Our Staff
Lindsay Wright
Director of Educational Programs
Lindsay Wright is Director of the LARB Publishing Workshop, where she oversees an intensive summer program for aspiring publishers with 70 fellows and 60 plus industry speakers. She holds an MA from the University of Virginia, where she worked as Director of the Writing Center, designed an online writing curriculum, taught seminars on English and academic writing, and trained incoming teaching assistants for the Center for Teaching Excellence. She taught as a lecturer on English and the American publishing industry for the University of Paris X, Center for the Profession of the Book. As Director of Development for The Music Circle, an Indian music non-profit, Lindsay helped produce 6-8 concerts per year, created new foundation and donor relationships, and maintained partnerships with Occidental College, UCLA, Pasadena City College, and the Ford/LA Philharmonic.
Irene Yoon
Executive Director, LARB
Irene Yoon is the Executive Director of LARB, where she oversees the day-to-day operations and broader strategic vision and planning for the organization. For the last four years, Irene has also served as Director of the LARB Publishing Workshop. She earned her doctorate in English from UC Berkeley, where she also managed an interdisciplinary writing program and trained new teachers as the English Department’s Assistant Pedagogy Chair. Irene has worked with several authors to prepare books and articles for publication, and her own writing has appeared in journals such as Twentieth Century Literature, Transition Magazine, and Los Angeles Review of Books.
Livia Azevedo Lima
Publishing Workshop Coordinator
Livia Azevedo Lima (she/her) is a book editor, writer, and researcher with a Ph.D. in Modern Cinema and Literature from the University of São Paulo. With more than ten years of experience in publishing, she edits nonfiction books focused on visual culture for Brazilian indie publishing houses while actively participating in the Seattle art and literary scene. Since 2021 she has been part of the curatorial team for Travessias—Brazilian Film Festival at Northwest Film Forum. Livia was a fellow in the 2022 LARB Publishing Workshop.
Allison Woodnutt
Book Track Faculty
Allison Miriam Woodnutt (née Smith) is an Acquiring Editor and the Publishing & Publicity Manager for Unnamed Press. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English & Creative Writing from the University of Southern California and went on to earn her Masters in 18th & 19th c. Literature from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Before Unnamed, she worked in libraries and bookshops. Allison is an alumna of the 2017 LARB Publishing Workshop.
Jonathan Hahn
Magazine Track Faculty
Jonathan Hahn is the faculty leader of the Magazine Track. Jonathan is the Managing Editor of Sierra Magazine. Previously he served as the founding Executive Editor of the Los Angeles Review of Books. He has worked in book and magazine publishing for over 20 years.