Intellectual, accessible, and provocative literary conversations.

Los Angeles-based author Michelle Huneven joins Evan Kleiman to discuss her latest book, “<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/688234/search-by-michelle-huneven/">Search</a>.” In this engaging and funny literary fiction novel, main character Dana Potowski writes a memoir that describes the steps of her Unitarian Universalist Church congregation’s year-long search for its new minister and the challenges they encounter.

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Michelle Huneven: ‘Search’

Natalia Molina tells the story of Nayarit, her grandmother’s Mexican restaurant, a space that became a cherished hub for immigrants and the LGBTQ community in Echo Park.

Natalia Molina: ‘A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community’

Editor/poet Emily Skillings and poet/critic John Yau speak about an iconic poet of the 21st century, John Ashbery, and his posthumous book, “Parallel Movement of the Hands: Five Unfinished Longer Works.”

Emily Skillings and John Yau: John Ashbery’s “Parallel Movement of the Hands: Five Unfinished Longer Works” (Re-air)

Rita Dove’s new book of poetry, “Playlist for the Apocalypse,” goes in many different historical and personal directions.

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