Authors & Speakers

  • Lisa Alvarez

    Storytelling as a Political Force
    Speaking Truth to Power

  • Brent Ameneyro

    Letras Latinas Reading

  • Mary Angelino

    Zephyr Poets

  • Ryka Aoki

    Across Realms and Realities

  • Francisco Aragon

    Letras Latinas Reading

  • William Archila

    Letras Latinas Reading

  • Gloria Arjona

    La Lotería Against Time

  • Susan Auerbach

    Catching Fire: Poetry and Fiction on the 2025 LA Wildfires

  • Thomas Backer, PhD

    Speaking Truth to Power

  • Anne Louise Bannon

    When Myths and Facts Collide

  • Xóchitl-Julisa Bermejo

    Sesentañera for Serros

  • Brian Biery

    Organizing for Good

  • Francesca Lia Block

    Raising Teen Conscience

  • Camille Cabrera

    Mystery 101

  • Mary Camarillo

    Storytelling as a Political Force

  • Cloud Delfina Cardona

    Letras Latinas Reading

  • Mary Lea Carroll

    The Wisdom Years: Memoir Beyond Midlife

  • Melissa Chadburn

    Are Stories Beholden to Genre?

  • Jesenia Chavez

    Brilliant Bilinguals

  • Alan Chazaro

    Letras Latinas Reading

  • Lesley Chee

    Pieces of Us: PUSD Students on Fire, ICE, and Life

  • Leland Cheuk

    See Yourself on the Page: Publishing the Marginalized

  • Jennifer J. Chow

    Mystery 101

  • Wesley Chu

    Shades and Shadows Presents: Imagine That!

  • Aaron Philip Clark

    Writing the Crimes of our Time

  • Hazel Clayton Harrison

    Possibilities Land with Pasadena Rose Poets

  • Charles L. Close

    The Queer of Spirit: Coming Out and Spiritual Journeys in Literature

  • Shandela Contreras

    The Wisdom Years: Memoir Beyond Midlife

  • Scott Coon

    The Queer of the Spirit: Coming Out and Spiritual Journeys in Literature

  • Charles Corbisiero

    Take the Mic, Change the Narrative

  • Bill Cushing

    Take the Mic, Change the Narrative

  • Anouska De Georgiou

    Breaking the Silence: Dismantling the Stigma of Childhood Sexual Assault through Storytelling

  • William Deverell

    Historical Fiction vs. History

  • Denise Dumars

    Starlit Scribes

  • Rich Ferguson

    Catching Fire: Poetry and Fiction on the 2025 LA Wildfires

  • Reverie Fey

    Raising Teen Conscience

  • Margaret Finnegan

    Between Childhood and the World

  • Julie Fiveash

    Zine-Making Table

  • Kathleen Florence

    Catching Fire: Poetry and Fiction on the 2025 LA Wildfires

  • Iyatunde Folayan

    A Wall is Just a Wall

  • Xach Fromson

    Shades and Shadows Presents: Imagine That!

  • Jeanelle Fu

    Typewriter Poetry Table

  • Sarah Gailey

    Across Realms and Realities

  • Olga Garcia Echeverría

    A Wall is Just a Wall

  • Akila Gibbs

    Gee I Can’t Wait to Age— Said No One Ever

  • Jimmie Gilmer

    Ripple Effect of Earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Prison

  • Valentina Gomez

    Parable of the Writer

  • Damian Gonzalez

    Possibilities Land! with the Pasadena Rose Poets

  • Gerda Govine Ituarte

    Possibilities Land!

  • Ryane Nicole Granados

    Between Childhood and the World

  • Lester Graves Lennon

    Celebrating Altadena

  • S.A. Griffin

    Catching Fire: Poetry and Fiction on the 2025 Wildfires

  • Mario Guerra

    Ripple Effect of Earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Prison

  • Paola Gutierrez

    Brilliant Bilinguals

  • Adolfo Guzman-Lopez

    Speaking Truth to Power: Humanizing Immigrant Communities in the Time of ICE

  • Sergio Hernandez

    Stay Lit

  • Christina Hoag

    Raising Teen Conscience

  • Margot Hover

    The Wisdom Years: Memoir Beyond Midlife

  • Michelle Huneven

    Historical Fiction vs. History

  • Arminé Iknadossian

    Zephyr Poets

  • LK Indigo

    Starlit Scribes

  • Pedro Iniguez

    Speaking Truth to Power: Humanizing Immigrant Communities in the Time of ICE

  • Curtis Ippolito

    Writing the Crimes of Our Time

  • John Jennings

    Shades and Shadows Presents: Imagine That! Genre Fiction and The World That Could Be

  • Leslie Johansen Nack

    Breaking the Silence: Dismantling the Stigma of Childhood Sexual Assault through Storytelling

  • Dana Johnson

    Storytelling as a Political Force

  • Brandie June

    Across Realms and Realities

  • Jessica Kashiwabara

    A Wall is Just a Wall

  • traci kato-kiriyama

    A Wall is Just a Wall

  • Kathleen Kaufman

    Across Realms and Realities

  • Arthur Kayzakian

    Zephyr Poets

  • Sonali Kolhatkar

    Power of Narrative in Pursuing Social Justice

  • Cassandra Lane

    Beyond Truman Capote

  • Jules Larimore

    When Myths and Facts Collide

  • C.B. Lee

    Across Realms and Realities

  • Rie Lee

    The Queer of the Spirit: Coming Out and Spiritual Journeys in Literature

  • Andrea Leeb

    Breaking the Silence: Dismantling the Stigma of Childhood Sexual Assault

  • Dr. Taffany Lim

    Ripple Effect of Earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Prison

  • Elline Lipkin

    Celebrating Altadena

  • Casandra Lopez

    Beyond Truman Capote

  • Shahé Mankerian

    Zephyr Poets
    Diasporan Witness and Wonder

  • Dr. Vatche Mankerian

    Diasporan Witness and Wonder

  • Sakae Manning

    Are Stories Beholden to Genre?

  • Julia Martinez

    Pieces of Us: PUSD Students on Fire, ICE, and Life

  • Dan McCauley

    Between Childhood and the World

  • Teresa Mei Chuc

    Celebrating Altadena
    Catching Fire
    Possibilities Land!

  • Adriana Mendoza

    Gee I Can’t Wait to Age— Said No One Ever

  • Richard Modiano

    Catching Fire

  • Richard Moon

    Historical Fiction vs. History

  • Adela Najarro

    Brilliant Bilinguals

  • Noriko Nakada

    Are Stories Beholden to Genre?

  • Harry E. Northup

    Catching Fire

  • Scott O'Connor

    Writing the Crimes of our Time

  • Daniel A. Olivas

    Speaking Truth to Power: Humanizing Immigrant Communities in the Time of ICE

  • Elisa Parhad

    Between Childhood and the World

  • Julie H. Parker

    The Wisdom Years

  • Victoria Patterson

    Storytelling as a Political Force

  • Genesis Perez

    Sesentañera for Serros

  • Gary Phillips

    Writing the Crimes of our Time

  • Linda Ravenswood

    See Yourself on the Page: Publishing the Marginalized

  • Tisha Marie Reichle-Aguilera

    Raising Teen Conscience

  • Marcus Renner

    Organizing For Good

  • Riot Renwick

    Across Realms and Realities

  • Luivette Resto

    Sesentañera for Serros

  • Heidi Andrea Restrepo Rhodes

    Letras Latinas Reading

  • Thelma Reyna

    Celebrating Altadena

  • Adhalia Rivera

    Pieces of Us: PUSD Students on Fire, ICE, and Life

  • Lucy Rodriguez-Hanley

    Sesentañera for Serros

  • Risala Rose-Aminifu

    Ripple Effect of Earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Prison

  • RJ Sakai

    Organizing For Good

  • 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

  • Ellen Snortland

    Gee I Can’t Wait to Age— Said No One Ever

  • Mike Sonksen

    Catching Fire: Poetry and Fiction on the 2025 LA Wildfires

  • Dena Spanos-Hawkey

    Gee I Can’t Wait to Age— Said No One Ever

  • J.A. Swayze

    See Yourself on the Page: Publishing the Marginalized

  • Dr. Alene Terzian-Zeitounian

    Zephyr Poets
    Celebrating Altadena

  • Mariah Tillman

    Pieces of Us: PUSD Students on Fire, ICE, and Life

  • Brenda Vaca

    Brilliant Bilinguals

  • Ciena Valenzuela-Peterson

    Parable of the Writer

  • Wendy Van Camp

    Starlit Scribes

  • Victoria Waddle

    Beyond Truman Capote

  • Pam Ward

    Catching Fire
    Sesentañera for Serros

  • Raffi Joe Wartanian

    San Gabriel Valley Phoenix Poets

  • Dig Wayne

    Catching Fire: Poetry and Fiction on the 2025 Wildfires

  • Bree Wernicke

    Starlit Scribes

  • Janet Wertman

    When Myths & Facts Collide

  • Pamela Nickel Williams

    The Wisdom Years: Memoir Beyond Midlife

  • Ophelia Wolf

    Across Realms and Realities

  • Diosa Xochiquetzalcoatl

    Brilliant Bilinguals

  • Michele Zack

    Historical Fiction vs. History