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10:30am PDT
Michael Connelly in Conversation with Dan Pyne, Conversation 1061
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Pyne went from executive producer/writer to showrunner on the Amazon TV show "Bosch," based on Michael Connelly's novels. His screenwriting credits include the remake of ”The Manchurian Candidate,” “Pacific Heights,” and “Fracture.” He made his directorial debut with the...
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Connelly is the award-winning and bestselling author of numerous novels, most notably his enduring "Harry Bosch" mystery series, which has been adapted for the Amazon show “Bosch.” His most recent novel, "The Crossing," features both Harry Bosch and his character Mickey Haller...
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12:30pm PDT
March: Congressman John Lewis, Andrew Aydin & Nate Powell, in Conversation, Conversation 1062
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Aydin, an Atlanta native, grew up reading and collecting comic books. After college, upon taking a job with Congressman John Lewis, Andrew learned that the civil rights legend had been inspired as a young man by a classic 1950s comic book, “Martin Luther King & The Montgomery Story...
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Lewis is the U.S. Representative for Georgia’s 5th district and an American icon known for his role in the civil rights movement. He first joined the movement as a seminary student in Nashville, organizing sit-ins and participating in the first Freedom Rides. He soon became the...
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Powell, called by Booklist magazine “the most prodigiously talented graphic novelist of his generation,” was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. In addition to the March series, co-written with Andrew Aydin and Congressman John Lewis, his work includes Rick Riordan’s “The Lost...
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2:30pm PDT
Joyce Carol Oates in Conversation with Steph Cha, Conversation 1063
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Cha is the author of "Follow Her Home,” "Beware Beware," and "Dead Soon Enough,” all published by St. Martin's Minotaur. She's the noir editor for the Los Angeles Review of Books and a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times. She lives in her native city of Los Angeles with...
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Oates is a recipient of the National Humanities Medal, the National Book Award, and the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction. She has written some of the most enduring fiction of our time, including "We Were the Mulvaneys,” "Blonde" (a finalist for the National Book...
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4:30pm PDT
Roxane Gay in Conversation with Alexander Chee, Conversation 1064
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Chee is the author of the novels "Edinburgh" and "The Queen of the Night.” He has received numerous awards including the Whiting Award and a NEA in Fiction. He is a contributing editor at The New Republic and VQR, a critic-at-large for the Los Angeles Times, and an associate professor...
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Gay is the author of the novel "An Untamed State," a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize; the essay collection "Bad Feminist;" and "Ayiti," a multi-genre collection. She is at work on a memoir, "Hunger," and a comic book in Marvel's Black Panther series. She has received...
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12:30pm PDT
Chris Hayes in Conversation with Christina Bellantoni, Conversation 2062
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Bellantoni has been assistant managing editor, politics since August 2015. She came to the Los Angeles Times after 12 years covering politics in Washington, most recently as editor-in-chief at Roll Call. Before that, she served as political editor at “PBS NewsHour” for two years...
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Hayes hosts "All In with Chris Hayes" at 8 p.m. ET Monday through Friday on MSNBC. Hayes is also Editor-at-Large of "The Nation." Hayes' first book, "Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy," which is about the crisis of authority in American life, was published in June...
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2:30pm PDT
The Handmaid's Tale from Page to Screen: Margaret Atwood & Bruce Miller in Conversation with Mary McNamara, Conversation 2063
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McNamara was named assistant managing editor for arts and entertainment in 2016. She was previously the television critic and senior culture editor. A Pulitzer Prize winner in 2015 and finalist for criticism in 2013 and 2014, she has won various awards for criticism and feature writing...
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Atwood is the author of more than 40 books of fiction, poetry and critical essays. Her novels include “Cat’s Eye,” shortlisted for the Booker Prize; “Alias Grace,” which won the Giller Prize in Canada; “The Blind Assassin,” winner of the 2000 Booker Prize; “Oryx and...
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Miller is a producer and writer, known for “Eureka” (2006), “The 100” (2014) and “ER” (1994). His current project is the Hulu adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale.”
