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Inlandia at LA Times Festival of Books

1:30 pm: Conversations at the Culver: What is Anime, Anyway?

2:00 pm: First Sundays at RAM: Puppet Petting Zoo

7:00 pm: Talking Ekphrasis with Jane Edberg, John Brantingham, and Stephanie Barbé Hammer

Name: Inlandia at LA Times Festival of Books
Start: 2022-04-23T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2022-04-24T23:59:59-05:00

- Inlandia at LA Times Festival of Books

Inlandia at LA Times Festival of Books

Inlandia at LA Times Festival of Books

LATimesFOB
April 23, 2022 – April 24, 2022

Saturday, April 23 - Sunday, April 24, 2022

Inlandia at LA Times Festival of Books

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM both days

Booth number 193 in N. Trousdale/purple zone

near the poetry stage

Inlandia Institute is a proud participant in the 2022 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, on the University of Southern California campus.

Stop by the Inlandia booth to meet our authors and guests, including Susan Straight and Douglas McCulloh (More Dreamers of the Golden Dream), 2020 Hillary Gravendyk Prize-winners Michael Samra (Among the Enemies) and Jonathan Maule (This Side of the Fire), Stephanie Barbé Hammer (Pretend Plumber: An Adventure), Nikia Chaney (ladybug), Julianna Cruz (Dos Chiles/Two Chilies and Tia’s Tamale Trouble), as well as “dogoirist” Teresa J. Rhyne (Poppy in the Wild), Romaine Washington (Purgatory Has an Address), and Maureen Alsop (Pyre), Cati Porter (Novel), and more.

For directions and more information, please visit https://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/

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More about Inlandia at LA Times Festival of Books

5 1:30 pm: Conversations at the Culver: What is Anime, Anyway? 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm May 5, 2024 Sunday, May 5, 2024 Conversations at the Culver: What is Anime, Anyway? with Sebraé Harris 1:30-3:00 PM; doors open at 1:00 PM UCR ARTS Barbara and Art Culver Center of the Arts 3824 Main Street, Riverside, CA 92501 Free and open to the public. What is anime, anyway? And by the way, what is manga? And why are all those people wearing costumes? Join us for a conversation with animator and mangaka, Sebraé Harris, and discover the fascinating, nuanced, and colorful world of these Japanese comic artforms. Sebraé Harris – AKA “StarLite Crystal” – is an African American artist, entrepreneur, and professional mangaka. He started drawing at the age of four, and began taking art seriously when he was eight. Sebraé is a graduate of Riverside City College with degrees in Fine & Applied Arts, Animation, and Business & Entrepreneurship. The Vermillion Speedateer is his first manga/comic series. More 2:00 pm: First Sundays at RAM: Puppet Petting Zoo 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm May 5, 2024 Sunday, May 5, 2024 First Sundays at RAM: Puppet Petting Zoo With Nicole Cloeren and Puppets a la Carte 2:00-3:00 PM Riverside Art Museum 3425 Mission Inn Avenue Riverside, CA 92501 Free and open to the public. Join Inlandia and RAM at Riverside Art Museum on Sunday, May 5, for puppetry fun for the whole family! Nicole Cloeren and Puppets a la Carte will present “Puppet Petting Zoo,” a sensory “pet-venture” with storytelling for kids and grownups alike. More

16 7:00 pm: Talking Ekphrasis with Jane Edberg, John Brantingham, and Stephanie Barbé Hammer 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm May 16, 2024 Thursday, May 16, 2024 Talking Ekphrasis: Jane Edberg and John Brantingham in Conversation with Stephanie Barbé Hammer 7:00-8:00 PM PT on ZOOM Free, but registration is required: https://tinyurl.com/EkphrasisZoom Join Stephanie Barbé Hammer in conversation with artist Jane Edberg and poet John Brantingham as they discuss Jane and John’s poetry/etymprastic (art in response to poetry) book, My Dead, their upcoming Inlandia boot camp exploring ekphrasis (writing in response to art) from a design point-of-view, and their evolving understanding of what the forms can do. Register today! More