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• • SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

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AN EVENING WITH

Ambassador Susan Rice

IN CONVERSATION WITHMayor Eric Garcetti

DISCUSSING HER MEMOIR

Tough Love: My Story of the Things

Worth Fighting For

October 17, 8pm

Peltz Theatre, Museum of Tolerance

Ambassador Susan E. Rice is Distinguished Visiting

Research Fellow at the School of International Service at

American University, a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at

Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and a

contributing opinion writer for The New York Times.

Recalling pivotal

moments from her

dynamic career on

the front lines of

American

diplomacy and

foreign policy,

Susan E. Rice—

National Security

Advisor to President

Barack Obama and U.S.

Ambassador to the United

Nations—delivers an inspiring

account of a life in service to

family and country. InTough

Love: My Story of the Things

Worth Fighting For, she appeals

to the American public to bridge our dangerous

domestic divides in order to preserve our democracy and

sustain our global leadership.

“The fearless, compassionate, funny and selfless woman I

have known since she was a child emerges as she shares

with bracing honesty her challenges ... in the most

demanding of male-dominated fields.”

—Madeleine Albright

AN EVENING WITH

Busy Philipps

DISCUSSING HER MEMOIR

This Will Only Hurt a Little

October 23, 8pm

Bootleg Theater

Busy Philipps is an actress best known for roles onFreaks

and Greeks,Dawson’s Creek,Cougar Town,ER, and

HBO’sVice Principals. She has appeared in fan-favorite

films such asI Feel Pretty,The Gift,Made of Honor,I

Don’t Know How

She Does It, and

He’s Just Not That

Into You. A writer

of the hit film

Blades of Glory, she

hosted a late-night

talk show on E!

InThis Will Only

Hurt a Little,a

collection of humorous autobi-

ographical essays, Busy opens up

about chafing against a sexist

system rife with on-set bullying

and body shaming, being there

when friends face shattering loss,

enduring devastating personal

and professional betrayals from those she loved best, and

struggling with postpartum anxiety and the challenges of

motherhood. The book offers the same unfiltered and candid

storytelling that can be found on her social media pages.

“Judy Blume meets Karl Ove Knausgaard meets one brave

woman from Arizona. On the page, Philipps’ toughness

shines through—a rare and feminine ethical code,

devoted and blunt. It’s a thrill to watch her stumble right

up until the very moment she storms the f*cking gates.

Also: just as casually addictive as her Instastories but no

guilt because it’s a book.”—Miranda July

AN EVENING WITH

John Hodgman

DISCUSSING HIS BOOK

Medallion Status: True Stories

from Secret Rooms

October 24, 8pm

Aratani Theatre, Downtown LA

John Hodgman is a

writer, comedian,

and actor. He is the

author ofThe Areas

of My Expertise,

More Information

Than You Require,That Is All, andVacationland. He is the

host of the popularJudge John Hodgmanpodcast and also

contributes a weekly column forThe New York Times

Magazine. He is a frequent voice onThis American Life.

InMedallion Status: True Stories from Secret Rooms,

Hodgman explores the strangeness of his career, and speaks

plainly of fame, especially at the weird, marginal level he’s

enjoyed it. When your television gig is canceled, he explains,

you can console yourself with the fact that all of that travel

that made your young son so sad at least left you with a

prize: platinum medallion status with your airline.

“John Hodgman is a seriously great writer. His literary

talents are often overshadowed by his well-known and

much-loved sense of humor.” —Elizabeth Gilbert

Fantastic forum for important authors,

thinkers, and world-changers! Get on their

mail list, you will certainly discover an

event that matters to you.

—ken goldstein

Kareem Abdul-JabbarinterviewedDan Ratherat The

Novo on December 5, 2017, for his bookWhat Unites Us:

Reflections on Patriotism. Abdul-Jabbar also appeared at

Live Talks Los Angeles for three of his books,Becoming

Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court(in conver-

sation with Frank Buckley),Coach Wooden and Me: Our

50-Year Friendship On and Off the Court(with Bill

Walton) andWritings on the Wall: Searching for a New

Equality Beyond Black and White(with Jim Hill).

A Special Live Talks Moment

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