Past Speakers
Each year, LARB Publishing Workshop Speakers represent over 50 presses, publications, and literary organizations. Speakers are at the top of their fields in literary administration, editorial, marketing, publicity, design, production, and sales. Fellows have the opportunity to sign up in advance to meet individually with speakers in office hours.
Aaron Bady, Los Angeles Review of Books
Adam Levy, Transit Books
Aida Baghernejad, 55 Voices for Democracy
AJ Urquidi, Los Angeles Review of Books
Alaa Al-Barkawi, BookEnds
Albert Litewka, Macmillan, Creative Domain
Alexis Madrigal, The Atlantic
Alejandra Mejia, Duke University Press/Migrant Roots Media
Allison Wright, Virginia Quarterly Review
Amanda Fletcher, PEN America
Amber Beard, Penguin Random House Audio
Andrea Tetrick, Publishers Group West/Ingram Publishers Service
Andrew Eisenman, Audible Originals
Andrew Wessels, Les Figues Press
Angelica Lopez -Torres, University of Texas Press
Annysa Polanco, Penguin Random House
Arielle Angel, Jewish Currents
Ashaki Jackson, Women Who Submit
Ashley Ayer, Black Girl Film Club
Ashley Nelson Levy, Transit Books
Barry Harbaugh, Amazon Original Stories
Ben Brooks, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Benno Herz, 55 Voices for Democracy
Betsy Gleick, Algonquin Press
Bidhan Chandra Roy, Words Uncaged
Bill Harper, Los Angeles Review of Books
Bill Shapiro, Getty Images, LIFE magazine
Bob Stein, Institute for the Future of the Book
Bobby Solomon, Agility, Disney
Bonnie Nadell, Hill Nadell Literary Agency
Boris Dralyuk, Los Angeles Review of Books
Brent Cunningham, Small Press Distr.
Brian Lipson, Intellectual Property Group
Brian Ramcharan, Penguin Random House Audio
Britney Brinson, Black Girl Film Club
Camari Carter-Hawkins, World Stage Press
Caroline McKusick, Stanford University Press
Caroline Porter, The Ralstin Agency
Carrie Paterson, DoppelHouse Press
Cati Porter, Inlandia Institute
Chloe Watlington, Los Angeles Review of Books
Chris Fischbach, Coffee House Press
Chris Heiser, Unnamed Press
Chris Jackson, One World, Random House
Christie Hefner, Playboy
Christine Hung, Penguin Random House
Claudia Ballard, William Morris Endeavor
Colleen Dunn Bates, Prospect Park Books
Cody Sisco, Book Swell
Conney D. Williams, World Stage Press
Cord Brooks, Los Angeles Review of Books
Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing
Crissy Van Meter, Author
Daniel Lisi, Not a Cult Media
Dan Sinykin, Emory University
Danny Caine, Raven Bookstore
David Shook, Phoneme Media
David Wescott, The Chronicle of Higher Education
David Wilk, Booktrix
David Yoon, Joy Revolution
Debra Eckerling, Social Media Examiner
Dennis Johnson, Melville House
Didier Lerebours, New Distribution House
Doree Shafrir, Buzzfeed, Gawker
Dorie Bailey, Prospect Park Books
Dr. Norrell Edwards, City University of New York
Ed Park, The Believer, Penguin Press
Edan Lepucki, The Millions
Elena McAnespie, University of California Press
Elias Wondimu, Tsehai Publishers
Elise Gochberg, Friesens & Spectrum
Elizabeth Khuri Chandler, Goodreads
Elliot Morris, The Podcast Review
Emily Bell, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Emily Firetog, LitHub
Emily Forney, BookEnds
Emily Rappaport, Conner Literary
Eric Deggans, NPR
Eric Lach, The New Yorker
Eric Newman, Los Angeles Review of Books, AYR Media Inc.
Erin Brown, UCLA Graduate Career Services
Erin Mooney, Amazon Publishing
Erin Young, Dystel, Godrich & Bourret
Evan Kleekamp, Les Figues Press
Evette Dionne, Bitch Media
Francesca Mari, New York Review of Books
Gary Price, Library Journal, Infodocket
Gerald Maa, Georgia Review
Glory Edim, Well-Read Black Girl
Greg Albers, Getty Publications
Gustavo Turner, Photographer
Guy Bennett, Otis Books
Gwydion Suilebhan, The PEN/Faulkner Foundation
Halimah Marcus, Electric Lit
Hannah Jakobsen, Phoneme Media
Henry Jenkins, USC Annenberg School
Holly Watson, Holly Watson PR
Imani Tolliver, World Stage Press
Irene Yoon, Los Angeles Review of Books
Isabel Hinchliff, Los Angeles Review of Books
Ismail Muhammad, New York Times Magazine
Jack Conway, The Podcast Review
Jada Gomez, Popsugar
Jade Lacy, Los Angeles Review of Books
Jamia Wilson, Feminist Press
Jamie Dupras, Deyan Audio
Jamie Henderson, Autodesk
Jane Marie, Little Everywhere
Jarett Kobek, Novelist
Jarrett Lerner, Author-Illustrator; Co-Founder
Jaya Chatterjee, Yale University Press
Jaya Nicely, Unnamed Press
Jeff Silberman, Folio Literary Management
Jennifer 8. Lee, Plympton
Jessica Kubinec, Los Angeles Review of Books
Jessica Wilson-Cardenas, Tia Chucha
Jin Auh, The Wylie Agency
Joanna Demkiewicz, Milkweed Editions
Joel Goldberg, Netflix
Jocelyn Giannini, Harper’s Magazine
John Thompson, Author of Book Wars
Jonathan Taplin, Annenberg Innovation Lab
Joshua Gutterman Tranen, Duke University Press
Joshua Wolf Shenk, Black Mountain Institute
Joshuah Bearman, Epic Magazine
Joy Harris, The Joy Harris Literary Agency
Julayne Lee, Poet
Julia Callahan, Feminist Book Club, Rare Bird
Julia Turner, Los Angeles Times
Julie Buntin, Catapult
Juliet Lapidos, LA Times
Jyothi Natarajan, AAWW
Kaitlin Hsu, Los Angeles Review of Books
Karen Schechner, Kirkus
Kate Heacock, Dottir Press
Kate Gale, Red Hen Press
Kate Wolf, Los Angeles Review of Books
Katelyn Keating, CRAFT, Prospect Park
Katie Dublinski, Graywolf Press
Katja Vujic, NY Mag, The Cut
Kareem Taylor, Brand Strategist
Karolina Waclawiak, The Believer, Buzzfeed
Kelly Peyton, Los Angeles Review of Books
Kiara Barrow, The Drift
Kim Robinson, University of California Press
Kim Dower, Kim from LA PR
Kristiana S Clark, The Uncertain Hour from Marketplace and American Public Media
Kseniya Melnick, Novelist
Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick, Agility
Lara Blackman, Audible
Larin McLaughlin, University of Washington Press
Lauren Kinney, Los Angeles Review of Books
Laurie Ochoa, LA Times, LA Weekly, Gourmet
Laurie Winer, Los Angeles Review of Books
Lili Loofbourow, Slate
Lindsay Wright, Los Angeles Review of Books
Lindsey Preston Zappas, CARLA magazine
Lisa Alexander, Edible LA Magazine
Lisa Bartfai, 55 Voices for Democracy
Lisa Locascio, Mendocino Writers’ Conference
Lisa Sandell, Scholastic
Lisa Schantl, Tint Journal
Lizzie Davis, Coffee House Press
Lori Dorr, The Paris Review
Lori Kozlowski, More Light Media, Project Empathy
Lucian Tucker, Web Operations Manager
Luis J. Rodriguez, Tia Chucha Press
Lydia Kiesling, The Millions
Lynell George, LA Times, LA Weekly, KCET
Lynly Forrest, Hex Comics
Lynn Steger Strong, Author of Want
Marisa Siegel, The Rumpus
Mark E. Cull, Red Hen Press
Mark Pearson, Libro.fm
Mary Gannon, CLMP
Matt Ortile, Catapult Magazine
Matt Hewes, Product & Web Designer
Matt Ortile, Catapult Magazine
Matt Timmons, Insert Blanc Press
Maya Chen, Los Angeles Review of Books
Maya Marlette, Scholastic
Michael Reynolds, Europa Editions
Michelle Tea, Sister Spit, Radar Productions
Namrata Tripathi, Kokila, Penguin Random House
Nanda Dyssou, Coriolis Company
Natasha McClellan, Red Hen Press
Neal Thompson, Amazon Literary Partnership
Neelanjan Banerjee, Kaya Press
Nicola Yoon, Joy Revolution Imprint
Nicole Counts, One World
Nicole Chung, Catapult Magazine
Nicole Op Den Bosch, Audible
Niko Pfund, Oxford University Press
Nikolai Blaumer, 55 Voices for Democracy
Nimmi Gowrinathan, Guernica, Adi Magazine
Olivia Taylor Smith, Unnamed Press
Orlando Dos Reis, Scholastic
Paddy Calistro, Angel City Press
Palace Dhawan, POC United
Paul Bass, Online Journalism Project
Perry Crowe, Hay House
Perwana Nazif, Los Angeles Review of Books
Philip Leventhal, Columbia University Press
Polina Udalova, Macmillan Publishers
Rachel Khong, Lucky Peach, Taste
Rachel Rosenfelt, The New Inquiry
Ramona Naddaff, Zone Books
Ramona Pina, BookEnds
Reagan Arthur, Alfred A. Knopf
Rebecca Panovka, The Drift
Rebecca Saletan, Riverhead Books
Richard Nash, Red Lemonade, Soft Skull Press
Richard Jean So, McGill University
Rob Latham, Los Angeles Review of Books
Roberto Lovato, Dignidad Literaria
Russell Quinn, Book Design
Sadie Buerker, Los Angeles Review of Books
Samantha Gorman, Tender Claws, PRY
Samara Rafert, Ohio State University Press
Sandra Dijkstra, Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency
Sarah Bowlin, Aevitas Creative Management
Sarah Chihaya, Los Angeles Review of Books
Sarah Labrie, Los Angeles Review of Books
Sarah Marshall, Los Angeles Review of Books
Sarah Miller, The Real Sarah Miller
Sarita Varma, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Shelly Romero, Scholastic
Shonda Buchanan, Author
Sonia Ali, Los Angeles Review of Books
Soraya Membreno, Bitch Media
Stephanie Malak, Los Angeles Review of Books
Steve Wasserman, Heyday Books, Yale Press
Tamika Thompson, POC United
Tim McCarthy, Sinclair Printing
Tobi Harper, Red Hen Press
Tom Comitta, Los Angeles Review of Books
Tom Lutz, Los Angeles Review of Books
Tom Zoellner, 55 Voices for Democracy
Tyson Cornell, Rare Bird Lit
Victoria Gallina, J. Paul Getty Trust
Yanna Demkiewicz, Milkweed Press/Editions