The Los Angeles Literary Program includes some 60 activities and 50 authors, headed by Ray Bradbury, who will participate in a homage via satellite in the opening session on Sunday, November 30, 5 p.m. Other highlights of the program include the themes: A Poetry Reading by B.H. Fairchild; Everything But the Story – Creative Non-fiction in L.A.; The Short Story: L.A. in a Shot Glass; The Heartbeat of the City: L.A. Poetry; They’re From Where?: L.A.-Bred Writers Who Live Everywhere But in L.A.; A Conversation with Jane Smiley; The Two-Way Mirror: How Mexican-Americans View Mexico and Viceversa; Down These Mean Streets: L.A. Crime Writing; Science Fiction: L.A. is Another Planet; Homage to the Screenwriter; Homage to Thomas Pynchon’s L.A. Trilogy and Chicanismo.