▁nation wide ▁initi ative ▁to ▁promote ▁reading ▁via ▁One ▁City , ▁One ▁Book ▁programs ▁is ▁entering ▁its ▁nin th ▁year , ▁with ▁over ▁a ▁thousand ▁cities ▁and ▁towns ▁already ▁reached ▁and ▁on going ▁dedicated ▁fund ing ▁in ▁place . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁Chair man ▁D ana ▁G io ia ▁added ▁to ▁K ip en ’ s ▁NE A ▁port folio ▁an ▁ 1 8 - month ▁collaboration ▁with ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Department ▁of ▁Cultural ▁Affairs ▁to ▁bring ▁a ▁deleg ation ▁of ▁fifty ▁Southern ▁California ▁writers ▁and ▁artists ▁to ▁Gu adal aj ara , ▁Mexico , ▁at ▁the ▁world ’ s ▁second ▁largest ▁book ▁fair , ▁which ▁he ▁then ▁moder ated ▁on ▁site ▁in ▁English ▁and ▁Spanish . ▁He ▁has ▁program med ▁film ▁ret ros pect ives ▁for ▁both ▁Cal ▁State ▁North ridge ▁and ▁the ▁American ▁Film ▁Festival ▁in ▁Moscow , ▁and ▁given ▁tal ks ▁at ▁film ▁festiv als ▁in ▁U tre cht , ▁the ▁Netherlands ; ▁Th ess al on iki , ▁Greece , ▁and ▁Ch el ten ham , ▁England . ▁ ▁Online , ▁K ip en ▁is ▁a ▁contrib uting ▁writer ▁for ▁O zy . com , ▁where ▁his ▁stories ▁have ▁been ▁featured ▁on ▁N PR ’ s ▁Week end ▁All ▁Things ▁Consider ed . ▁At ▁the ▁NE A , ▁he ▁also ▁pione ered ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first - ever ▁federal ▁blog s , ▁which ▁continues ▁today . ▁ ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Upon ▁his ▁return ▁from ▁Washington ▁to ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 ,