If you're familiar with the Los Angeles literary scene or are just a book aficionado, then you know David L. Ulin--author of Sidewalking: Coming to Terms with Los Angeles, book critic, and former book editor of the Los Angeles Times. David L. Ulin is the author or editor of eight previous books, including The Lost Art of Reading: Why Books Matter in a Distracted Time and the Library of America’s Writing Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology, which won a California Book Award. He sat down with host Joseph Lapin at the Miami Book Fair.

At the Miami Book Fair, I interviewed Colin Channer, author of the poetry collection Providential and the novella The Girl With the Golden Shoes. We talked about Jamaica, Caribbean literature, and his creative journey.

Joseph Lapin, host of The Working Poet Radio Show--a podcast for creative inspiration--interviewed Gail Holst-Warhaft, a journalist, broadcaster, writer, academic, musician, poet, and independent scholar. Holst-Warhaft discussed her creative journey, her love for Greek culture and music, and her personal experience with the legendary Mikis Theodorakis.

The Working Poet Radio Show (WPRS) is a podcast and interview series dedicated to the working lives of creative people. Inspired by late-night talk shows, Joseph Lapin journalist, author and host of WPRS, explores the poetry that powers the creative impulse. In a live show filmed during the Miami Book Fair, Joe Lapin interviewed author Derf, Abrams ComicArts editorial director Charles Kochman, and actor/director/author John Leguizamo. DJ Lolo provided the music.

I interviewed Kentaro Toyama, author, award-winning computer scientist, and former Microsoft employee, about how his new book, Geek Heresy and his creative journey. After a decade designing technologies meant to address education, health, and global poverty, award-winning computer scientist Kentaro Toyama came to a difficult conclusion: Even in an age of amazing technology, social progress depends on human changes that gadgets just can’t deliver. Listen to the podcast to learn about how he came to this conclusion.

At the Miami Book Fair 2015, I interviewed Rick Moody, author of Garden State, The Ice Storm, Demonology, Hotels of North America, and more, for The Working Poet Radio Show--a podcast that explores the working lives of creative people.

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