Michael Govan, Director, LACMA
“The thing about history is that it’s always changing. We’re always re-writing, reconsidering history.”
Dr. Jill Tarter, Astronomer
“The creativity of the arts and humanities, belong with the rigor and discipline of STEM…”
Vicki Ruiz, Professor and Author
“Humanities is an appreciation and understanding of the past, particularly in a global society.”
Malcolm Margolin, Author & Publisher
“What the humanities can offer us is a way of getting into other people’s lives.”
Larry Kramer, Pres. & CEO of William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
“The skills that are essential for most careers today, foundationally require knowing how to think.”
Full Interview with Sally Parry
Full interview with Sally Parry as she discusses Sinclair Lewis’s book It Can’t Happen Here and the fragility of American democracy.
Full Interview with Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
*Note: this is the full-length interview. You can also find a shorter version of this interview here on our site. Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, author of California Reads selected book Farewell […]
Full Interview with Richard Beeman
Our partner Mary Menzel from the California Center for the Book spoke with Beeman, who is one of the nation’s foremost Constitutional scholars, at the Newport Beach Library at an author in conversation event in April 2012.
Author in Conversation: Rebecca Solnit
Mary Menzel, our partner from California Center for the Book, interviewed Rebecca Solnit at the Long Beach Public Library in April 2012.
Author in Conversation: Daniel Alarcón
Daniel Alarcón is the author of California Reads selected book Lost City Radio. In March 2012, our partner Mary Menzel from California Center of the Book interviewed Alarcon about his […]