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An Evening With Richard Powers

Wednesday, October 23, 2024 8:00 PM
  • Ann and Jerry Moss Theatre at New Roads School, 3131 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica
$25 general admission, $50 general admission + book with signed book plate
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A two-image collage. On the left is a portrait of author Richard Powers, who has salt-pepper hair and is wearing a shirt and tan jacket. On the right is the cover of his book, "Playground."
(Courtesy Live Talks L.A.)

There are only a few books that I can say really changed how I thought about an issue and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Powers’ 2018 book The Overstory – about trees and their unique relationship to us and our environment – was one of them. Powers’ new book, Playground, moves focus to the oceans by following four intertwining stories that look at our shared humanity and relationship to the waters that connect us. He will be in conversation with fellow novelist Steph Cha at Live Talks.

Written by our Best Things To Do columnist, Laura Hertzfeld. See her full columns here.