On the publication of The Library of America's two-volume collection of Raymond Chandler's writing, contemporary crime novelists Lawrence Block, Michael Connelly, Sue Grafton, Walter Mosley, and Robert B. Parker explore Chandler's work and his extraordinary influence.  Library of America publisher Max Rudin moderates the conversation. Produced in collaboration with WNYC.

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A Roundtable Tribute to Raymond Chandler

Author Walter Mosley explores the mysteries of life, labor and freedom in the 21st century - from the failures of global capitalism and the impossibility of socialism, to technology's toll on humanity's understanding of itself, its needs and its limitations - and explains why building a future that serves humankind starts with destroying the ideological frames that reduce people to servants of a system, not masters of their potential.

Walter is author of "Folding The Red Into The Black: Or, Developing A Viable Untopia For Human Survival In The 21st Century" from OR Books: http://www.orbooks.com/catalog/folding-red-black-walter-mosley/

Walter Mosley on the mysterious future beyond the frames of capitalism and socialism.

Walter Mosley
Moderated by Marsha Kinder
February 15, 2007 | ALOUD @ Los Angeles Public Library

In a society in which sex is both a major obsession and a major taboo, what is the function of erotic literature? Is there a new receptivity to thinking and writing about the sexual dimension? Join two award-winning American writers for a provocative discussion.

Between the Sheets: Sex, Literature, and the Future of Erotic Fiction

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