On this episode, Rachel Monroe speaks to writer David Ulin about how his experiences in New York and Los Angeles influenced his writing. They discuss two of his non-fiction works, The Myth of Solid Ground: Earthquakes, Prediction, and the Fault Line Between Reason and Faith, and Sidewalking: Coming to Terms with Los Angeles.
The writer spent several years at the LA Times as a book editor and critic. He is currently assistant professor of English at the University of Southern California. A second edition of his book, The Lost Art of Reading: Books and Resistance in a Troubled Time, will be published September 4, 2018 with a new introduction and afterword.
Ulin will read at the Crowley Theater on Sunday, May 13 at 6 pm.
