UCR Writers to Appear at Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

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The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is the largest book festival in the United States
By Bettye Miller on April 19, 2017
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Fourteen authors and faculty in the Department of Creative Writing and Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing & Writing for the Performing Arts in Palm Desert will participate in the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books April 22-23 at USC.
Creative writing faculty who will participate are:
Charmaine Craig, “Fiction: Culture & Identity, Conversation 2023,” April 23 at 2 p.m.;
Steve Erickson, “Fiction: The Surreal World, Conversation 1055,” April 22 at 4:30 p.m.;
Laila Lalami, “Viet Thanh Nguyen and Laila Lalami in Conversation, Conversation 2111,” April 23 at 11 a.m.;
Tom Lutz, “Memoir: Exploring the World, Conversation 2093,” April 23 at 1:30 p.m.; and
Susan Straight, “Nonfiction: California’s Hidden Poor, Conversation 2034,” April 23 at 3 p.m.
Faculty in the Low Residency MFA program are:
Elizabeth Crane, “Fiction with a Funny Side, Conversation 2122,” April 23 at 12:30 p.m.;
Natashia Deon, “Fiction: Roads Less Traveled, Conversation 2022,” April 23 at 12:30 p.m.;
Gina Frangello, “Everybody’s Got One: Fiction & Families, Conversation 1121,” April 22 at 11 a.m.;
Tod Goldberg, “Nonfiction: Pop Goes the World, Conversation 2091,” April 23 at 10:30 a.m., and “From Page to Screen to Page: Writing in Hollywood, Conversation 2054,” April 23 at 3 p.m.;
Mary Otis, “Fiction: Disappearing Acts, Conversation 2041,” April 23 at 11 a.m.;
Rob Roberge, “Memoir: Troubled Times, Conversation 1044,” April 22 at 3:30 p.m.;
Stephen Jay Schwartz, “Crime Fiction: A Question of Character, Conversation 1021,” April 22 at 11 a.m.;
Mark Haskell Smith, “Nonfiction: among the Believers, Conversation 1113,” April 22 at 2 p.m.; and
David L. Ulin, “Fiction: the Storytellers, Conversation 1111,” April 22 at 11 a.m., and “Nonfiction: the Culture of Southern California, Conversation 2124,” April 23 at 3:30 p.m.
The festival is free, but tickets are required to attend individual conversations.






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