Authors & Speakers
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Lisa Alvarez
Storytelling as a Political Force
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Brent Ameneyro
Letras Latinas Reading
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Mary Angelino
Zephyr Poets
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Ryka Aoki
Across Realms and Realities
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Francisco Aragon
Letras Latinas Reading
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William Archila
Letras Latinas Reading
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Gloria Arjona
La Lotería Against Time
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Susan Auerbach
Catching Fire: Poetry and Fiction on the 2025 LA Wildfires
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Thomas Backer, PhD
Speaking Truth to Power
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Anne Louise Bannon
When Myths and Facts Collide
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Xóchitl-Julisa Bermejo
Sesentañera for Serros
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Brian Biery
Organizing for Good
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Francesca Lia Block
Raising Teen Conscience
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Camille Cabrera
Mystery 101
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Mary Camarillo
Storytelling as a Political Force
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Cloud Delfina Cardona
Letras Latinas Reading
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Mary Lea Carroll
The Wisdom Years: Memoir Beyond Midlife
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Melissa Chadburn
Are Stories Beholden to Genre?
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Jesenia Chavez
Brilliant Bilinguals
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Alan Chazaro
Letras Latinas Reading
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Lesley Chee
Pieces of Us: PUSD Students on Fire, ICE, and Life
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Leland Cheuk
See Yourself on the Page: Publishing the Marginalized
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Jennifer J. Chow
Mystery 101
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Wesley Chu
Shades and Shadows Presents: Imagine That!
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Aaron Philip Clark
Writing the Crimes of our Time
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Hazel Clayton Harrison
Possibilities Land with Pasadena Rose Poets
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Charles L. Close
The Queer of Spirit: Coming Out and Spiritual Journeys in Literature
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Shandela Contreras
The Wisdom Years: Memoir Beyond Midlife
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Scott Coon
The Queer of the Spirit: Coming Out and Spiritual Journeys in Literature
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Charles Corbisiero
Take the Mic, Change the Narrative
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Bill Cushing
Take the Mic, Change the Narrative
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Anouska De Georgiou
Breaking the Silence: Dismantling the Stigma of Childhood Sexual Assault through Storytelling
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William Deverell
Historical Fiction vs. History
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Denise Dumars
Starlit Scribes
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Rich Ferguson
Catching Fire: Poetry and Fiction on the 2025 LA Wildfires
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Reverie Fey
Raising Teen Conscience
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Margaret Finnegan
Between Childhood and the World
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Julie Fiveash
Zine-Making Table
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Kathleen Florence
Catching Fire: Poetry and Fiction on the 2025 LA Wildfires
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Iyatunde Folayan
A Wall is Just a Wall
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Xach Fromson
Shades and Shadows Presents: Imagine That!
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Jeanelle Fu
Typewriter Poetry Table
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Sarah Gailey
Across Realms and Realities
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Olga Garcia Echeverría
A Wall is Just a Wall
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Akila Gibbs
Gee I Can’t Wait to Age— Said No One Ever
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Jimmie Gilmer
Ripple Effect of Earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Prison
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Valentina Gomez
Parable of the Writer
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Damian Gonzalez
Possibilities Land! with the Pasadena Rose Poets
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Gerda Govine Ituarte
Possibilities Land!
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Ryane Nicole Granados
Between Childhood and the World
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Lester Graves Lennon
Celebrating Altadena
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S.A. Griffin
Catching Fire: Poetry and Fiction on the 2025 Wildfires
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Mario Guerra
Ripple Effect of Earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Prison
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Paola Gutierrez
Brilliant Bilinguals
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Adolfo Guzman-Lopez
Speaking Truth to Power: Humanizing Immigrant Communities in the Time of ICE
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Sergio Hernandez
Stay Lit
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Christina Hoag
Raising Teen Conscience
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Margot Hover
The Wisdom Years: Memoir Beyond Midlife
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Michelle Huneven
Historical Fiction vs. History
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Arminé Iknadossian
Zephyr Poets
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LK Indigo
Starlit Scribes
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Pedro Iniguez
Speaking Truth to Power: Humanizing Immigrant Communities in the Time of ICE
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Curtis Ippolito
Writing the Crimes of Our Time
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John Jennings
Shades and Shadows Presents: Imagine That! Genre Fiction and The World That Could Be
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Leslie Johansen Nack
Breaking the Silence: Dismantling the Stigma of Childhood Sexual Assault through Storytelling
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Dana Johnson
Storytelling as a Political Force
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Brandie June
Across Realms and Realities
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Jessica Kashiwabara
A Wall is Just a Wall
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traci kato-kiriyama
A Wall is Just a Wall
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Kathleen Kaufman
Across Realms and Realities
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Arthur Kayzakian
Zephyr Poets
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Sonali Kolhatkar
Power of Narrative in Pursuing Social Justice
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Cassandra Lane
Beyond Truman Capote
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Jules Larimore
When Myths and Facts Collide
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C.B. Lee
Across Realms and Realities
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Rie Lee
The Queer of the Spirit: Coming Out and Spiritual Journeys in Literature
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Andrea Leeb
Breaking the Silence: Dismantling the Stigma of Childhood Sexual Assault
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Dr. Taffany Lim
Ripple Effect of Earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Prison
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Elline Lipkin
Celebrating Altadena
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Casandra Lopez
Beyond Truman Capote
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Shahé Mankerian
Zephyr Poets
Diasporan Witness and Wonder -

Dr. Vatche Mankerian
Diasporan Witness and Wonder
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Sakae Manning
Are Stories Beholden to Genre?
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Julia Martinez
Pieces of Us: PUSD Students on Fire, ICE, and Life
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Dan McCauley
Between Childhood and the World
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Teresa Mei Chuc
Celebrating Altadena
Catching Fire
Possibilities Land! -

Adriana Mendoza
Gee I Can’t Wait to Age— Said No One Ever
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Richard Modiano
Catching Fire
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Richard Moon
Historical Fiction vs. History
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Adela Najarro
Brilliant Bilinguals
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Noriko Nakada
Are Stories Beholden to Genre?
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Harry E. Northup
Catching Fire
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Scott O'Connor
Writing the Crimes of our Time
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Daniel A. Olivas
Speaking Truth to Power: Humanizing Immigrant Communities in the Time of ICE
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Elisa Parhad
Between Childhood and the World
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Julie H. Parker
The Wisdom Years
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Victoria Patterson
Storytelling as a Political Force
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Genesis Perez
Sesentañera for Serros
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Gary Phillips
Writing the Crimes of our Time
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Linda Ravenswood
See Yourself on the Page: Publishing the Marginalized
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Tisha Marie Reichle-Aguilera
Raising Teen Conscience
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Marcus Renner
Organizing For Good
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Riot Renwick
Across Realms and Realities
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Luivette Resto
Sesentañera for Serros
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Heidi Andrea Restrepo Rhodes
Letras Latinas Reading
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Thelma Reyna
Celebrating Altadena
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Adhalia Rivera
Pieces of Us: PUSD Students on Fire, ICE, and Life
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Lucy Rodriguez-Hanley
Sesentañera for Serros
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Risala Rose-Aminifu
Ripple Effect of Earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Prison
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RJ Sakai
Organizing For Good
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Carla Sameth
Possibilities Land!
Celebrating Altadena
Are Stories Beholden to Genre? -
Sehba Sarwar
Celebrating Altadena
A Wall is Just a Wall -

Jo Scott-Coe
Beyond Truman Capote
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Ellen Snortland
Gee I Can’t Wait to Age— Said No One Ever
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Mike Sonksen
Catching Fire: Poetry and Fiction on the 2025 LA Wildfires
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Dena Spanos-Hawkey
Gee I Can’t Wait to Age— Said No One Ever
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J.A. Swayze
See Yourself on the Page: Publishing the Marginalized
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Dr. Alene Terzian-Zeitounian
Zephyr Poets
Celebrating Altadena -

Mariah Tillman
Pieces of Us: PUSD Students on Fire, ICE, and Life
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Brenda Vaca
Brilliant Bilinguals
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Ciena Valenzuela-Peterson
Parable of the Writer
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Wendy Van Camp
Starlit Scribes
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Victoria Waddle
Beyond Truman Capote
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Pam Ward
Catching Fire
Sesentañera for Serros -

Raffi Joe Wartanian
San Gabriel Valley Phoenix Poets
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Dig Wayne
Catching Fire: Poetry and Fiction on the 2025 Wildfires
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Bree Wernicke
Starlit Scribes
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Janet Wertman
When Myths & Facts Collide
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Pamela Nickel Williams
The Wisdom Years: Memoir Beyond Midlife
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Ophelia Wolf
Across Realms and Realities
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Diosa Xochiquetzalcoatl
Brilliant Bilinguals
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Michele Zack
Historical Fiction vs. History