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- Photos by Elliott Jerome Brown Jr., Nola Logan, Stephanie Cowan, Maggie Shannon, Eva Sikelianos

MEGAN ABBOTT

Once Upon a Crime: Families, Victims and the Ties That Bind Saturday, 10:30 a.m., Norris Theatre, programmin­g presented by Audible

ROBIN ABCARIAN

Adam Schiff, author of “Midnight in Washington,” in conversati­on with Robin Abcarian

Saturday, 12:30 p.m., Bovard Auditorium

How to Be a Foster Parent: Robin Abcarian in conversati­on with Charity Chandler-Cole

Saturday, 4 p.m., Mudd Hall 203 (Ask a Reporter)

HANNAH ABRAHIM Hannah Abrahim (musical performanc­e — neo-soul) Sunday, 2 p.m., USC Stage

KAI ADIA

WriteGirl Presents Kai Adia, reading from her work Sunday, 4:40 p.m., Poetry Stage

AMARA AGUILAR

Eat, Lead, Love: Celebratin­g BIPOC Communitie­s Through Food, Art and Activism Sunday, noon, Wallis Annenberg Hall, presented by USC

VERA AHIYYA

Vera Ahiyya, author of “You Have a Voice” Saturday, 4:30 p.m., Children’s Stage

MATTHIEU AIKINS

Current Issues: New World Disorder

Sunday, 10:30 a.m., Hancock Foundation

ALAJE

ALAJE (musical performanc­e — Latin jazz)

Saturday, 5:30 p.m., USC Stage

RUMAAN ALAM

Fiction: Things Are Not What They Seem

Saturday, noon, Town & Gown

ERIKA ALEXANDER Cherishing Women: Hear Their Stories, presented by Audible Sunday, 3 p.m. Norris Theatre, programmin­g presented by Audible

ANGE-MARIE HANCOCK ALFARO

Rise, Resist, and Imagine: Collective and Creative Visions for Change Saturday, noon, Wallis Annenberg Hall, presented by USC

STEVE ALMOND

Fiction: Growing Up and Finding Your Way Saturday, noon, Albert and Dana Broccoli Theatre

ALPHABET ROCKERS

Kaitlin McGaw and Tommy Shepherd, authors of “You Are Not Alone: Inspire Confidence and Celebrate Diversity With This Empowering Book for Kids”

Saturday, 3:30 p.m., Children’s Stage

Alphabet Rockers Musical Performanc­e

Saturday, 5:30 p.m., Children’s Stage

MAUREEN ALSOP

Maureen Alsop, reading from “Pyre” Sunday, 4 p.m., Poetry Stage

NOEL ALUMIT

Memoir: An Exploratio­n of Queer Identity

Sunday, 3 p.m., Salvatori Computer Science Center 102

TONY ALVA

Boarders Without Borders: A Conversati­on on Skateboard­ing Culture and Film Screening of “Never Catch Pigeons,” a Portrait of Vans Founder Paul Van Doren Sunday, 11 a.m., Hoffman Hall

JENNIFER LYNN ALVAREZ

Young Adult Fiction: Secrets and Lies

Saturday, 1:30 p.m., YA Stage

MIKE ANANNY

Infrastruc­tures of the Future: Technologi­es for Making Public Life

Saturday, 3 p.m., Wallis Annenberg Hall, presented by USC

CHARLIE JANE ANDERS Young Adult Fantasy: Worlds Beyond Imaginatio­n Saturday, 3 p.m., Seeley G. Mudd 123

ANDREW & POLLY Emcees, Children’s Stage

RYKAAOKI

Science Fiction:

The Dark Heart of the Story Saturday, 11 a.m., Taper Hall 101

GATE

History

AMONG THOSE ON THE SCHEDULE ARE, CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE, AMARA AGUILAR, DEBBY APPLEGATE, HANNAH ABRAHIM, MIKE ANANNY, RYKA AOKI, NOEL ALUMIT, ARGELIA ATILANO, KAREN GRIGSBY BATES AND JUSTINE BATEMAN.

JULISSA ARCE

Current Issues: Imagining a Different Future Sunday, 1:30 p.m., Norris Theatre, programmin­g presented by Audible

GUSTAVO ARELLANO

The Times Live Podcast: Inside the 2022 Local Elections

Saturday, 5 p.m., Mudd Hall 203 (Ask a Reporter)

Latino Stories that Hit Home

Sunday, 10:30 a.m., Norris Theatre, programmin­g presented by Audible

CHRISTOPHE­R ARGENTIERI Festival kickoff with the Trojan Marching Band Saturday, 10 a.m., USC Stage

ARGELIA ATILANO

Argelia Atilano, Author of “Grandes Dreamers” — Children’s Story Time Sunday, noon, L.A. Times en Español Stage

VICTORIA AVEYARD

Young Adult Fiction: Magic and Myths Saturday, noon, YA Stage

ANDREW AYDIN

Young Adult Nonfiction: Knowing Our Past to Make a Better Future

Saturday, 2 p.m., Taper Hall 101

ASLI BAAT

Asli Baat (musical performanc­e — a cappella/ South Asian)

Sunday, 4:20 p.m., USC Stage

MARQUESHA SHANTELL BABERS, CARLOS LÓPEZ ESTRADA AND SLAM POETS

“Summertime Odes Project” Saturday, 10 a.m., Poetry Stage

SANDY BANKS

Band of Mothers: Parenting Today

Sunday, 2 p.m., Hoffman Hall

J. JESÚS LEMUS BARAJAS Jesús Lemus Barajas, author of “Jaque a Peña Nieto” Sunday, 3:35 p.m., L.A. Times en Español Stage

DONNA BARBA HIGUERA

Middle Grade Fiction: Twists and Turns in Worlds Real and Unreal

Saturday, 12:30 p.m., Seeley G. Mudd 124

JUSTINE BATEMAN Justine Bateman, author of “Face: One Square Foot of Skin,” in conversati­on with Patt Morrison

Sunday, 2:30 p.m., L.A. Times Main Stage

KAREN GRIGSBY BATES History: Uncovering Stories From America’s Past Saturday, 1:30 p.m., Salvatori Computer Science Center 102

NIV BAVARSKY

Graphic Novel: Sci Fi Sunday, noon, Salvatori Computer Science Center 102

DR. TRACI BAXLEY

Band of Mothers: Parenting Today

Sunday, 2 p.m., Hoffman Hall

MIA BAY

History: Race in America Saturday, 10:30 a.m., Bovard Auditorium

LARA BAZELON

Band of Mothers: Parenting Today

Sunday, 2 p.m., Hoffman Hall

LEXIE BEAN

Middle Grade Fiction: Coming of Age in a Fractured World Sunday, 1:30 p.m., YA Stage

TYRONE BEASON

Terry Crews, author of “Tough: My Journey to True Power,” in conversati­on with

Tyrone Beason

Sunday, 10:30 a.m.,

L.A. Times Main Stage Covering America Through the Lenses of Race and Culture

Sunday, 2:30 p.m., Mudd Hall 203 (Ask a Reporter)

JAN BEATTY Memoir: Origin Stories Sunday, 2 p.m., Seeley G. Mudd 124

CARI BEAUCHAMP Arts & Culture: Comedy Through the Ages Saturday, noon, Seeley G. Mudd 123

ADAM BECKER

Science Writing: The Cosmos and Beyond

Saturday, 11 a.m., Hoffman Hall

CHRISTINE M. BECKMAN Parenting Today: Navigating Stress, Health and Social Upheaval

Saturday, 10:30 a.m., Wallis Annenberg Hall, presented by USC

NICKY BEER

Nicky Beer, reading from “Real Phonies and Genuine Fakes” Saturday, 4 p.m., Poetry Stage

MAGGIE BEIDELMAN Creating Compelling Video for Multiple Platforms

Sunday, 4:30 p.m., Mudd Hall 203 (Ask a Reporter)

MATT BELL

Fiction: Climate in Crisis Sunday, noon, Norris Theatre, programmin­g presented by Audible

AIMEE BENDER

The Politics and Poetics of Place in Fiction

Saturday, 4:30 p.m., Wallis Annenberg Hall, presented by USC

ROBIN BENWAY

Young Adult Fiction: Friendship, Family and Finding Yourself

Sunday, noon, YA Stage

JEFF BERCOVICI Business: Becoming a Better Corporate Citizen Sunday, 3:30 p.m., Taper Hall 101

MEGAN MAYHEW BERGMAN Stories: The Next Chapter Sunday, 3:30 p.m., Seeley G. Mudd 124

JENNIFER M. BERNSTEIN Confrontin­g Climate Change: Solutions for a Sustainabl­e World

Saturday, 1:30 p.m., Wallis Annenberg Hall, presented by USC

VALERIE BERTINELLI

Valerie Bertinelli, author of “Enough Already: Learning to Love the Way I Am Today,” in conversati­on with Matt Brennan

Saturday, 4:30 p.m., L.A. Times Main Stage

LUCAS BESSIRE

The End of the World As We Know It: Discussing the Climate Crisis

Sunday, 1:30 p.m., Hancock Foundation

REGINALD DWAYNE BETTS

Reginald Dwayne Betts, reading from “Felon”

Saturday, 2:20 p.m., Poetry Stage

Crime and Punishment: Life After Incarcerat­ion

Saturday, 4:30 p.m., Seeley G. Mudd 123

MICHELLE BITTING

Michelle Bitting, reading from “Nightmares and Miracles” Sunday, 4:20 p.m., Poetry Stage

EMILY RAPP BLACK Memoir: The Art of Losing Sunday, 12:30 p.m., Seeley G.Mudd 124

MICHELLE BLACK Memoir: The Art of Losing Sunday, 12:30 p.m., Seeley G. Mudd 124 e Dark Story

Saturday, 11 a.m., Taper Hall 101

JOSEPH ALLEN BOONE

The Politics and Poetics of Place in Fiction

Saturday, 4:30 p.m., Wallis Annenberg Hall, presented by USC

DAWN BOUNDS

The State of Youth Mental Health

Saturday, 1 p.m., Mudd Hall 203 (Ask a Reporter)

BILL BOYARSKY

Current Issues: Journalist­s Bringing Us Stories From the Heart of America Saturday, 3 p.m., Hancock Foundation

KEITH BOYKIN

Current Issues: The Changing Face of America

Saturday, 1:30 p.m., Hancock Foundation

T.C. BOYLE

T.C. Boyle, author of

“Talk to Me”

Sunday, 1:30 p.m., Town & Gown

GREGORY BOYLE, S.J.

Father Gregory Boyle, author of “The Whole Language” Sunday, 3 p.m., Town & Gown

JOHN PAUL BRAMMER Memoir: An Exploratio­n of Queer Identity

Sunday, 3 p.m., Salvatori Computer Science Center 102

STEPHANIE BREIJO

On the Food Beat in L.A., with Jenn Harris and Stephanie Breijo Sunday, 12:30 p.m., Mudd Hall 203 (Ask a Reporter)

MATT BRENNAN

LeBron James and L.A.’s Superstar Tradition

Saturday, 11:45 a.m., Mudd Hall 203 (Ask a Reporter)

Valerie Bertinelli, author of “Enough Already: Learning to Love the Way I Am Today,” in conversati­on with Matt Brennan

Saturday, 4:30 p.m., L.A. Times Main Stage

MAURICE BROADDUS Science Fiction: Writing in the Other World

Saturday, 4:30 p.m., Norris Theatre, programmin­g presented by Audible

AMELIA BRODKA

Boarders Without Borders: A Conversati­on on Skateboard­ing Culture and Film Screening of “Never Catch Pigeons,” a Portrait of Vans Founder Paul Van Doren

Sunday, 11 a.m., Hoffman Hall

ALTON BROWN

Alton Brown, “Good Eats: The Final Years,” cooking demo Sunday, 2 p.m., Cooking Stage

JANELLE BROWN

Crime Fiction: Looking Back and Starting Over Saturday, 3 p.m., Norris Theatre, programmin­g presented by Audible

LIZ BROWN

Criminal Minds: Examining True Crime

Sunday, 11 a.m., Taper Hall 101

NATASHA BROWN

Fiction: Window on the World Saturday, 10:30 a.m., Salvatori Computer Science Center 102

TRACY BROWN

Writing and Drawing in Strange Times: You Just Have to Laugh Saturday, 2 p.m., Seeley G. Mudd 124

DAWN BURKES

Young Adult Fantasy: Women Warriors

Saturday, 4:30 p.m., Bovard Auditorium

CM BURROUGHS

The Poetics of Loss

Saturday, 10:30 a.m., Albert and Dana Broccoli Theatre

CM Burroughs, reading from “Master Suffering”

Saturday, 1:20 p.m., Poetry Stage

ISAAC BUTLER

Arts & Culture: Showbiz

Visionarie­s

Saturday, 4:30 p.m., Town & Gown

JULIE BUXBAUM

Young Adult Fiction: Friendship, Family and Finding Yourself

Sunday, noon, YA Stage

ELENA KARINA BYRNE

Emcee Poetry Stage

Elena Karina Byrne, reading from “If This Makes You Nervous”

Sunday, 12:45 p.m., Poetry Stage

KAYLA CAGAN

Young Adult Fiction: Secrets and Lies

Saturday, 1:30 p.m., YA Stage

JACKIE CALMES

Current Issues: The Courts and Constituti­on

Saturday, 4:30 p.m., Hancock Foundation

PETER CAMPION

Peter Campion, reading from “One Summer Evening at the Falls”

Sunday, 11 a.m., Poetry Stage

TAYLOR CAPIZOLA

Rising Stars of Romance, presented in partnershi­p with the Ripped Bodice Saturday, 3 p.m., Ronald Tutor Campus Center

GISELLE CARRILLO

Naibe Reynoso and Giselle Carrillo, co-authors of “Courageous Camila: A Story About Finding Your Inner Warrior” — Children’s Story Time Saturday, noon, L.A. Times en Español Stage

GIA A. CASEY

DJ Envy and Gia Casey, authors of “Real Life, Real Love,” in conversati­on with Jevon Phillips

Saturday, 3:30 p.m., L.A. Times Main Stage

CYRUS CASSELLS

Cyrus Cassells, reading from “The World That the Shooter Left Us”

Saturday, 11:40 a.m., Poetry Stage

Poetry: A Reckoning With History

Saturday, 1:30 p.m., Albert and Dana Broccoli Theatre

ADRIENNE CELT

Fiction: The Intersecti­on of Art and Story

Sunday, 3:30 p.m., Hoffman Hall

ANITA L. CHABRIA

PEN America: Fact v. Fiction: Journalism Confronts Disinforma­tion

Saturday, 11 a.m., Ray Stark Family Theatre

Current Issues: The Courts and Constituti­on

Saturday, 4:30 p.m., Hancock Foundation

MELISSA CHADBURN

Fiction: Window on the World

Saturday, 10:30 a.m., Salvatori Computer Science Center 102

Fiction: Live Through This

Saturday, 3:30 p.m., Seeley G. Mudd 124

JESSAMINE CHAN

Fiction: Struggles and Strength Saturday, 11 a.m., Seeley G. Mudd 124

CHARITY CHANDLER-COLE How to Be a Foster Parent: Robin Abcarian in Conversati­on with Charity Chandler-Cole Saturday, 4 p.m., Mudd Hall 203 (Ask a Reporter)

VICTORIA CHANG Memoir: The Art of Losing Sunday, 12:30 p.m., Seeley G. Mudd 124

JOS CHARLES

Jos Charles, reading from “A Year & Other Poems” Sunday, 10:40 a.m., Poetry Stage

ERWIN CHEMERINSK­Y

Current Issues:

The Courts and Constituti­on Saturday, 4:30 p.m., Hancock Foundation

EVA CHEN

Eva Chen and Sophie Diao, author and Illustrato­r of

“I Am Golden”

Saturday, 10:45 a.m., Children’s Stage

DAWN COLACICCO CHMIELEWSK­I

Arts & Culture: Follow the Hollywood Money Sunday, 3 p.m., Hancock Foundation

GRACE M. CHO

Memoir: Family, Food and How It Shaped Me

Saturday, 12:30 p.m., Ray Stark Family Theatre

JOHN CHO

Middle Grade Fiction: Coming of Age in a Fractured World Sunday, 1:30 p.m., YA Stage

YOON CHOI

Fiction: Struggles and Strength Saturday, 11 a.m., Seeley G. Mudd 124

ELAINE HSIEH CHOU

Fiction: Finding the Funny Sunday, 1:30 p.m., Seeley G. Mudd 123

AARON PHILIP CLARK

Crime Fiction: Watching the Detectives

Sunday, noon, Seeley G. Mudd 123

JULIE CLARK

Crime Fiction: Looking Back and Starting Over Saturday, 3 p.m., Norris Theatre, programmin­g presented by Audible

P. DJÈLÍ CLARK

Science Fiction: Writing in the Other World

Saturday, 4:30 p.m., Norris Theatre, programmin­g presented by Audible

DHONIELLE CLAYTON

Young Adult Fiction: Secrets and Lies

Saturday, 1:30 p.m., YA Stage

ALLISON HEDGE COKE Allison Hedge Coke, reading from “Look at This Blue” Sunday, 1:40 p.m., Poetry Stage

BRANDY COLBERT

Young Adult Nonfiction: Knowing Our Past to Make a Better Future

Saturday, 2 p.m., Taper Hall 101

KATHARINE COLES Katharine Coles, reading from “(Solve for) X”

Saturday, 5:20 p.m., Poetry Stage

MICHAEL CONNELLY

Michael Connelly, author of “The Dark Hours,” and Susan Straight, author of “Mecca,” in conversati­on

Saturday, 4:30 p.m., Ronald Tutor Campus Center

MARIA COOPER JANIS

Gary Cooper exhibition, retrospect­ive and book signing Sunday, noon, Ray Stark Family Theatre

S.A. COSBY

Once Upon a Crime: Families, Victims and the Ties That Bind Saturday, 10:30 a.m., Norris Theatre, programmin­g presented by Audible

JACLYN COSGROVE

The State of Youth Mental Health

Saturday, 1 p.m., Mudd Hall 203 (Ask a Reporter)

ANNA-LISA COX

A Wide Lens on World History Saturday, noon, Hancock Foundation

ELIZABETH CRANE

Stories: The Next Chapter Sunday, 3:30 p.m., Seeley G. Mudd 124

JORDAN CRANE

Graphic Novel: Drawing the Story Saturday, 3 p.m., Salvatori Computer Science Center 102

KATE CRAWFORD

Infrastruc­tures of the Future: Technologi­es for Making Public Life

Saturday, 3 p.m.,Wallis Annenberg Hall, presented by USC

TERRY CREWS

Terry Crews, author of “Tough: My Journey to True Power,” in conversati­on with Tyrone Beason

Sunday, 10:30 a.m., L.A. Times Main Stage

MAYRA CUEVAS

Young Adult Fiction: Friendship, Family and Finding Yourself Sunday, noon, YA Stage

JESSICA CURRY

Jessica Curry and Parker Curry, reading “Parker Looks Up” Sunday, 11 a.m., USC Friends and Neighbors Stage

PARKER CURRY

Jessica Curry and Parker Curry, reading “Parker Looks Up” Sunday, 11 a.m., USC Friends and Neighbors Stage

JAMES CURTIS

Arts & Culture: Comedy Through the Ages

Saturday, noon, Seeley G. Mudd 123

THOMAS CURWEN

Environmen­tal Science: Birds, Butterflie­s and Fish — Oh, My! Saturday, noon, Salvatori Computer Science Center 102

LYNDSEY D’ARCANGELO

Sports Journalism: Making a Play

Saturday, 2 p.m., Hoffman Hall

CHRIS DALEY

Fiction: With Friends Like These

Saturday, 3 p.m., Town & Gown

MICK DALRYMPLE

Confrontin­g Climate Change: Solutions for a Sustainabl­e World

Saturday, 1:30 p.m., Wallis Annenberg Hall, presented by USC

EZRA CLAYTAN DANIELS Graphic Novel: Sci Fi Sunday, noon, Salvatori Computer Science Center 102

SAYANTANI DASGUPTA

Young Adult Fiction: Classic Tales Re-Spun

Saturday, 3 p.m., YA Stage

ASH DAVIDSON

Fiction: Climate in Crisis Sunday, noon, Norris Theatre, programmin­g presented by Audible

NICK DAVIS

Arts & Culture: Showbiz Visionarie­s Saturday, 4:30 p.m., Town & Gown

BRITNI DE LA CRETAZ

Sports Journalism: Making a Play

Saturday, 2 p.m., Hoffman Hall

MELISSA DE LA CRUZ

Middle Grade Fiction: Extraordin­ary Kids, Extraordin­ary Adventures

Saturday, 10:30 a.m., YA Stage Young Adult Fiction: Classic Tales Re-Spun

Saturday, 3 p.m., YA Stage

JUAN DE LARA

LAtinx L.A. Style

Sunday, 1:30 p.m., Wallis Annenberg Hall, presented by USC

JEN DELUCA

Timeless Tropes for the Modern Romance Reader, presented in partnershi­p with the Ripped Bodice

Saturday, 4:30 p.m., Taper Hall 201

BARBARA DEMARCO-BARRETT Crime Fiction: Watching the Detectives

Sunday, noon, Seeley G. Mudd 123

NATASHIA DEÓN

Fiction: Things Are Not What They Seem

Saturday, noon, Town & Gown

TRACY DEONN

Young Adult Fantasy: Women Warriors Saturday, 4:30 p.m., Bovard Auditorium

WILLIAM F. DEVERELL

History: Writing California Saturday, 4:30 p.m., Salvatori Computer Science Center 102

SOPHIE DIAO

Eva Chen and Sophie Diao, author and illustrato­r of

“I Am Golden”

Saturday, 10:45 a.m., Children’s Stage

ERIC DICKERSON

Eric Dickerson, author of “Watch My Smoke,” in conversati­on with Chris Stone Saturday, 10:30 a.m., L.A. Times Main Stage

MARGARET DILLOWAY

Middle Grade Fiction: Save the World One Animal at a Time Sunday, 10:30 a.m., YA Stage

SOPHIA DION

Sophia Dion (musical performanc­e — alternativ­e country-soul)

Sunday, 12:50 p.m., USC Stage

RENÉE DIRESTA

PEN America: Fact v. Fiction: Journalism Confronts Disinforma­tion

Saturday, 11 a.m., Ray Stark Family Theatre

LIAN DOLAN

Fiction: At the Crossroads of Life Sunday, 1:30 p.m., Taper Hall 201

ALEXA DONNE

Young Adult Fiction: Secrets and Lies

Saturday, 1:30 p.m., YA Stage

REBECCA DONNER

Women Who Changed History

Saturday, 10:30 a.m., Hancock Foundation

MICHAELEEN DOUCLEFF Band of Mothers: Parenting Today

Sunday, 2 p.m., Hoffman Hall

KIM DOWER

Kim Dower, reading from “I Wore this Dress Today for You, Mom”

Saturday, 2:40 p.m., Poetry Stage

DAVID DUCHOVNY Fiction: The Pandemic and Beyond, with David Duchovny and John Scalzi

Saturday, 10:30 a.m., Ronald Tutor Campus Center

SAMANTHA DUNN

Memoir: The Next Chapter Saturday, 12:30 p.m., Hoffman Hall

DAVID EBERSHOFF

The Publishing Industry AtoZ

Saturday, 3:30 p.m., Hoffman Hall

CAROL EDGARIAN

Fiction: California as a Character

Sunday, noon, Town & Gown

ANDREA ELLIOTT

Current Issues: Journalist­s Bringing Us Stories From the Heart of America Saturday, 3 p.m.,

Hancock Foundation

CHRISTOPHE­R EMDIN

Transforma­tive Learning: Innovation, Inclusion and the Future of Education Sunday, 3 p.m., Wallis Annenberg Hall, presented by USC

AKWAEKE EMEZI

Young Adult Fiction: Identity and Belonging Saturday, 1:30 p.m., Ronald Tutor Campus Center

GILLIAN ENGBERG

Young Adult Fantasy: Worlds Beyond Imaginatio­n Saturday, 3 p.m., Seeley G. Mudd 123

SARAH ENNI

Young Adult Fiction: Love the One You Want

Saturday, noon,

Taper Hall 201

MARIANA ENRIQUEZ

Fiction: The Art & Craft of the Short Story Saturday, 12:30 p.m., Taper Hall 101

DJ ENVY

DJ Envy and Gia Casey, authors of “Real Life, Real Love,” in conversati­on with

Jevon Phillips

Saturday, 3:30 p.m., L.A. Times Main Stage

SOPHIA EPSTEIN

Sophia Rae (musical performanc­e — singer-songwriter) Saturday, 2 p.m., USC Stage

MARÍA AMPARO ESCANDÓN

Fiction: Climate in Crisis Sunday, noon, Norris Theatre, programmin­g presented by Audible

ZOILA D. ESCOBAR

Two Years Into the Pandemic: Developing Resilience and Moving Forward With Courage, a conversati­on with Dr. Ilan Shapiro, Zoila D. Escobar and Christina Sanchez

Saturday, 1 p.m., L.A. Times en Español Stage

ALEX ESPINOZA

Fiction: Queer Identity and the Stories That Define Us Sunday, 12:30 p.m.,

Taper Hall 101

CARLOS LÓPEZ ESTRADA Carlos López Estrada and Slam Poets, “Summertime Odes Project”

Saturday, 10 a.m., Poetry Stage

SUZY EXPOSITO

Arts & Culture: Breaking Musical Barriers

Sunday, noon, Ronald Tutor Campus Center

KIM FAY

Fiction: Writing Food Into the Story

Sunday, 2 p.m., Taper Hall 101

MELISSA FEBOS

Feminism and the Personal Essay

Saturday, 10:30 a.m., Seeley G. Mudd 123

Science: Our Bodies, Ourselves and How We Change

Saturday, 3 p.m., Taper Hall 201

ADA FERRER

A Wide Lens on World History Saturday, noon, Hancock Foundation

JESSICA FERRI

Memoir: Starting Over Sunday, 1:30 p.m., Salvatori Computer Science Center 102

CHARLES FINCH

Writing and Drawing in Strange Times: You Just Have to Laugh Saturday, 2 p.m., Seeley G. Mudd 124

SETH FISHMAN

Seth Fishman, author of “When I Wake Up” Sunday, 10:15 a.m., Children’s Stage

JEFFREY FLEISHMAN

PEN America: Fact v. Fiction: Journalism Confronts Disinforma­tion

Saturday, 11 a.m., Ray Stark Family Theatre

Crime Fiction: Watching the Detectives

Sunday, noon, Seeley G. Mudd 123

CAROL L. FOLT

Festival kickoff with the Trojan Marching Band

Saturday, 10 a.m., USC Stage

STEPHANIE FOO

Memoir: Origin Stories Sunday, 2 p.m., Seeley G. Mudd 124

AMANDA FOREMAN

Gary Cooper exhibition, retrospect­ive and book signing Sunday, noon, Ray Stark Family Theatre

NAMINA FORNA

Young Adult Fantasy: Women Warriors Saturday, 4:30 p.m., Bovard Auditorium

KAREN JOY FOWLER

Fiction: History Revisited Sunday, 10:30 a.m., Taper Hall 201

GINA FRANGELLO Memoir: Starting Over

GLENN FRANKEL

Gary Cooper exhibition, retrospect­ive and book signing Sunday, noon, Ray Stark Family Theatre

DEVON FRANKLIN

Cherishing Women: Hear Their Stories, presented by Audible Sunday, 3 p.m., Norris Theatre, programmin­g presented by Audible

JONATHAN FRANZEN

Jonathan Franzen, author of “Crossroads,” in conversati­on with Héctor Tobar

Sunday, 10:30 a.m., Bovard Auditorium

JOHN FREEMAN

Fiction: The Art and Craft of the Short Story Saturday, 12:30 p.m., Taper Hall 101

CELESTE FREMON

Current Issues: Journalist­s Bringing Us Stories From the Heart of America

Saturday, 3 p.m., Hancock Foundation

Father Gregory Boyle, author of “The Whole Language”

Sunday, 3 p.m., Town & Gown

AGATHA FRENCH

Fiction: History Revisited Sunday, 10:30 a.m., Taper Hall 201

OLIVIA CLARE FRIEDMAN

Fiction: Climate in Crisis Sunday, noon, Norris Theatre, programmin­g presented by Audible

CASEEN GAINES

Arts & Culture: Breaking Musical Barriers

Sunday, noon, Ronald Tutor Campus Center

JONATHAN GALASSI

Fiction: Queer Identity and the Stories That Define Us Sunday, 12:30 p.m.,

Taper Hall 101

KATE GALE

Kate Gale, reading from “The Loneliest Girl” Sunday, 10 a.m., Poetry Stage

FORREST GANDER

The Poetics of Loss

Saturday, 10:30 a.m., Albert and Dana Broccoli Theatre Forrest Gander, reading from “Twice Alive”

Saturday, 3 p.m.,

Poetry Stage

GABRIELA GARCIA

Fiction: Hispanic Voices Sunday, noon, Taper Hall 201

ELIZABETH GARRIGA

The Publishing Industry A to Z Saturday, 3:30 p.m., Hoffman Hall

JESSICA GARRISON Criminal Minds: Examining True Crime Sunday, 11 a.m., Taper Hall 101

ANDREA GARZA PONCE DE LEÓN

Este Año Publica tu Propio Libro/This Year Publish your Own Book Sunday, 3 p.m., L.A. Times en Español Stage g ne Saturday, noon, Ronald Tutor Campus Center

ALISON GAYLIN

Once Upon a Crime: Families, Victims and the Ties That Bind Saturday, 10:30 a.m., Norris Theatre, programmin­g presented by Audible

GRANT GINDER

Fiction: Finding the Funny Sunday, 1:30 p.m., Seeley G. Mudd 123

SHARON GLESS

Sharon Gless, author of “Apparently There Were Complaints: A Memoir,” in conversati­on with Mary McNamara

Saturday, 2:30 p.m., L.A. Times Main Stage

TOD GOLDBERG

Once Upon a Crime: Families, Victims and the Ties That Bind

Saturday, 10:30 a.m., Norris Theatre, programmin­g presented by Audible

Cops and Crooks: Good Guys Gone Bad, Bad Guys Gone Good

Saturday, 3:30 p.m., Taper Hall 101

EDGAR GOMEZ

Memoir: An Exploratio­n of

Queer Identity

Sunday, 3 p.m., Salvatori Computer Science Center 102

HANNAH GÓMEZ

Middle Grade Fiction: Twists and Turns in Worlds Real and Unreal

Saturday, 12:30 p.m., Seeley G. Mudd 124

CYNTHIA GONZALEZ

Salvies Who Lunch Panel:

JAMAL JORDAN, CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE, JUHEA KIM, R. KIKUO JOHNSON, BLAIR IMANI AND LAIRD HUNT. “Conservand­o la Cultura Salvadoreñ­a”

Saturday, 2 p.m., L.A. Times en Español Stage

XOCHITL GONZALEZ

Fiction: Hispanic Voices Sunday, noon, Taper Hall 201

MICHAEL GORAN Parenting Today: Navigating Stress, Health and Social Upheaval

Saturday, 10:30 a.m., Wallis Annenberg Hall, presented by USC

AMANDA GORMAN

L.A. Times Book Club Presents: Amanda Gorman, author of “Call Us What We Carry,” in conversati­on with Natalie J. Graham

Saturday, 11:30 a.m., L.A. Times Main Stage

HIROMI GOTO

Graphic Novel: Drawing the Story

Saturday, 3 p.m., Salvatori Computer Science Center 102

NATALIE J. GRAHAM

L.A. Times Book Club Presents: Amanda Gorman, author of “Call Us What We Carry,” in conversati­on with Natalie J. Graham

Saturday, 11:30 a.m., L.A. Times Main Stage

SARA GRAN

Mystery: Coming of Age and Self-Discovery Sunday, 10:30 a.m., Salvatori Computer Science Center 102

REYNA GRANDE

Fiction: Writing From History

Sunday, 11 a.m., Seeley G. Mudd 124

THOMAS GRATTAN Fiction: Writing From History

Sunday, 11 a.m., Seeley G. Mudd 124

ELON GREEN

Criminal Minds: Examining True Crime Sunday, 11 a.m., Taper Hall 101

MAX GREENFIELD

Max Greenfield, author of “I Don’t Want to Read This Book,” in conversati­on with Yvonne Villarreal

Saturday, 12:30 p.m., L.A. Times Main Stage

[See Appearance­s, U10]

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