Podcast appearances and mentions of david kipen

Neglecting our loved ones, smart phones are making us dumber and meaner, a classic thriller, the Belushi baffle, my dad meeting Arnold Schwarzenegger, don't lie about air conditioning, seeing Judge Ito, some brutal and amazing fighters, the all around cool guy Kelly Pavlik, the tragedy of Arturo Gatti, the despicable but ferocious Edwin Valero, a Taxi Driver ripoff in Los Angeles, an unmissable documentary about movies and Los Angeles, the bad ass Burt Lancaster, and a quote or two. Stuff mentioned: Pamela Prickett and Stefan Timmermans "Why Are More Americans Dying Alone?" (Los Angeles Times, March 24, 2024), Jonathan Haidt The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness (2024), Misery (1990), This Is Spinal Tap (1984), Animal House (1978), The Blues Brothers (1980), Saturday Night Live (1975-present), Red Heat (1988), Twins (1988), Pumping Iron (1977), Tim Tszyu vs. Sebastian Fundora (2024), Kelly Pavlik vs. Jermaine Taylor (2007), George Foreman vs. Michael Moorer (1994), Arturo Gatti vs. Micky Ward I (2002), Arturo Gatti vs. Micky Ward II (2002), Arturo Gatti vs. Micky Ward III (2003), Red Nights (1988), Taxi Driver (1976), Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003), David Kipen (editor) Dear Los Angeles: The City in Diaries and Letters, 1542 to 2018 (2018), Sinclair Lewis Elmer Gantry (1926), Elmer Gantry (1960), Unwound "Lady Elect" (1996), and Atlantic City (1980).

As we usher in the new year, we talk with David Kipen about his latest work, "Dear California: The Golden State in Diaries and Letters." The anthology is a heartfelt ode to California, skillfully interweaving its diverse strands — from historic letters to contemporary tweets — creating a dialogue that transcends time. It reflects on California's evolving landscapes and captures the quintessence of what makes the state “a place apart.”

Joe Biden faces a split in the Democrat electorate over Israel and Palestine--Harold Meyerson has some recommendations.also: Why we need the Israeli left now more than ever: Dahlia Scheindlin explains.plus--California is a place to write home about. David Kipen reads some examples - his new book is "Dear California: Letters and Diary Entries."

hat comes after Israel's war on Hamas? The Israeli government seems incapable of thinking about that. Now, the ideas of Israel's left-wing, pro-peace camp are needed more than ever. Dahlia Scheindlin, a political scientist based in Tel Aviv, is on the podcast to explain.Also on this episode of Start Making Sense: “California has always been a place to write home about.” David Kipen reads letters and diary entries from Charles Mingus, Vita Sackville-West, Marilyn Monroe, Susan Sontag, Thomas Pynchon, and Mike Davis – David's new book is “Dear California: The Golden State in Letters and Diaries.”

What comes after Israel's war on Hamas? The Israeli government seems incapable of thinking about that. Now, the ideas of Israel's left-wing, pro-peace camp are needed more than ever. Dahlia Scheindlin, a political scientist based in Tel Aviv, is on the podcast to explain.Also on this episode of Start Making Sense: “California has always been a place to write home about.” David Kipen reads letters and diary entries from Charles Mingus, Vita Sackville-West, Marilyn Monroe, Susan Sontag, Thomas Pynchon, and Mike Davis – David's new book is Dear California: The Golden State in Letters and Diaries.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Today on AirTalk, CSU faculty voted to strike if necessary. Also on the show, author David Kipen discusses his new book on California; a new study finds a link between joint bank accounts and happy marriages; using sick days for time off and more.   Cal State Faculty Approves Plans To Strike If Necessary (00:17) Has Community College Enrollment Recovered Since The Pandemic? (16:07) Love The Golden State? David Kipen's New Book ‘Dear California' Might Be Just For You (25:14) Couples Who Bank Together, Stay Together: Link Between Joint Accounts And Happy Marriages (51:33) Do You Use Sick Days For Things Other Than Being Sick? You Might Not Be Alone (01:27:50)

Esta es una muestra de "Un americano". La versión completa tiene una duración total de 10 h 28 min. Encuentra este audiolibro completo en: https://bit.ly/unamericano-audiolibroNarrado por: Bern HoffmanEl manuscrito de Un americano reposó intacto durante una década en los archivos de una oficina antes de caer en manos de Willing Davidson, un joven becario del departamento de ficción de The New Yorker quien, con una «creciente sensación de júbilo y de haber hecho un descubrimiento», reconoció que aquel manuscrito inédito poseía «un sorprendente vigor». Un americano vuelve a presentarnos al álter ego de Roth, Ira, que abandona a su dictatorial amante por una pianista rubia y aristocrática. El conflicto que eso produce entre sus raíces en el gueto judío y sus aspiraciones literarias le obliga a abandonar temporalmente a su familia y dirigirse al prometedor lejano oeste. La obra póstuma de Roth no sólo es el último testimonio personal de la Depresión, sino también una desgarradora novela sobre la reinvención y la trascendencia del amor. Reseñas:«La emoción de leer está servida.»José María Guelbenzu «Una conclusión apasionada y vital de la valiente y catártica obra magna de Roth.»Donna Seaman, Booklist «Su primera novela Llámalo sueño fue su Ulises. La póstuma Un americano supone sus Uvas de la ira [...] Una novela gloriosa, evocadora y literaria que perduraráThane Rosenbaum, Los Angeles Times «Una absorbente historia de amor durante la Gran Depresión, que cobra una nueva dimensión al arrojar luz sobre los últimos años de Roth.»Steven G. Kellman, Bookforum «Roth recrea con una inmediatez sobresaliente el entusiasmo y la degradación de la vida bohemia durante la Gran Depresión, mientras da tumbos como una figura esencialmente picaresca.»Judith Shulevitz, Slate «El libro presenta la clase de frescura y energía que supuestamente prometen las continuaciones largamente aguardadas, aunque muy pocas veces ocurra así.»David Kipen, Barnes and Noble «El libro hace justicia al legado de Roth, y debería ser considerado una lectura esencial para los completistas.»James McCaffery, Suite101© 2022, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, S. A. U.#penguinaudio #audiolibro #audiolibros #roth #henryroth See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In 1935, the Federal Writers' Project was launched by President Roosevelt to create jobs for out-of-work writers during the Great Depression and to provide a vivid literary climate in the U.S. David Kipen, an L.A.-based author, critic, broadcaster, UCLA Writing Faculty member and the founder of the nonprofit bilingual lending library Libros Schmibros in Boyle Heights, is a driving force behind the renewal of the initiative. In this episode, he talks about how a project like this can help trigger more curiosity and tolerance within a society. Kipen is the author of several books, among his recent the anthology Dear Los Angeles: The City in Diaries and Letters. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times.  

David Kipen is L.A. Times Critic-at-Large, a former NEA administrator, author and historian who has been a huge force behind celebrating the 1930s project and trying to build a new version today.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Voting rights suffered a defeat in the Senate this week, but really it's just the latest battle in a continuing struggle—and if anything, it clarifies the real problem: the filibuster must go, at least for voting rights legislation. John Nichols says it's now up to grassroots groups to go to work on reluctant Democrats during the July 4 break. Also, here's an idea: Create a new Federal Writers Project, hiring a thousand out of work writers and journalists to document American lives during the pandemic year. It's in a bill proposed in the House by Los Angeles Representative Ted Lieu. David Kipen explains; he's former director of literature for the National Endowment for the Arts, and it was his idea. Subscribe to The Nation to support all of our podcasts: thenation.com/podcastsubscribe.  

David Kipen in conversation with writer and literary critic John Freeman. Freeman is the editor of The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story, a selection of short fiction

The Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs presents David Kipen in conversation with Rick West, President and CEO of the Autry Museum, who will be retiring from his position at the end of the month. Rick is also the founding director of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. This (admittedly loooong) interview appears as part of the Cultural Affairs department's Big Read of Louise Erdrich's novel The Roundhouse.

David Kipen and Colleen Jaurretche have a conversation with Kendra Atleework about her memoir, Miracle Country. Her new book draws on personal stories as well as the environmental history of her place of birth, the Eastern Sierra.

David Kipen has a conversation with Kim Stanley Robinson about his work and the work of poet Kenneth Rexroth. His new book is Ministry for the Future, a science fiction novel set in the near future, about coping with the effects of climate change in the next 30 years.

David Kipen speaks with Jon Wiener, author of the revised and newly timely Conspiracy in the Streets: The Extraordinary Trial of the Chicago Seven and host of radio’s Trump Watch -- recently re-christened, courtesy of Libros Schmibros’ expert naming service, Hey Joe.

David Kipen speaks with John Logan, the Oscar-winning screenwriter and creator of Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, which takes place in 1938 in an L.A. barrio called, ahem, "Belvedere Heights."

Stephanie Burt and David Kipen discuss things she likes to read, fandom and the selection of her book, Advice from the Lights, by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs as its Big Read book for 2020.

Mike Davis and David Kipen discuss Los Angeles, City of Quartz and other writings which appear to be almost prophetic, viewed through the lens of COVID-19 and the current pandemic. Full interview, recorded April 2020.

An interview with David Kipen about his book Dear Los Angeles: The City in Diaries and Letters, 1542 to 2018.

David Kipen, author, journalist, and cultural historian of Los Angeles has scoured libraries, archives, and private estates to assemble a kaleidoscopic view of the unique city of Los Angeles. He shares 500 years of writings in and about the city and the distinct role it has played in the hearts, minds, and imaginations of the public.

David Kipen discusses his new book, Dear Los Angeles: the City in Diaries and Letters, 1542 to 2018

This week on 'The Stack' we speak to David Kipen, author of 'Dear Los Angeles: The City in Diaries and Letters 1542 to 2018', and Alistair Hanson from 'It's Nice That'. Plus, Monocle's Richard Spencer Powell talks about the magazine's plans for 2019.

What might Marilyn Monroe, Cesar Chavez, Susan Sontag, Albert Einstein have to say about Los Angeles?  Their diary entries, along with those of other actors, musicians, activists, cartographers, students, geologists, cooks, merchants, journalists, politicians, composers, and many more—provide a kaleidoscopic view of Los Angeles over the past four centuries, from the Spanish missionary expeditions of the 16th century to the present day. Book editor, critic and Los Angeles native David Kipen has scoured the archives of libraries, historical societies, and private estates to assemble a remarkably eclectic story of life in his beloved Los Angeles. Join us for a special staged reading of these first person accounts—representing a range of experiences and voices as diverse as Los Angeles itself. 

Jeffrey Lewis in conversation with writer and bookseller David Kipen, discussing Lewis's new novel, "The Inquisitor's Diary." Recorded at the Skirball Cultural Center.

We know them when we feel them, or when we hear them blowing through the trees--and we can quote L.A. writers Raymond Chandler and Joan Didion on their power to inspire murderous thoughts and unease. But what exactly are the Santa Ana winds? How do they wreak destruction on Southern California? And why have their legends persisted? UCLA meteorologist Robert Fovell, L.A. County Fire Captain Drew Smith, and novelist Janet Fitch talked with Libros Schmibros founder David Kipen about the myths, history, and science of the Santa Ana Winds

Colin Marshall sits down in Boyle Heights with David Kipen, founder of that neighborhood's combined bookstore and lending library Libros Schmibros and a true man of both letters and Los Angeles. He gives commentary on books and literary culture on KPCC-FM and Sirius XM's The Bob Edwards Show, he's written the book The Schreiber Theory: A Radical Rewrite of American Film History, he recently translated Cervantes' The Dialogue of the Dogs for Melville House Books, and he spent over four years as the National Endowment for the Arts' Director of Literature, where he got their Big Read program started. They discuss how to sell paper books in neighborhoods the Kindle hasn't penetrated; his interest in getting into conversations about books on both the low-profile person-to-person level and the high-profile media one; whether we have indeed left an actual lost golden age of American reading; the lack of "slack" in American life to use for reading; how rail makes up a city's skeleton, and how Los Angeles' skeleton is growing with new additions like the Libros Schmibros-proximate Gold Line; 1939, the annus mirabilis of Los Angeles literature, and the city's modern desire, as exemplified by Mike Davis' City of Quartz, to fetishize its own depredations and destruction; whether it's hard to keep your mind in the narrative of this city, where even the natives have to immigrate; and that undervalued observer of Los Angeles and the whole of California, Thomas Pynchon. (Photo: Alissa Walker)

Bookstore Pop-ups, Hybrids, and Rebels: Why Indie booksellers are leading the movement to support and foster local businesses A panel discussion with maverick booksellers David Kipen, Andrew Laties, and Josh Spencer on why there is no better time to be in the book business. “For a while I was really interested in the future of books. Now I'm interested in the present of books.” – Jessica Stockton Bagnulo, co-founder, Greenlight Bookstore, Brooklyn (founded 2009) For the past decade, the book business has been dominated by conversations about chain stores, online retailers, and the e-book market, all of which pointed to the perennial uncertainty about the future of books generally. And yet from coast to coast a new wave of independent booksellers is staking a claim and embracing uncertainty to make the point: books are still here, and the future is now. Skylight books is pleased to welcome David Kipen (Libros Schmibros), Andrew Laties (Rebel Bookseller) and Josh Spencer (The Last Bookstore) for a panel discussion on why and how: Even in a treacherous economy, independent bookshops like Brooklyn's Greenlight Bookstore are opening and succeeding; Pop-up stores, like the current Libros Schmibros partnership with the Hammer Museum, are becoming the norm Independent bookstores are leading the movement to support locally owned businesses. David Kippen is the founder of Libros Schmibros, a hybrid lending library and used book shop in Boyle Heights.  He is the former director of the National Endowment for the Arts' National Reading Initiatives, and past book critic for the San Francisco Chronicle, established Libros Schmibros in July 2010 Andy Laties is the author of Rebel Bookseller: Why Indie Business Represent Everything You Want to Fight For—From Free Speech to Buying Local to Building Communities. Laties co-founded Children's Bookstore, Children's Bookfair Company, Children's Museum Store, and Povertyfighters.com, and created the film Art of Selling Children's Books. He co-founded and still manages the museum shop at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts, which Parents Choice called “the very best bookstore for picture books in the entire world.” Josh Spencer is the founder of The Last Bookstore in Downtown LA. After selling books online for a decade, Spencer decided to go backwards in time and open up a physical used bookstore in 2009.  With his neighborhood of downtown LA experiencing its own rebirth it seemed like the logical place to try retail time travel.  The Last Bookstore did well enough for him to move into a new location 10 times as big less than two years later, and the rest is history in the making (as we speak). Moderated by Emily Pullen from Skylight Books. THIS EVENT WAS RECORDED LIVE AT SKYLIGHT BOOKS SEPTEMBER 11, 2011.

Nicholson Baker and David Kipen talk about James Joyce and other inspirations behind Baker’s novels and essays. Kipen is a book reviewer and editor who now runs Libros Schmibros Lending Library and Bookshop. Baker is author of “Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper” and “House of Holes.” They spoke during the 22nd North American James Joyce Conference.

Discovering John Fante is like tasting garlic for the first time. He is a quintessential Los Angeles writer. H.L. Mencken, John Steinbeck, Charles Bukowski, Robert Towne and Francis Ford Coppola number among the many fans who swear by Fante, who might have turned 100 this year. A panel of fans and scholars -- including Fante biographer Stephen Cooper, KCRW’s Frances Anderton, Esotouric co-founder Richard Schave, and Fante’s children Victoria Fante-Cohen and Jim Fante -- visited Zócalo along with moderator David Kipen to celebrate the work of John Fante.