On Wednesday a petition signed by more than 800 writers and readers was delivered to the board of directors of the Library Foundation raising concerns about the future of the ALOUD reading series following the August departure of director Louise Steinman, who founded the program 25 years ago, and associate director Maureen Moore. “We hope to engage the Library Foundation in an open conversation about their plans both for ALOUD and literary public programming for the future,” David L. Ulin told me, speaking on behalf of the ad-hoc committee that organized the petition. (Ulin is also the former book critic and book editor of The Times). “One of the troubling aspects of this situation is that it was so sudden and there has been no explanation from the foundation for their decision.”

Source: Los Angeles Times September 15, 2018 14:03 UTC