Libros Schmibros

David Kipen in conversation with writer and literary critic John Freeman. Freeman is the editor of The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story, a selection of short fiction

David Kipen and Colleen Jaurretche have a conversation with Kendra Atleework about her memoir, Miracle Country.  Her new book draws on personal stories as well as the environmental history of her place of birth, the Eastern Sierra.

David Kipen has a conversation with Kim Stanley Robinson about his work and the work of poet Kenneth Rexroth.  

His new book is Ministry for the Future, a science fiction novel set in the near future, about coping with the effects of climate change in the next 30 years.

David Kipen speaks with Jon Wiener, author of the revised and newly  timely Conspiracy in the Streets: The Extraordinary Trial of the Chicago  Seven and host of radio’s Trump Watch -- recently re-christened,  courtesy of Libros Schmibros’ expert naming service, Hey Joe.

Artist Shizu Saldamando talks with Cuauhtemoc Hernandez about her art  and inspirations, her recent exhibition "L.A. Intersections" at  Occidental College, her personal and educational background, collaborations with other artists and much more.

Film producer and entrepreneur Daniel Desure talks with Cuauhtemoc Hernandez about Total Luxury Spa, Commonwealth Projects collaborative network and the idea that streetwear can be a vehicle for positive change.

Cuauhtemoc Hernandez speaks with renowned Los Angeles native graffiti  artist Gajin Fujita about art, growing up in Boyle Heights, historical  references in his work and where we are now.

Cuauhtemoc Hernandez speaks with Sandra de la Loza about guerrilla art, politics, and her book, "the The Pocho Research Society Field Guide to L.A.: Monuments and Murals of Erased and Invisible Histories".   Hernandez and de la Loza talk about an upcoming project to do with Sleepy Lagoon.  

Libros' own Cuauhtemoc Hernandez talks with author and journalist Walter Thompson-Hernandez (no relation) his recent book The Compton Cowboys, growing up in Los Angeles, influences and more.

David Kipen speaks with John Logan, the Oscar-winning screenwriter and creator of Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, which takes place in 1938 in an L.A. barrio called, ahem, "Belvedere Heights."  

Alexa Karolinski interviewed by Colleen Jaurretche, co-founder of Libros  Schmibros Lending Library.  Karolinski and Jaurretche discuss 'Unorthodox', the new Netflix series.  Karolinski was one of the writers and producers of Unorthodox.   Recorded in Los Angeles, May 2020.

Stephanie Burt and David Kipen discuss things she likes to read, fandom  and the selection of her book, Advice from the Lights, by the City of  Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs as its Big Read book for  2020.

Mike Davis and David Kipen discuss Los Angeles, City of Quartz and other writings which appear to be almost prophetic, viewed through the lens of COVID-19 and the current pandemic.  Full interview, recorded April 2020.