From: EUR/Electronic Urban Report

Los Angeles – Several hundred people gathering in Leimert Park Village in front of the iconic Vision Theater, Saturday, October 14, 2017.

The diverse crowd gathered on this beautiful day in Southern California to celebrate the first book launch from TSEHAI’s imprint, the Harriet Tubman Press: Voices from Leimert Park Redux: a Los Angeles Poetry Anthology.

This day also celebrated TSEHAI’s 20th Anniversary as well as it’s 10th Anniversary on the campus of Loyola Marymount University. The event also celebrated the advent of the Harriet Tubman Press.

Voices from Leimert Park Redux: A Los Angeles Poetry anthology is a symphony of diverse voices echoing the collective heartbeat of a community. In 2006, Voices from Leimert Park revealed one of the best kept secrets of the Los Angeles literary scene: African-American and other writers of color were producing nationally known and respected poetry, fiction, and non-fiction with the Leimert Park literary community.

Voices from Leimert from Leimert Park Redux embraces radical new voices, and melds them with the well-seasoned tonality of Griots at home, on the street corners, and in libraries. As you listen to the Voices from Leimert Park Redux, you will realize that you have just entered that safe familiar place where truth is still being created with every honest breath. Read Rest of Article Here