and all I got was this lousy. . . No seriously folks, no t-shirts, just a lot of immersion into the world of writing and books on a perfect Los Angeles day. And Metro was FREE, cause, you know, it was also EARTH DAY.

The Festival was held at USC, and for me, it’s always a bit weird going back there, where I went to grad school in 81-82. Which was aborted, by myself, the reasons why don’t really make a great deal of sense but they seemed to then. All I’ll say is I regret not finishing the MFA, but USC is where a lot of my first impressions of Southern California come from and were formed. It’s a beautiful campus and good to go back on occasion – and it’s changed tremendously since the early 80s, so there’s that. Sigh

On to the fair. I went just on the Sunday (though the festival was both weekend days) for a few panels which interested me – wanting to pick up secrets on how to approach Memoir in a creative way – which I didn’t really get from this panel but it was interesting to find out about their process, their stories, and their books.
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Also went to two Crime Fiction panels — one which I thought would probe the darker side, and one that was LA Crime-focused. The second of these – the Crime Fiction-City of Angels panel actually covered both topics well. The interesting thing about LA is that it’s so big and diverse, the books these writers wrote are versions of LA I am totally unaware of. So that by itself was a revelation. As to the darker side, well, both Ryan Gattis (in particular) and Joe Ide shared how they write and research violence, which I’d have to say was new territory for me. I found it all inspirational, and a good kick in the pants.

Could we have asked for a more beautiful day?

The Festival booth line at USC

Memoir panel: Samantha Dunn (l), Sandy Allen, Michael Ausiello, Meaghan O’Connell

Unidentified poet reading at the Poetry Stage.

Former CA First Lady Maria Shriver talks about her new book with moderator Robin Abcarian of the LA Times

Crime Fiction, the Dark Side panel: Antoine Wilson, Janelle Brown, Liska Jacobs, T. Jefferson Parker

Crime Fiction: City of Angels panel Paula L. Woods, Ryan Gattis, Joe Ide, Melissa Scrivner Love