, Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, describe how lies, censorship, and attacks on journalists are undermining democracy in the US and around the world. The Infodemic: How Censorship and Lies Made the World Sicker…

    November 14, 2022
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  • Episode 85: Ron Koertge

    Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads "The Afterlife" by Ron Koertge.

    November 10, 2022
    poet Ron Koertge
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    November 10, 2022
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  • An Evening With George Saunders

    Called the "best short-story writer in English," (Time) George Saunders is back with a masterful collection that explores ideas of power, ethics, and justice and cuts to the very heart of what it means to live in community with our fellow humans. With his trademark prose, Saunders continues to…

    November 7, 2022
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  • Episode 84: Eloise Klein Healy

    Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads "Just in Case" by Eloise Klein Healy.

    November 3, 2022
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