Justine Bateman, actor and author of Fame: The Hijacking of Reality, interviewed by LA Times writer Deborah Vankin.
Fiction: Versions of California, featuring Nina Revoyr (A Student of History), Susan Straight, Lydia Kiesling, and Vanessa Hua; moderated by Antoine Wilson.
Girls to the Front: Women Breaking Barriers, featuring Wyomia Tyus (Tigerbelle), Joy Press, Robin Green, and Leslie Zemeckis; moderated by Alex Cohen.
Fiction: The Trouble Starts at Home, featuring Bernice L. McFadden (Praise Song for the Butterflies), Shobha Rao, and Katya Apekina; moderated by Diana Wagman.
Writing Writers: Novels about Struggling Artists, featuring C.J. Farley (Around Harvard Square), Belle Boggs, Dana Czapnik, and Juliet Lapidos; moderated by Agatha French.