Eryn Brown is the editorial director of Zócalo Public Square. The moderator of the Zócalo/ALOUD program “How Does L.A. Inspire First-Time Novelists?,” she sat down in our green room to …

Fatimah Asghar is a poet, novelist, filmmaker, educator, and performer. Their first novel, When We Were Sisters, was published in October. They are the writer and co-creator of Brown Girls, …

Ryan Lee Wong is author of the novel Which Side Are You On. He holds an MFA in fiction from Rutgers-Newark and has organized exhibitions on Asian American social movements. …

Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi is a biomedical informatician and writer. Her book, a novel in stories, Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions, was published in September. Before participating in the Zócalo/ALOUD program …