Francine Harris's guest appearances

Francine Harris

LA Review of Books

Daily Spark with Dr. Angela

Donald Trump

Tom McCarthy

Ijeoma Oluo

Patti Smith

Emily Dickinson

Bassem Youssef

Nicholson Baker

Mister Rogers

Peter Thiel

Alan Alda

Hans Sluga

Susan Kaiser Greenland

Amy Schumer

Bryan Stevenson

Rainn Wilson

OwlTail

Chiara Barzini

Award-winning Italian screenwriter and English Language Novelist Chiara Barzini joins co-hosts Medaya Ocher and Eric Newman to talk about Things that Happened Before the Earthquake, which tells the story of an adolescent girl who moves with her family from Rome to LA in the early '90s. The conversation centers on the experience of moving to a massive, mythical city without a center; the turmoil of the Rodney King era; and the nuances of a coming-of-age immigrant tale. Also, Natalie Graham returns to recommend Play Dead, a collection of poems by Francine Harris.

Chiara Barzini's Los Angeles Before the Earthquake; plus, Play Dead by Francine Harris