LACC Book Program

The mission of the LA City College Book Program is to advance the cause of literacy and literature and to encourage the reading of books that foster intellectual exchange. For fifteen years, the book program has brought to campus authors and scholars that provoke thoughtful and inclusive discussions of relevant issues. Founded as a sub-committee of Staff Development in 2001, under the skillful leadership of its founder and first chair, Rosalind Goddard, the Book Program became a vital part of the campus. We are dedicated to reaching students at LACC who traditionally have had little access to literary culture and to curating events that support all disciplines and departments. By providing the chance to interact with writers, the Book Program inspires our community to read regularly, critically, and adventurously.

Upcoming Events

Public adoption is a long and uncertain process with some of society’s most vulnerable people at the heart of it. Every adult and child involved in the system has a unique story to tell. In his candid and poignant memoir, A Family, Maybe (Ooligan Press), Lane Igoudin details his and his husband Jonathan’s fraught path through the Los Angeles County’s foster-to-adopt process.

In honor of the National Foster Care Month, this Book Program event will highlight both the important work our campus does to assist and empower foster youth in achieving college education and Dr. Igoudin's foster adoptive family journey. This event will be moderated by Sergio Garcia of LACC Foster Care Programs.

About the Speaker

Lane Igoudin

Lane Igoudin, Ph.D, has written extensively on foster adoption, parenting, and LGBTQ issues for Adoption.com, Bay Windows, FamilyEquality.org, Forward, Jewish Journal, Lambda Literary Review, and LGBTQ Nation, and spoken about his book on NBC's "Daytime" show (WFLA-TV), syndicated radio shows, and a variety of parenting and literary podcasts. Lane is professor of ESL and linguistics at Los Angeles City College and recently served as an Andrew W. Mellon Fellow with the Humanities Division of UCLA. You can see more at www.laneigoudin.com or follow him on social media.

More Upcoming Events

Fall 2025

Upcoming events will be announced soon.

Programming is made possible by the LACC Foundation and the Margaret Garth Steinert Greene and Charles Richard Greene Endowment

The Story of Richard and Margaret Greene

From Robert Greene, Son of Richard Greene

My father was an English professor at LACC for many years and really enjoyed the diversity of students in his classes. He married Garth (Margaret) in the 80’s. She was also a teacher at Hamilton High School. They both enjoyed helping others. My father was big on making sure his kids were great spellers, and to this day I thank him!

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