The premier literary event in the nation, the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, kicks off April 26th & 27th on the campus of the University of Southern California...and we'll be there! In fact, in honor of the event's 30th anniversary, the Low Residency MFA @ UCR is proud to be one of the sponsors of this year's festival. Celebrating both the written word and the indomitable spirit of the region's literary culture are hallmarks of what we do in this program and the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is a true gathering of the best writers in the world, including a slew of our faculty and alumni -- below is a list of where you can find our people on official panels and events. And don't forget to come see us in booth 134 all weekend long.
Alex Espinoza
The F Words: Family, Fame, and [Mis] Fortune in Contemporary Fiction - Tickets Required
Ray Stark Family Theatre
Saturday, Apr 26
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
David Ulin
Saturday, Apr 26, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
The Literary Life: Connecting the Creative, Critical, and Personal - Tickets Required
Wallis Annenberg Hall Presented by USC
Saturday, Apr 26, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Griffin Dunne, author of 'The Friday Afternoon Club' and Matthew Specktor, author of 'The Golden Hour,' in conversation with David L. Ulin - Tickets Required
Town and Gown
Saturday, Apr 26, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
LET'S GET LIT: 30th Anniversary Roundtable Celebration - Tickets Required
Taper Hall 101
Elizabeth Crane
Saturday, Apr 26, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Finding the Words: Loss, Grief, and Memoir - Tickets Required
Norris Theatre
Gina Frangello
Saturday, Apr 26, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Self-Portrait of the Artist: Existential Memoirs of Womanhood - Tickets Required
Taper Hall 201
Heather Scott Partington
Saturday, Apr 26, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Family Sleuths: Historical Biographies and Untold Family Histories - Tickets Required
Albert and Dana Broccoli Theatre
Sunday, Apr 27, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
The Old World is Right Behind You: The Role of the Historical Novel - Tickets Required
Annenberg Auditorium
Ivy Pochoda
Saturday, Apr 26, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Don't Touch That: Magical Objects, Mysterious Portals in Fiction - Tickets Required
Taper Hall 101
Liska Jacobs
Saturday, Apr 26, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
I'm the Problem, It's Me: Heroes and Antiheroes in Fiction - Tickets Required
Taper Hall 201
Mark Haskell Smith
Saturday, Apr 26, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Exit Stage Left: Memoirs from Before and After the Cameras are Rolling - Tickets Required
Town and Gown
Natashia Deon
Saturday, Apr 26, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Both/And: Standing Out, Fitting In, and Coming of Age in Contemporary Fiction - Tickets Required
Hoffman Hall, Edison Auditorium
Rob Roberge
Sunday, Apr 27, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Mixed Media: When Visual Art Meets the Written Word - Tickets Required
Hoffman Hall, Edison Auditorium
Tod Goldberg
Sunday, Apr 27, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Once Upon a Nightmare: Suspense, Noir, and Crime in Short Stories - Tickets Required
Annenberg Auditorium
To view the full list of participants, including a great many of our previous guest faculty, click here.