
Abrams is the author of a series of romance novels, a recent legal thriller, “ While Justice Sleeps,” and a new picture book, “ Stacey’s Remarkable Books,” that brings her to the festival. Coming off two unsuccessful runs for governor of Georgia, Abrams remains a formidable power in politics - thanks to her work organizing voters, which has yielded Democratic victories in tight national elections - and in literature. Allison Lee, the Los Angeles director of the free-speech organization PEN America, rounds out the panel.

Johnson, the author of “ All Boys Aren’t Blue” - are joined by Peter Coyl, current president of the Freedom to Read Foundation, the recipient of this year’s L.A. Four people on the front lines come together for an urgent conversation: Two frequently banned YA writers - bestselling “ The Hate U Give” author Angie Thomas and George M. Book bans are nothing new in America, but in the last year they have spread like a rash as politicians bank on panic and outrage, threatening librarians with shutdowns or worse. Type “Eternal Flame” into your Spotify and wander over to the big stage to watch the musician-author talk with Times arts and culture writer Deborah Vankin about “ This Bird Has Flown,” which critic Marc Weingarten called a “clever and entertaining debut novel about the nagging ambivalence of love, missed connections and the transcendent power of a great two-minute pop song.” Spoiler: There’ll be a special musical performance in the mix.īanned Books: Defending the Right to Read It turns out Hoffs also knows a thing or two about novelistic structure. Whatever you make of the Bangles - to me their earworms are Proustian madeleines - you can’t deny that their frontwoman knows how to build a bridge. Bookshelf” - packs the biggest house on campus for a conversation with “These Women” author Ivy Pochoda about “ Every Man a King,” the second book in his King Oliver series focused on a cop-turned-PI who’s done a bit of time and knows his way around both sides of the law. The creator of the legendary Easy Rawlins - whose “Devil in a Blue Dress” was one of the top five books on The Times’ recent “Ultimate L.A.

She’ll talk with Melanie Mason on Sunday to mark the publication of her new memoir, “ I Swear: Politics I s Messier Than My Minivan,” about her successful run to help turn Orange County blue in 2018 as a single mother with a knack for viral videos. The competition will be fierce, but noisy challenges are nothing new for Porter, whose combination of wonkiness and fire has made her one of the most public faces of liberalism. Earlier this year, the Democratic representative of California’s 47th Congressional District threw her hat (or her famous whiteboard?) into a new ring, announcing she will run to replace the retiring Dianne Feinstein as a U.S.
