Los Angeles: Inspiration [1]
The Poets & Writers Live event on January 11, 2014, featured Dani Shapiro, Ron Carlson, Charles Yu, Meghan Daum, Harryette Mullen, Lauren Humphrey, Rick Lupert, Tracy Kato-Kirayama, Terry Wolverton, Cheryl Klein, and Kevin Larimer.
Los Angeles: Inspiration 1 [2]
Featured reader Dani Shapiro talks with an audience member following the inaugural Poets & Writers Live event in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles: Inspiration 2 [3]
Panelist Rick Lupert talks about opportunities for writers in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles: Inspiration 3 [4]
Panelist Ron Carlson talks about why he writes.
Los Angeles: Inspiration 4 [5]
Audience members talk during a break.
Los Angeles: Inspiration 5 [6]
Panelist Ron Carlson (left) talks with featured reader Dani Shapiro.
Los Angeles: Inspiration 6 [7]
Panelist Traci Kato-Kiriyama talks about opportunities for writers in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles: Inspiration 7 [8]
Why We Write panelists (from left) Ron Carlson, Harryette Mullen, Charles Yu, and Meghan Daum.
Los Angeles: Inspiration 8 [9]
Featured reader Dani Shapiro, author most recently of Still Reading: The Pleasures and Perils of a Creative Life.
Los Angeles: Inspiration 9 [10]
Audience members talk during a break.
Los Angeles: Inspiration 9.1 [11]
Opportunities in LA panelists Traci Kato-Kiriyama (left) and Lauren Humphrey.
Los Angeles: Inspiration 9.2 [12]
Why We Write panelist Meghan Daum (right) talks with an audience member.
Los Angeles: Inspiration 9.3 [13]
Featured reader Dani Shapiro.
Los Angeles: Inspiration 9.4 [14]
Poets & Writers managing director Melissa Ford Gradel (right) talks with an audience member.
Los Angeles: Inspiration 9.5 [15]
From left: poet Harryette Mullen, Poets & Writers editor in chief Kevin Larimer, and fiction writer Charles Yu.
Los Angeles: Inspiration 9.6 [16]
Why We Write panelist Charles Yu (left) talks with Opportunities in LA panelist Traci Kato-Kiriyama.
Los Angeles: Inspiration 9.7 [17]
From left: former director of Poets & Writers’ California office and Readings/Workshops (West) Cheryl Klein with Opportunities in LA panelists Traci Kato-Kiriyama, Lauren Humphrey, Rick Lupert, and Terry Wolverton.
Los Angeles: Inspiration 9.8 [18]
Why We Write panelist Harryette Mullen.
Los Angeles: Inspiration 9.9 [19]
The inaugural Poets & Writers Live event was held at the literary arts center Beyond Baroque in Los Angeles.