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    Ladies Get Paid

    Ladies Ger Paid founder Claire Wasserman offered her thoughts on how women can advance professionally and financially in the workplace. This virtual event was hosted by KPFA Radio 94.1 in Sa…

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    Tribute to Christopher Hitchens

    A tribute was held for author Christopher Hitchens, who died on December 15, 2011. Numerous speakers, including family, friends, and colleagues, spoke about their relationships and read exce…

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    History: The Old World in the New World

    Moderated by Mr. Wasserman, panel members discussed the topic, “History: The Old World in the New World.” They talked about the new ways of writing history and about their own books. Joyc…

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    Patriotism and Dissent Panel

    A panel discussion on “Biography: Patriotism and Dissent” was moderated by Steve Wasserman. The panelists talked about how world leaders handled disagreement and dissent from their aides and…

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    State of the Print Book Review

    Common Ground: How to Stop the Partisan War That Is Destroying America Book TV attended a book release party for Cal Thomas and Bob Beckel in Washington, DC. Guests included Brit Hume, Sen…

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    The Bradbury Chronicles

    Ray Bradbury spoke about his life and career experiences, the process of writing, and the value of literature. He also addressed the importance of falling in love. Following his remarks he a…

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    Human Rights Since 9/11

    On a panel titled "Interrogation or Torture: Human Rights After 9/11", five authors talked about legal and practical definitions of torture, historical precedents for torture and other inte…

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    U.S. and Iraq One Year Later

    A panel titled “U.S. and Iraq One Year Later: Right to Get In? Wrong to Get Out?” was held in Royce Hall on the UCLA campus. The panelists each in turn stated differing views about the war…

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    Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Introduction

    An overview of the second day of the 9th annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books was given and a view of the site at the UCLA campus was shown. Steve Wasserman Editor at Los Angeles Times…

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    Governor Reagan: His Rise to Power

    Journalist and biographer Lou Cannon discussed his latest book on Ronald Reagan, titled Governor Reagan: His Rise to Power, and published by PublicAffairs. The book recounted the former pre…

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    Newspaper Book Review Sections

    Mr. Kipen was interviewed about book review sections in an introduction to the forum in which he participated on a previous day. The panelists talked about how book review sections serve …

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    Los Angeles Times Book Festival Interview

    An overview of the site of the book festival was shown before an interview with Michael Oren. The previous evening Mr. Oren won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for history for his book Six …

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    American Power and the War in Iraq Panel

    Mr. Wassesrman was interviewed before the panel began about the history of the festival and the members of the panel. Mr. Wasserman moderated the discussion panel on American Power and the W…

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    American Power and the Crisis Over Iraq

    The Los Angeles Times hosted a forum where a group of Authors and Journalist talked about a War with Iraq and the role of the United States in the World. Among topics they addressed were the…

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    Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

    Steve Wasserman talked about the origins and functioning of the L.A. Times Book Festival. Scenes of the UCLA campus site where the festival takes place could be seen.

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    Search for Historical Truth

    Authors and historians discussed differing perceptions of historical truth, and some of the problems and challenges associated with the identification of truth in the study of history. They …

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    National Book Critics Circle Book Awards Ceremony

    Winners for the publishing year 2000, announced during this program, were: Ted Conover, author of Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing, for General Nonfiction; Cynthia Ozick, author of Quarrel and Qu…

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    Writer Perspective

    Mr. Wasserman interviewed Mr. Vidal who spoke about the current political climate. Among the issues he addressed were the role of politicians, the election process, and the influence of spec…

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    1998 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes

    Los Angeles Times Book Prizes were awarded to numerous authors for outstanding literary works.

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    Los Angeles Literary Tour

    Mr. Wasserman focused on authors who comprise the Los Angeles writing community. He also talked about a map of metropolitan literary landmarks and toured some of the sites.

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