1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 In 1935, the Federal Writers' Project was launched by President&amp;nbsp;Roosevelt to create jobs for out-of-work writers during the&amp;nbsp;Great Depression and to provide a vivid literary climate in the U.S. David Kipen, an L.A.-based author, critic, broadcaster, UCLA Writing Faculty member and the founder of the nonprofit bilingual lending library&amp;nbsp;Libros Schmibros in Boyle Heights, is a driving force behind the renewal of the initiative. In this episode, he talks about how a project like this can help trigger more curiosity and tolerance within a society. Kipen is the author of several books, among his recent the anthology Dear Los Angeles: The City in Diaries and Letters.&amp;nbsp;His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in&amp;nbsp;The New York Times&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;Los Angeles Times. &amp;nbsp; 55 Voices for Democracy – The Podcast http://55voices.libsyn.com/website <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/22086188/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/121185698