<p>Join me, Carolyn Kellogg, and my colleague, journalist and novelist Hector Tobar, as we talk about the 2012 literary MacArthur Fellows.</p><p>We'll be doing a Google+ hangout video chat at 10 a.m. Pacific time. Of the 23 2012 MacArthur "Genius" Fellows, two are writers: Junot Diaz and Dinaw Mengestu. Join us as we talk about their work and the effects of the MacArthur grants, which provide a whopping $100,000 per year for five years.</p><p><strong>ALSO:</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-et-schwarzenegger-review-20121001,0,2426021.story">Arnold Schwarzenegger holds back in "Total Recall"</a></p><p><a href="http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-jc-avert-your-eyes-a-gallery-of-banned-books-photos-20120928,0,549516.photogallery">Avert Your Eyes! A gallery of banned and challenged books</a></p><p><a href="http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-jc-macarthur-genius-junot-diaz-dinaw-mengestu-20121001,0,2594121.story">MacArthur 'genius' Fellows include Junot Diaz and Dinaw Mengestu</a></p><br /></p></div></div><div class="float" style="clear:both;height:1px;line-height:1px;"><img src="/images/pixel.gif" height="1" width="1" alt="" /></div><div id="mod-ctr-lt-in-top" class="mod-latarticlesadcpc mod-adcpc"><script type="text/javascript"> var adSkipCounter = 0; </script><iframe id="mod-ctr-lt-in-top-frame" src='javascript:(function() {document.open();document.write("<style>body{margin:0px;}</style><script>google_ad_client=\"ca-pub-8415620659137418\";google_ad_slot=\"6929940680\";google_ad_width=\"649\";google_ad_height=\"160\";google_ad_channel=\"8847325881,1000001856,1000000001\";google_adtest=\"off\";google_safe=\"high\";google_hints=\"junot diaz awards\";google_max_num_ads=\"2\";google_override_format=true;google_page_url=\"http://articles.latimes.com/2012/oct/02/news/la-jc-hector-tobar-carolyn-kellogg-on-literary-macarthur-awards-20121002\";</script><script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js\"></script>");document.close();})();' frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="649" height="160">
