Poets & Writers Magazine editor in chief Kevin Larimer leads a conversation with poet Harryette Mullen, fiction writers Ron Carlson and Charles Yu, and Los Angeles Times columnist and author Meghan Daum about the personal, political, and professional rewards, ramifications, and reasons for doing what we do.

Dani Shapiro, the author of five novels and the best-selling memoirs Slow Motion and Devotion, reads from her new book for writers, Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2013).

The inaugural Poets & Writers Live event, held at Beyond Baroque in Los Angeles on January 11, 2014, featured advice and inspiration from authors Harryette Mullen, Ron Carlson, Dani Shapiro, Terry Wolverton, Lauren Humphrey, Meghan Daum, Charles Yu, and others. 

Kevin Larimer, editor in chief of Poets & Writers Magazine, introduces Poets & Writers Live.

Cheryl Klein, former director of Poets & Writers’ California Office and Readings/Workshops (West), leads a discussion about resources for writers who live in Los Angeles. Panelists include Lauren Humphrey of 826LA, Rick Lupert of Poetry Super Highway, workshop and reading series leader Tracy Kato-Kirayama, and Terry Wolverton of Writers at Work.