How do we talk about race in America? Two of our country's most award-winning poets and unflinching voices on racism will join ALOUD for their first public event together. Claudia Rankine is an artistic innovator, Yale professor, and MacArthur fellow. Her previous groundbreaking book, Citizen: An…
Join the Children Chatting with Authors Podcast as they interview award-winning author Maulik Pancholy about his book The Best At It and about being an author, actor, and activist. "Hi teachers and caregivers continue the conversation with a downloadable discussion guide."
As ALOUD examines the delicate balancing act of power and value in a special series this fall, we’ll consider how technology tips the scales to redefine the dynamics of our human relationships. What will happen to our notions of marriage and parenthood as reproductive technologies allow for new ways…
The media is a powerful voice driving our perception of the world. But over the last decade, the political divisions across America have threatened the ability of the media to deliver unbiased news. Further putting into question the role of the media, individuals armed with their smartphones have…
Income inequality in the U.S. is the highest of all the G7 nations, and the wealth gap between America’s richest and poorer families more than doubled from 1989 to 2016. This hierarchy of power gives control to the rich, while leaving the rest to fend for themselves without support or voice. ALOUD’s…
Join the Children Chatting with Authors Podcast as they interview Paul Downs and Michael Yates, about their book Urban Legendz and about being an author, illustrator, and artist. "Hi teachers and caregivers continue the conversation with a downloadable discussion guide."
“What do we talk about when we talk about Los Angeles today?” asks D.J. Waldie. A writer whose work has been called a “gorgeous distillation of architectural and social history” by The New York Times, Waldie is the author of Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir and other books that illuminate the ordinary…
In ALOUD’s first live program, we’ll explore the science of virtual learning. As schools around the country prepare for an online fall semester, hear from neuroscientist, psychologist, and former teacher Dr. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang about the educational implications for this generation of learners…
Join the Children Chatting with Authors Podcast as they interview Newbery Medal winning author Erin Entrada Kelly about her newest book, We Dream of Space, and about being an author. "Hi teachers and caregivers continue the conversation with a downloadable discussion guide."
Join the Children Chatting with Authors Podcast as they interview author Brianna DuMont about her nonfiction series The Changed History, and about being an author and historian. The Changed History series consists of the books: Famous Phonies: Legends Fakes, and Frauds Who Changed History, Fantastic…
Join the Children Chatting with Authors Podcast as they interview 2020 Newbery winning author Jerry Craft about his award-winning and best-selling book, New Kid and about being an author and illustrator. "Hi teachers and caregivers continue the conversation with a downloadable discussion guide."
Join the Studio City Podcast People as they interview Emma Steinkellner about her book, The Okay Witch, and about being an author and cartoonist. "Hi teachers and caregivers continue the conversation with a downloadable discussion guide."
When New York Times op-ed columnist Nicholas Kristof returned to his hometown of Yamhill, Oregon, the portrait of life in rural America was grim. In a new book, written alongside Sheryl WuDunn, the team of the bestselling Half the Sky tells a story of how a once prospering blue-collar town was…
"I think this book could really save the world," said Ann Patchett of Gish Jen’s new dystopian novel The Resisters. This extraordinary story imagines a not-so-distant future of America—which she calls "AutoAmerica" and is half underwater and populated by two groups of people: the "Netted" of the…
