From the collection "Las semillas de la luna"

Producer of tours of U.S. and Italian poets, signed copy of his book, given to E.S. in Italy in 2008, Territoires du Coeur.

Manuscript, portion of novel, "Jihad."

Consists of information collected by Class of 1960 memorialist, Mason Lowance, from class members in 1995.

This event is hosted by PEN's Open Book Committee, held at the central library of the Los Angeles Library system. Also represented at the event is Los Angeles based independent bookstore Eso Won Books, who has a table set up at the event selling some of their books. The moderator makes opening statements, including reading the manifesto of PEN's Open Book Committee. In part it states: "The one and only purpose of the PEN Open Book Committee is to open the world of publishing to the richness and diversity of the cultures that make up America." Panelists make individual comments about challenges in the publishing industry, specifically regarding the topic of diversity. The panel is made up of Campbell, Quintana, Brown, Diane D'Andrade (senior children's books editor at Harcourt Brace, San Diego), Liz Williams (marketing director at Valentine Publishing), and Paul Yamazaki (head book buyer of City Lights Bookstore).

Tape is labeled "Jill Seiden." Content consists of a demo tape for Coca Crystal and Jill Seiden's television show "The Coca Crystal Show: If I Can't Dance, You Can Keep Your Revolution," including clips of sample content intended to be circulated to television producers and advertisers.

William H. Gass, Jayne Anne Phillips, Brent Staples, and Robert Stone discuss violence in reality and the American imagination, and how history, culture, language, and literature shape and represent violence and make it banal. Sean Wilentz is the moderator and Robert B. Silvers introduces the panelists.

1 color photograph.