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  • Episode 22: Vandana Khanna

    Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads Vandana Khanna's poem "Dear O."

    August 25, 2021
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  • Episode 21: Keetje Kuipers

    Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads Keetje Kuiper's poem "Prayer."

    August 18, 2021
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  • Episode 20: David Kirby

    Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads David Kirby’s poem"Van Gogh."

    August 11, 2021
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  • Episode 19: Major Jackson

    Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads Major Jackson’s "Let Me Begin Again."

    August 4, 2021
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  • Notes From the Bathroom Line: Humor, Art, and Low-grade Panic from 150 of the Funniest Women in Comedy 

    In this "much-needed dose of delight," Amy Solomon, a producer of the hit HBO shows Silicon Valley and Barry, shares from her new collection of never-before-seen humor pieces. Inspired by the groundbreaking book Titters: The First Collection of Humor by Women, a showcase of some of the leading…

    July 29, 2021
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  • Episode 18: David St. John

    Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads David St. John’s "Coast Poppies."

    July 29, 2021
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    July 29, 2021
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  • Episode 17: Lucille Clifton

    Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads Lucille Clifton’s "telling our stories."

    July 22, 2021
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    July 22, 2021
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  • Episode 16: Terrance Hayes

    Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads Terrance Hayes’ "American Sonnet for My Past and Future Assassin".

    July 15, 2021
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    July 15, 2021
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  • Children Chatting With Author Jarod Pratt and Illustrator Jey Odin

    Join the Children Chatting with Authors Podcast as they interview author Jarod Pratt and artist and illustrator Jey Odin about their graphic novel Lemonade Code and about being an author and an illustrator. "Hi teachers and caregivers continue the conversation with a downloadable discussion guide."

    July 14, 2021
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  • Erosion: Essays of Undoing

    "Each of us finds our identity within the communities we call home," writes Terry Tempest Williams in Erosion, a galvanizing new collection of essays that navigates the emotional, geographical, and communal territories of home. Sizing up the assaults on America’s public lands and the erosion of our…

    July 8, 2021
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  • Episode 15: Naomi Shihab Nye

    Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads Naomi Shihab Nye’s "Famous".

    July 7, 2021
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  • Episode 14: El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de Los Angeles

    Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads Dorothy Barresi’s "El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de Los Angeles".

    June 30, 2021
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  • Episode 13: Skin

    Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads Kwame Dawes’s "Skin".

    June 24, 2021
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  • Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest

    One of the world's leading forest ecologists shares from her first book to bring us deeper into her intimate world of trees. In Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest, Suzanne Simard traces her journey from growing up in a logging community in the rainforests of British…

    June 22, 2021
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