Library Foundation of Los Angeles
Libby McCarthy, Cultural Programs Assistant, ALOUD
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"ALOUD at Central Library"-Lectures, Readings, Performances & Discussions

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Mon, Apr 06, 7 PM
Mark Arax
West of the West: Dreamers, Believers, Builders & Killers in the Golden
State"
In conversation with Thomas Curwen, LA Times staff writer

Arax, a native son, spent four years traveling the breadth of the Golden
State to explore its singular place in the world. From the marijuana growing
capital of the U.S. to the town that inspired The Grapes of Wrath, Arax
offers a stunning panorama of California in a new century.

Author bio:
Award-winning author and journalist Mark Arax is a co-author of The King of
California-a Los Angeles Times bestseller-and author of In My Father’s Name.
He is a contributing writer at Los Angeles magazine and a former senior
writer at the Los Angeles Times. He teaches nonfiction writing at Claremont
McKenna College and lives in Fresno.