Tommy Davidson & Living Color: What’s Funny About Me at Barnes and Noble, The Grove at Farmers Market
Join us at Barnes and Noble, The Grove to hear actor and stand-up comic Tommy Davidson present and sign his book What’s Funny About Me, a revealing memoir about this 1990 start in the award-winning TV show In Living Color, a pioneering sketch comedy show. It featured a multi-racial cast of actors and dancers who spoke to an underrepresented new generation created by Hip Hop Nation.
NOTE: This is a wrist band event so check website for details.
Where: Barnes and Noble, The Grove at Farmers Market
Date: Monday the 3rd
Time: 7 pm
Address: 189 The Grove Drive, Suite K 30, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/528361937889844/ or http://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780062100856-0
Richie Jackson & Gay Like Me: A Father Writes to His Son at Book Soup
Author Richie Jackson will discuss and sign his book, Gay Like Me: A Father Writes to His Son, in conversation with Jordan Moblo of Jordy’s Book Club.
When Jackson’s 15-year-old son born through surrogacy came out to him, the successful producer reflected on his experiences and shared his wisdom on life for LGNTQ Americans over the past half century. This book is a celebration of gay identity and parenting, and a powerful warning for his son, other gay men, and the world.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Monday the 3rd
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Candacy Taylor & Overground Railroad at Vroman’s Bookstore
Author Candacy Taylor will present and sign her new book, Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America.
This is the first book to explore the historical role and residual impact of the Green Book, a travel guide for black motorists. Published from 1936 to 1966, it was a very difficult and dangerous time for African-Americans to travel as they couldn’t eat, sleep, or buy gas at most white-owned businesses. This book listed places that were safe, an innovative solution for a horrific problem.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Monday the 3rd
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Monday Night Fiction Workshop at Beyond Baroque
Join us for the Monday Night Fiction Workshop led by Jessica Dolby. This seminar will focus on generating creativity and on exploring various topics related tow writing fiction, including narrative technique, language, and plot.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Monday the 3rd
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: https://beyondbaroque.com/calendar
Poets & Allies February Reading, Book Giveaway & Open Mic at My Place Café
Join Poets & Allies for Resistance Readings & Open Mic, hosted by Peter Woods, and titled “A Reading in Black and Brown,” featuring:
Sarah Gail Armstrong is a multi-platform, pansexual, panoramic artist, poet and performer. Her work illuminates issues and experiences of race, gender, class, and sexuality.
Viva Padilla is founder and editor-in-chief of Dryland, and has worked at numerous presses. She is a first generation Chicana from South Central L.A., a poet, writer and daughter of Mexican immigrants.
Frank Escamilla is a poet, educator, spoken word artist, and teaching Artist and Director at Street Poets Inc. He is known as the “Bus Stop Prophet” for his propensity to bust rhymes in unexpected places and has led workshops for all ages and in many venues and locations.
Peter Woods is co-partner and publisher of Writ Large Press, which is now part of The Accomplices, an arts and media collaborative. He has created and produced numerous events and literary arts functions to expand engagement and community building and amplify marginalized voices.
Bring 1-2 poems about social justice issues or just come to listen!
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website for details.
Where: My Place Café
Date: Monday the 3rd
Time: 7:30 pm – 1 pm
Address: 2057 N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena, CA 91104
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/792556747483331
Benjamin Cohn & The Depth of Synchronicity at The Last Bookstore
Please join author Benjamin Cohn to hear him discuss The Depth of Synchronicity, a book about spiritual alchemy. It’s a primer on how to turn the lead of ordinary human desires into the gold of interconnection with others, nature, and the universe. The author tells his personal story of transformation and how meaningful coincidences have given his life guidance and direction.
NOTE: All bookstore events are ticketed so check website for details.
Where: The Last Bookstore
Date: Monday the 3rd
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 453 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: https://lastbookstore/#events
Queer Book Club with CB Lee at The Last Bookstore
Please join host and author CB Lee to read and discuss Keep This to Yourself by Tom Ryan. Young Mac feels compelled to investigate a friend’s murder at the hands of a serial killer, but the truth rocks his idyllic, seaside town..
NOTE: All bookstore events are ticketed so check website for details.
Where: The Last Bookstore
Date: Monday the 3rd
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 453 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: https://lastbookstore/#events
Green Poets Workshop with Greg Bell at Beyond Baroque
Bring a poem and 12 (+) copies and come, strike a spark. While we like to ‘learn the rules,’ we also like to break them. Workshop led by Greg Bell.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Tuesday the 4th
Time: 10:30 am
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, Ca 90291
Website: https://beyondbaroque.org/workshops.html
Steven Banks & That Bites! Launch at Once Upon a Time Bookstore- Kids Event
Middle school author Steven Banks will discuss and sign his book, That Bites!, a hilarious new series for kids with a funny bone.
The author is SpongeBob SquarePants head writer, and he will appear in conversation with the illustrator of the book, Mark Fearing, who is visiting form Oregon for the launch of the book.
NOTE: RSVP for this event if you want a copy signed and personalized at website link.
Where: Once Upon a Time Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 4th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 2207 Honolulu Ave., Montrose, CA 91020
Website: https://www.shoponceuponatime.com/event/biters-book-launchmiddle-school-bites-steven-banks
Tembi Locke & Attica Locke & From Scratch at Book Soup
Author Tembi Locke, in conversation with author Attica Locke, will present and sign the paperback of her memoir, From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home.
This is the story of three summers Tembi spent is Sicily with her daughter as she pieced together a life without her husband, professional chef Saro, where she was estranged from her in-laws until he faced the cancer that took his life. Its’s about finding love, finding a home, and chasing flavor as an act of remembrance.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Tuesday the 4th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Candacy Taylor & Overground Railroad at Chevalier’s Bookstore
Join us to hear the author Candacy Taylor discuss her book, Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America.
This is the first book to explore the historical role and residual impact of the Green Book, a travel guide for black motorists. Published from 1936 to 1966, it was a very difficult and dangerous time for African-Americans to travel as they couldn’t eat, sleep, or buy gas at most white-owned businesses. This book listed places that were safe, an innovative solution for a horrific problem.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 4th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/candacy-taylor
PEN Presents: Charles Yu & Interior Chinatown at LACE
PEN America will present author Charles Yu, who will present and sign his novel, Interior Chinatown, a brilliant, funny, personal story about race, pop culture, assimilation, and escaping the roles we are expected to play in America. He will be joined in conversation by author, producer, and comedian Raphael Bob-Waksberg.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website for details.
Where: LACE
Date: Tuesday the 4th
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 6522 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90028
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1017053318679865
Peter Asher & The Beatles From A to Zed at Vroman’s Bookstore
Author Peter Asher will present and sign his new book, The Beatles From A to Zed: An Alphabetical Mystery Tour.
The author met the Beatles in 1963, the start of a lifelong association. This book grows out of his popular radio program “From Me to You” on Sirius XM’s The Beatles Channel and no one is a more congenial and entertaining guide to their music.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 4th
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Tuesday Writers Group at Gatsby’s Bookstore, Long Beach
Gatsby’s Writers Group meets every Tuesday evening at 7pm, and is facilitated by writer and author Francisco Uribe. Everyone is welcome: novelists, short story writers, poets, essayists, screenwriters, and playwrights. Share your work in progress in an encouraging environment.
NOTE: This event requires a $5 Donation or Book Purchase to support this workshop.
Where: Gatsby’s Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 4th
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 5535 E. Spring St., Long Beach, CA 90808
Website: https://www.gatsbysbooks.com/events/writers-group
PEN Presents Charles Yu at L.A. Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE)
Join PEN America in welcoming Charles Yu to read and discuss his work.
This welcome party is part of PEN’s literary membership of providing new writers with the skills they need to launch a professional writing career.
NOTE: This is a free but ticketed event.
Where: LACE
Date: Tuesday the 4th
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 6522 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1017053318679865
Elaine Kahn & Romance or the End at Skylight Bookstore
Join author Elaine Kahn, in conversation with author Justin Torres (We the Animals), as they discuss and sign her book of poetry, Romance or the End.
This is a book about love, about truth, about story. The author unspools the fundamental instability of truth, love, and language to create an experiential portrait of narrative’s power to both disfigure and restore.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 4th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Redondo Poets Open Mic with Cindy Rinne & Bory Thatch at Coffee Cartel
Please join the Redondo Poets Open Mic to hear poets Cindy Rinne & Bory Thatch present Letters Under a Rock, and to participate in the weekly Open Mic. Redondo Poets is recommended by Mike “The Poet” Sonksen, and has been a mainstay of the Los Angeles Poetry scene for 20 years.
Where: Coffee Cartel
Date: Tuesday the 4th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: 1820 S. Catalina Ave., Redondo Beach, CA 90277
Website: https://www.facebook.com/RedondoPoets/ or https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10207130568300237&set=a.4981489352679&type=3&theater
Ezra Klein & Why We’re Polarized at Artani Theatre at JACCC
LiveTalks presents author and editor-at-large and founder of VOX Ezra Klein, in conversation with Shani Hilton, will present and sign his book, Why We’re Polarized.
The author reveals the structural and psychological forces behind America’s descent into division and dysfunction, due to its consuming engagement in identity politics Partisan identities have merged with racial, religious, geographic, ideological and cultural identities, to attain a weight that tears at the bonds that hold the country together. He traces the feedback loops between identities and institutions that are driving our system toward crisis.
NOTE: This is a free but ticketed event so check website for details.
Where: Aratani Theatre at JACCC
Date: Tuesday the 4th
Time: 8 pm – 9:15 pm
Address: 224 S. San Pedro St., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/295862891356127
Second Draft Writing Workshop at Art Share LA
Join us for the Second Draft Writing Workshop, which is FREE. Bring your writing, your acting, and your pacing to this new cold reading series every Tuesday at Art Share LA.
Mingle is at 7:30 pm
Casting is at 8 pm
Readings are at 8:30 pm
Where: Art Share LA
Date: Tuesday the 4th
Time: 8:30 pm – 10 pm
Address: 801 E. 4th Pl., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/432347013823672
Da Poetry Lounge Open Mic at Greenway Court Theatre
About: All you have to do is put your name on the sign-up list. The first half sign-ups occur before the doors open, and sign-ups for the second half do not guarantee entry, so stay in line! Keep in line that each half has its own sign-up list so check details at website or at event. Sorry, you can only perform at one half per night, and 12-15 people are typically called up for each half’s open mic, depending on whether there is a feature that night. There is a time limit of three minutes at the mic to do your poem, as we try to accommodate as many people as possible. So please, arrive early!
Where: The Greenway Court Theater
Date: Tuesday the 4th
Time: 9 pm – 12 pm
Address: 544 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036
Website: http://dapoetrylounge.com/visiting-dpl/slam/
Viva Poets! Workshop with Estella Ramirez at Beyond Baroque
This is a supportive poetry critique circle. We favor meaningful discussion over directives. Bring 10 copies of you prom to workshop. This event is led by rotating facilitators.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Wednesday the 5th
Time: 11 am
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, Ca 90291
Website: https://beyondbaroque.org/workshops.html
Carla Malden & Search Heartbreak! at Diesel Bookstore
Join us to hear the author Carla Malden discuss her book, Search Heartbreak!
In this post-privacy new world, any woman can find heartache if she searches hard enough. Maura Fiedler finds herself blindsided by what she discovers on her husband’s computer, and she upends her life—thrashing her marriage, alienating her daughter, and eroding her own moral center. How can she regain her equilibrium?
Where: Diesel Bookstore, lower outdoor courtyard
Date: Wednesday the 5th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: 225 26th St., Santa Monica, CA 90402
Susan Straight & In the Country of Women at Fullerton Public Library
Join us to hear acclaimed author Susan Straight discuss her latest book, In the Country of Women.
In this new memoir Southern California author Susan Straight discusses the diverse people in her extended family who left their original homes to escape dire circumstances and establish new lives, families and community in the Riverside area where she still lives.
Where: Fullerton Public Library
Date: Wednesday the 5th
Time: 7 pm – 8:30 pm
Address: 353 W. Commonwealth Ave., Fullerton, CA 92832
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/499138790726926
WeHo Reads: Sam Wasson & The Big Goodbye at West Hollywood City Council Chambers
Author Sam Wasson, in conversation with director and screenwriter James Gray, will present and sign his book The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood.
Chinatown is one of the best films of 1970s cinema, and its twist ending is haunting. Wasson, for the first time, peels off layers of myth to provide a true account of its creation, and the storied talents involved in its production.
Where: West Hollywood City Council Chambers
Date: Wednesday the 5th
Time: 7 pm – 8:30 pm
Address: 625 N. San Vicente Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: https://www.weho.org/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/21704/15
Laura McKowen & We Are the Luckiest at Book Soup
Author Laura McKowen will present and sign her memoir, We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life.
Without sugarcoating the struggles of sobriety, the author tells ersonal stories that emphasize the many blessings of an honest life, one without secrets and debilitating shame.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Wednesday the 5th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Attica Locke & Heaven, My Home at Vroman’s Bookstore
Author Attica Locke, in conversation with Alta Editor-at-Large Mary Melton, will present and sign her new book, Heaven, My Home, a sequel to Edgar-Award-winning Bluebird, Bluebird.
The disappearance of 9-year-old Levi King has links to Darren Matthews’ other cases, and he must contend with his mother’s blackmail in his personal life, as well as battling centuries-old suspicions, prejudices and threats that have ignited the current political climate. So he must race to find the boy, and to save himself.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Wednesday the 5th
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/836276150118757
Lyrical Flames: Readings & Open Mic at In Heroes We Trust Art Gallery
Host Lida Parent Harris returns with Lyrical Flames to present music by Jose Romero, Mike Yarsky, and Earl Jones. Performing a monologue, Joshua Rangel, plus new Open Mic guests past and present are welcomed!
NOTE: $5 cover charge.
Where: In Heroes We Trust Art Gallery
Date: Wednesday the 5th
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 127 E. 5th St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/171029564204993/
Otis Visiting Writers Series: Ottessa Moshfegh at Otis College of Art and Design
Author Ottessa Moshfegh will present and discuss her work. Her first book, the novella McGlue, won the Fence Modern Prize in Prose and the Believer Book Award. She is the author of the short story collection Homesick for Another World. Eileen, her first novel, was shortlisted for National Book Critics Circle Award and the Man Booker Prize. and won the PEN/ Hemingway Award for debut fiction. Her second novel, My Year of Rest and Relaxation, was a New York Times bestseller. Her third novel, Death in Her hands, is forthcoming in April 2020.
Where: Otis College of Art and Design, The Forum, Goldsmith Campus
Date: Wednesday the 5th
Time: 7:30 pm – 9 pm
Address: 9045 Lincoln Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/836276150118757
Garth Greenwell & Cleanness at Skylight Bookstore
Join author Garth Greenwell, in conversation with author Sam Lansky (The Gilded Razor: A Memoir), to hear him discuss and sign his novel, Cleanness, the follow up to his debut, What Belongs to You, and deepens his explorarion of foreignness obligation, and desire.
Sofia, Bulgaria, a landlocked city in southern Europe, stirs with hope and impending upheaval. In this atmosphere an American teacher navigates a life transformed by the discovery and loss of love. As he prepares to leave this place he’s come to call home, he grapples with the intimate encounters that have marked his years there.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Wednesday the 5th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/garth-greenwell-reads-his-new-novel-cleanness-sam-lansky
Langston Hughes Birthday Bash & Open Mic at Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center
Join the First Wednesday Blues and Jazz Poetic Café for the Langston Hughes Birthday Bash, which will include music and poetry in celebration of the work of Langston Hughes.
NOTE: See website for further details.
Where: Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center
Date: Wednesday the 5th
Time: 7:30 pm– 11:30 pm
Address: 4305 Degnan Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90008
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/2582216248723852
Anansi Writers Workshop & Open Mic at The World Stage
The Anansi Writers Workshop was founded in 1990 by Kamau Daáood, Akilah Oliver, Nafis Nabawi and Anthony Lyons. In 1993, Michael Datcher initiated the development of a three-part format for the workshop. Their tradition of a community workshop began in the late 1960s at the Watts Writers’ Workshop, where World Stage co-founder Kamau Daáood started his writing career. The Anansi Writers Workshop is coordinated by V. Kali and Conney Williams.
Where: World Stage Press
Date: Wednesday the 5th
Time: 7:30 pm– 10 pm
Address: 4321 Degnan Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90008
Website: http://www.theworldstage/
Ra Avis Poetry Reading at The Ugly Mug
Ra Avis will present her work at The Ugly Mug, presented by Two Idiots Peddling Poetry. She is an award-winning blogger, and the author of Snack Nasty: Prison Poetry (2016), Dinosaur-Hearted (2018), and Flowers and Stars (2018).
She is a once-upon-a-time inmate, a reluctantly-optimistic widow, and a generational storyteller. She reads her poetry live at events throughout Southern California, and writes regularly at Rarasaur.com.
NOTE: $3 cover charge, cash only.
Where: The Ugly Mug
Date: Wednesday the 5th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: 261 N. Glassell St., Orange, CA 92866
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1076255049382990
Andrea Freeman & Skimmed at First Commonwealth Church of L.A.
Join us to hear author Andrea Freeman present and sign her book Skimmed: Breastfeeding, Race and Injustice.
The author explores how the exploitation of the famous Fultz Quadruplets fed a public health crisis following their miracle birth to a tenant farming family in North Carolina in 1946. Their white doctor sold their rights to use them for marketing purposes to the highest-bidding formula company. Over half a century later, baby formula is a 70 billion dollar industry and Black mothers have the lowest breastfeeding rates in the country.
Where: First Congregational Church of L.A.
Date: Thursday the 6th
Time: 6 pm – 7:30 pm
Address: 540 S. Commonwealth Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90020
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/2762230553869486
Emily Willcox & The Commitment Phobe at Barnes and Noble, Burbank
Join us at Barnes and Noble, Burbank to hear author Emily Willcox present and sign her book The Commitment Phobe.
The author is a relationship expert, speaker, consultant and author on commitment phobia and love addiction, and the complex science behind childhood trauma and how it relates to our relationships.
Where: Barnes and Noble, Burbank
Date: Thursday the 6th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: 731 N. San Fernando Rd., Burbank, CA 91502
Website: https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780062119022
Adalyn Grace & All the Stars and Teeth & Tomi Adeyemi & Children of Virtue at Barnes and Noble, The Grove at Farmers Market
Join us at Barnes and Noble, The Grove to hear two authors present their books:
Adalyn Grace will present and sign her book All the Stars and Teeth.
Tomi Adeyemi will present and sign her books, Children of Virtue and Vengeance and Children of Blood and Bone.
NOTE: This is a wrist band event so check website for details.
Where: Barnes and Noble, The Grove at Farmers Market
Date: Thursday the 6th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 189 The Grove Drive, Suite K 30, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Website: http://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780062100856-0
Stephen Tapert & Best Actress: The History of Oscar-Winning Women at Chevalier’s Bookstore
Join us to hear the author Stephen Tapert discuss his book, Best Actress: The History of Oscar-Winning Women.
In this lavishly illustrated coffee table book, the author offers a vital examination of the first 75 women to win the Best Actress Oscar over the span of ninety years. Many of the photos have never been seen or published before. This book honors their legacies while scrutinizing the roadblocks they continue to overcome.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 6th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/srephen-tapert
Platica and Book Talk: Sergio Troncoso & Alex Espinoza at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes
LA Platica Book Talk: A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant’s Son presents Sergio Troncoso, author of The Last Tortilla and Other Stories and Crossing Borders: Personal Essays.
In this book talk, discover stories through the lens of an exile in the 21st century. Characters suffer from the loss of culture, language, roots, and home as they adapt to the glittering promises of new worlds, which ultimately seem so empty. Stay for the Q&A with guest speaker, author and educator, Alex Espinoza.
Where: LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes
Date: Thursday the 6th
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 501 N. Main St., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1470979213062433
- Carl, with Michael D, Cohen, & Becoming a Man: The Story at Book Soup
Author P. Carl will present and sign his book, Becoming a Man: The Story, in conversation with Michael D. Cohen.
This book is the striking meoir of P. Carl’s journey to becoming the man he always knew himself to be. For fifty years he lived life as a girl and queer woman, building a career, life, and loving marriage, while waiting to realize himself in full. As he embarks on a gender transition, he writes about how it reconfigures his own inner experience and his closest bonds.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Thursday the 6th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Chris Hauty & Deep State: A Thriller at Pages Bookstore
Author and screenwriter Chris Hauty will present his first novel, Deep State: A Thriller.
In this compelling debut thriller recently elected president Richard Monroe is the subject of wide-ranging conspiracy that emerges from the shadows of the government. No one seems to be who they say they are, and the unthinkable seems to be happening. Who will uncover the truth?
Where: Pages Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 6th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 904 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Website: https://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/author-and-screenwriter-chris-hauty-visits-february-6th
Catherine Linka & What I Want You to See at Vroman’s Bookstore – YA Event
Author Catherine Linka will celebrate the release and present and sign her book, What I Want You to See.
This book is a slow burn thriller set in the LA art world. Art student Sabine is so desperate to hold onto her scholarship that she becomes an unwitting pawn in a million dollar crime.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 6th
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1556270621186872
Word Circus: Celebrating Black History Month with Spoken Word at Riverside Public Library
New year, new format! Join the Inlandia Institute on the first Thursday of the month for the newly rebranded monthly Art Walk series, Word Circus. Poets Romaine Washington and Eric DeVaughnn (T.R.U.E.) lead a night of spoken word, self-guided writing activities, shorter reading sessions, and Open Mic.
Each week, participants will explore a different type of poetic form, or structure, to aid in paying attention to word choices, auditory rhythms, pacing on the page, and the strength of our images.
NOTE: See website for details, costs and schedule for this ticketed event.
Where: Inlandia Institute, Riverside
Date: Thursday the 6th
Time: 7 pm – 8:30 pm
Address: 3581 Mission Inn Ave., Riverside, CA 92501
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/2523403767939025/?active_tab=about
Poets Jazz House Open Mic at Irie Vibes Art Space
About: A Spoken Word and Music Lounge where spilling your heart is art and searching your soul is mandatory to get in the door. They are a beatnik Tea House where there’s snapping instead of clapping. The atmosphere is lax but it Sssizzles. They invite you to come touch, be touched, hear the answer and heed the call. They’re just a cozy little house where everyone feels at home.
Where: Irie Vibes Art Space
When: Thursday the 6th
Time: 7pm – 10pm
Address: 6563 N. Normandie Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90044
Website: Poets Jazz House
Carl Zimmer & She Has Her Mother’s Laugh at ALOUD Event at Central Library, LAPL
Join the ALOUD reading series to welcome two celebrated science writes in conversation: authors Carl Zimmer and Cal Tech physicist Sean Carroll, as they discuss their new books.
Carl Zimmer will present and discuss his book on genetics, She Has Her Mother’s Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity. Sean Carroll will present and discuss, Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime, where he demystifies the paradoxes of quantum mechanics.
These books and the authors’ conversation will present a new definition of what heredity is and how it is much bigger than the genes we inherit form our ancestors, and will make sense of how ewe live in the world—through space and time.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website for details.
Where: Mark Taper Auditorium, Central Library, LAPL
Date: Thursday the 6th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 630 S. Flower St., Los Angeles, CA 90071
https://www.lfla.org/event/carl-zimmer/ or https://eventbrite.com/e/carl-zimmer-tickets-86028366159
Chani Nicholas & You Were Born for This at Skylight Bookstore
Author Chani Nicholas, in discussion with Jen Richards, will discuss and sign her astrology book, You Were Born for This.
Your weekly horoscope is only one crumb of astrology’s cake, and this book will show how your birth chart—a snapshot of the sky at the moment of your birth— reveals your unique talents.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 6th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Allegories of Flight & Poets Natalie Diaz & Naomi Shihab Nye & Others at The Broad
Allegories of Flight is presented in conjunction with the Shirin Neshat exhibition, which explores the Iranian artist’s influences.
Renowned poets Natalie Diaz and Naomi Shihab Nye will present their work in Oculus Hall; Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors will perform a commissioned performance work; and there will be live music by Saint Abdullah and others.
Where: The Broad Museum
Date: Thursday the 6th
Time: 8 pm
Address: 221 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/2432185580443753
Mehnaz Sahibzada & My Gothic Romance & Marilyn Robinson & Noir Librarian at Beyond Baroque
Mehnaz Sahibzada reads from her first full-length poetry collection, My Gothic Romance. This book is a cinematic and literary exploration of the beauty within the dark, a study of primal fear and what attracts us to the morally ambiguous.
Marilyn Robertson will read from her new book, Noir Librarian, published by Arroyo Seco Press.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Thursday the 6th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
Poetry Lab Regular Session with Danielle Mitchell at Poetry Lab, Pomona
Danielle Mitchell offers a Regular Session of Poetry Lab and invites you to a night of creative recovery with a monthly session led by the creative director pf Poetry Lab.
Danielle has been leading workshops for 7 years across Southern California. Her chapbook, Makes the Daughter-in-Law Cry won the Clockwise Prize in 2015
NOTE: For tonight’s session please come prepared to write. A detailed agenda is available at website. There is a $20 fee, and bundle discounts are available.
Where: Poetry Lab, Pomona
Date: Thursday the 6th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: 266 W. 2nd St., Pomona, CA 91766
Website: http:/www.facebook.com/events/704780483262685 l
53rd California International Antiquarian Book Fair at Pasadena Convention Center
At this event features more than 150 booksellers from the ABAA, and visitors may see, learn all about, and purchase the finest in rare books, manuscripts, autographs, maps, fine prints, and much more.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website for details.
Where: Pasadena Convention Center
Date: Friday the 7th at 3pm – Sunday the 9th at 5pm
Time: 3 pm – 8 pm on Friday; 11 am to 7 pm on Saturday; 11 am to 5 pm on Sunday
Address: 300 E. Green St., Pasadena, CA 91101
https://www.facebook.com/events/422841708644447
Alexis Coe & You Never Forget Your First at Book Soup
Author Alexis Coe will discuss and sign her book, You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington.
With irresistible style and warm humor, the author combines rigorous research with lively storytelling that will have readers inhaling every page. Young Washington was raised by a single mother, demanded military promotions, caused an international incident, and never backed down. But after he married Martha everything changed. He hated to leave home and lost more battles than he won. After he was cast as the nation’s hero, he was desperate to retire, but was pressured to serve two terms in the presidency. Once home he confronted his greatest hypocrisy—what to do with his slaves before he died.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Friday the 7th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Luis J. Rodriguez & From Our Land to Our Land at Vroman’s Bookstore
Author and L.A. Poet Laureate Emeritus Luis J. Rodriguez, in conversation with author Daniel Olivas, will present and sign his new book, From Our Land to Our Land: Essays, Journeys, and Imaginings from a Native Xicanx Writer.
In his new book Luis J. Rodriguez writes about race, culture, identity, and belonging, and what these all mean and should mean (but often fail to) in the volatile climate of our nation. His passion and wisdom inspire us with the message that we must come together if we are to move forward. The pieces in this book will spark that conversation and inspiration.
Luis J. Rodriguez is a writer/author in many genres, a community and peace activist, and is also founding editor of Tia Chucha Press, and co-founder/president of Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural & Bookstore. He has traveled the world to speak, present poetry readings, indigenous ceremonies, or reportage over the past 40 years.
Daniel A. Olivas is the author of nine books, and editor of two anthologies, and his work has been widely published and anthologized. He shares blogging duties at La Bloga which is dedicated to Chicanx and Latinx literature.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Friday the 7th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Gigi Berardi & Food Wise at Pages Bookstore
Author and food blogger Gigi Berardi will present her book, FoodWise: A Whole Systems Guide to Sustainable and Delicious Food choices.
In this book the author offers practical advice for how to eat healthy, make the right food choices, and prepare meaningful dining experiences, while debunking questionable science and fad diets, and promoting socially conscious cuisine.
Where: Pages Bookstore
Date: Friday the 7th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 904 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Website: https://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/food-blogger and-author-gigi-berardi-visits-february-7th
Parick Johnsn & Honeypot at Skylight Bookstore
Author E. Patrick Johnson, in discussion with Omi Osun Joni L. Jones, will discuss and sign his new book, Honeypot: Black Southern Women Who Love Women.
This book opens with the fictional trickster character Miss B. barges into the home of Dr. EPJ, informing him that he has been chosen to collect snd share the stories of her people. With little explanation she whisks him to the women only world of Hymen, where he bears witness to the stories of queer Black women throughout the American South. As he hears these stories he must grapple with his privilege as a man and an academic, and gains many insights into patriarchy, class, sex, gender, the challenges faced by women, and a better understanding of identity.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Friday the 7th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Poetry From Chicago to LA at Beyond Baroque
DePaul Professor and poet Richard Jones (Stranger on Earth) and L.A. Poets Michelle Biting, Jack Grapes, and Alexis Rhone Fancher will present a night of cross-country poetic exploration.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Friday the 7th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
HOUSE Open Mic Pop-Up Event at The Relational Center
The HOUSE Open Mic is dedicated to amplifying marginalized voices, and invites writers nad musicians—especially LGBTQIA+ folks—to share their work in an intimate gathering every first Friday of the month.
Where: The Relational Center
Date: Friday the 7th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: 2717 S. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90034
Website: https://www,facebook.com/events/2467484473463356/?event_time_id=2467484483463355
Eleanor Rigby Stories: A Reading for Lonely People at Stories Books & Café
Join us for Eleanor Rigby: a reading for lonely people, featuring:
Jessica Abughattas is a poet living in Los Angeles whose poems have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, the Best of the Net, and Best New poets. She earned her MFA from Antioch University, where she was editor of Lunch Ticket Issue 13. She is an editor for Write Bloody and reads for Palette Poetry.
Jeremy Radin is a poet and actor living in Los Angeles and his first book, Slow Dance with Sasquatch, is available from Write Bloody Publishing.
Chelsea Bayouth is a poet and artist form the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles. She has worked in puppetry, has written poetry since age eight, and tries to capture the unique experience of womanhood while working on her first novel.
Lyndsay Hall is a poet and writer, and has 14 books on Goodreads
and music by Dvila The Witch
NOTE: $10 suggested donation
Where: Stories Books & Café
Date: Friday the 7th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: 1716 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90069
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/ or https://storiesla.com/?q=h.calevents
First Fridays Readings & Open Mic at Rapp Saloon
This free event is a monthly poetry reading series and open mic event directed and led by Cynthia Alessandra Briano, and usually offers 2-4 featured poets and readers and a musical guest.
This month’s featured artists include:
TBA
Where: Rapp Saloon
Date: Friday the 7th
Time: 8:30 pm – 11 pm
Address: 1436 2nd St.., Santa Monica, CA 90402
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/rappsaloon
Women Who Submit Literary Workshop at Exposition Park Regional Library, LAPL
Our first WWS Workshop in 2020 will begin with a panel SHOULD I GO?, a discussion on applying to and attending creative writing programs, led by Dana Johnson and Sara Borjas and moderated by Tisha Marie Reichle-Aguilera. Following the panel discussion, the group will break into two sections for new orientations and goals setting sessions.
WWS is a supportive community for women and nn-binary writers submitting work for publication. There is no fee to join.
NOTE: See website for full agenda and schedule.
Where: Exposition Park Regional Library, LAPL
Date: Saturday the 8th
Time: 10 am – 2 pm
Address: 3900 S. Western Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90062
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/3355650861172181
Sharon Langley & A Ride to Remember at Vroman’s Bookstore – Kids Event
Author Sharon Langley will present and sign her children’s book, A Ride to Remember. This is a story inspired by the author’s childhood when many amusement parks were segregated, and African American families were not allowed entry. In the summer of 1963, due to protests, the Gwynn Oak Amusement Park in Maryland became desegregated and open to all for the first time. The author was the first African American child to ride on the Carousel, which occurred on the same day as the MLK march on Washington. The book includes many pictures and extras!
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 8th
Time: 10:30 am
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: .https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/sharon-langley-presents-and-signs-ride-remember
Women’s Write Inn Creative Writing Festival at Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library, Long Beach
Join the Women’s Write Inn: Creating Space and Courage for Writing at this free and inclusive event for writers of different levels of writing experience, all backgrounds, and ages –teens to adults. We will inspire and offer strategies to stretch, make space for, and share our voices.
Two free workshops will be conducted simultaneously: Contemplative Workshop, facilitated by Alicia Vogl Saenz, and Holding the Moment Workshop, facilitated by liz gonzalez.(Uptown Word director) (11am-12:30pm).
The panel discussion on Creating Space and Courage for Your Writing will be moderated by liz gonazalez (Dancing in the Santa Ana Winds), and features: Lucy Rodriguez-Hanley (The Big Deal), Sehba Sarwar (Black Wings), & Alicia Vogl Saenz (The Day I wore the Red Coat) (1pm – 2pm).
Author Readings & Open Mic, will feature workshop leaders above, and open mic participants will read one piece that is under 3 minutes (2pm – 3 pm).
Women’s Write Inn is a collective of Womxn poets and writers who meet and support our writing endeavors, and represent several underrepresented groups in literature: women of color, queer, immigrant, transnational, and chronically ill.
Where: Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library, LBPL
Date: Saturday the 8th
Time: 11 am – 3 pm
Address: 5870 Atlantic Ave., Long Beach, CA 90805
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/443137753252941
Saturday Morning Prose & Poetry at Beyond Baroque
Join us for Saturday Morning Prose & Poetry, with Annette Robinson, to participate in a writing workshop for publication. Bring 5 copies of a poem to share.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Saturday the 8th
Time: 11 am
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/calendar
53rd California International Antiquarian Book Fair at Pasadena Convention Center (Day 2 of 3)
This three-day event features more than 150 booksellers from the ABAA, and visitors may see, learn all about, and purchase the finest in rare books, manuscripts, autographs, maps, fine prints, and much more.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website for details.
Where: Pasadena Convention Center
Date: Friday the 7th at 3pm – Sunday the 9th at 5pm
Time: 11 am to 7 pm on Saturday
Address: 300 E. Green St., Pasadena, CA 91101
https://www.facebook.com/events/422841708644447
Layla F. Saad & Me and White Supremacy at Book Soup
Author Autumn Layla F. Saad will present and sign her new book, Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor.
When the author began an Instagram challenge, she never expected it to spread so widely, and this expanded edition of the Me and White Supremacy Workbook shares moving stories and anecdotes, including expanded definitions, examples and further resources. Awareness leads to action, and action leads to change.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Saturday the 8th
Time: 3 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Catherine Linka & What I Want You to See at Children’s Book World – YA Event
Author Catherine Linka will attend a Westside Book Party to celebrate the release and sign her book, What I Want You to See. Kayla Cagan, author of Art Boss, will also be there.
This book is a slow burn thriller set in the LA art world. Art student Sabine is so desperate to hold onto her scholarship that she becomes an unwitting pawn in a million dollar crime.
Where: Children’s Book World
Date: Thursday the 6th
Time: 3 pm – 6 pm
Address: 10580 ½ W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/535355607322369
Saturday Afternoon Poetry at Santa Catalina Branch Library, Pasadena
Please join us for Saturday Afternoon Poetry for a Deep Critique Workshop led by G.T. Foster.
Events curated by Don Kingfisher Campbell.
Where: Santa Catalina Branch Library, Pasadena (Back Room)
Date: Saturday the 8th
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm
Address: 999 E. Washington Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91104
Website: http://saturdayafternoonpoetry.blogspot.com/
Dan Arel & Parenting Without God at Page Against the Machine Bookstore
Join us to hear author Dan Arel present and discuss his book, Parenting Without God—How to Raise Moral, Ethical, and Intelligent Children, Free From Religious Dogma. Written with humility and compassion, this book serves as a practical guide for activist parents who wish for their children to question everything and reach their own conclusions on religious issues.
The author is a journalist, activist, and author, as well as an internet privacy activist and consultant. He hosts the Danthropology Podcast, a weekly show that discusses current events in politics, religion, and social justice from a leftist, anarcho-perspective.
Where: Page Against the Machine
Date: Saturday the 8th
Time: 4 pm – 6 pm
Address: 2714 E. 4th St., Long Beach, CA 90814
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/2538694969746750
WRITEGIRL Group Reading Event at Skylight Bookstore
WriteGirl is an innovative nonprofit that empowers teen girls through creative writing. Join us to hear them present readings from their new collection: This Moment; Bold Voices From WriteGirl.
In this anthology 180 teens share stories, poems, memoirs, scripts and songs about their hopes and fears, loves and losses, as they navigate a challenging present and uncertain future with determination and grace.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 8th
Time: 5 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/writegirl-group-reading
4th Annual Anti-Valentine’s Day Open Mic & Brendan Constantine at Long Beach Location
The 4th Annual Anti-Valentine’s Day Open Mic is back. Singles get in free. Come with a bitter, angry, petty, sappy, tacky anti-love poem about that awful person who broke your heart, or that awesome relationship you screwed up. Each poet gets 4 minutes max. There will also be a one round Story Slam about your WORST DATE EVER.
Featured artist: Poet, author and educator Brendan Constantine, author of Dementia, My Darling.
THERE WILL BE ICE CREAM!
Where: Private residence
Date: Saturday the 8th
Time: 7 pm – 10 pm
Address: 5715 E. Walton St., Long Beach, CA 90815
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/487919998766972 l
A Tribute to Kate Braverman at Beyond Baroque
Join us for a Tribute to Kate Braverman, one of Los Angeles’s greatest writers. Poet and novelist Kate Braverman, who died in October 2019, was a key member of the Beyond Baroque community in the 1970s, and her searing work had a profound influence on the city’s literary imagination. Her writing workshops shaped many of the regions greatest younger writers.
Organized by Laurel Ann Bogen, Janet Fitch, and Joshua John Miller, there will be readings by an array of poets, writers, and artists.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Saturday the 8th
Time: 8 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
Celebrate Chinese New Year at Chevalier’s Bookstore – Kids Event
Author Michelle Wong McSween presents her children’s book, Gordon & Lili Celebrate Chinese New Year.
Learn English and Mandarin words with Gordon & Lili as they celebrate the traditions and festivities of Chinese New Year in their latest bilingual book.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 9th
Time: 10 am
Address: 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90004
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/michele-wong-mcsween-020920
53rd California International Antiquarian Book Fair at Pasadena Convention Center (Day 3 of 3)
This three-day event features more than 150 booksellers from the ABAA, and visitors may see, learn all about, and purchase the finest in rare books, manuscripts, autographs, maps, fine prints, and much more.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website for details.
Where: Pasadena Convention Center
Date: Sunday the 9th
Time: 11 am to 5 pm on Sunday
Address: 300 E. Green St., Pasadena, CA 91101
https://www.facebook.com/events/422841708644447
Soap Box Poets Open Mic at Beyond Baroque
The Soap Box Poets Open Mic is led on the second Sunday of each month by Jessica Wilson Cardenas. Briang your words. The mic is yours. Sign-ups begin at 1:45pm and there is a five minute limit.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Sunday the 9th
Time: 2 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd, Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org.calendar
John August & Arlo Finch: In the Kingdom of Shadows at Chevalier’s Bookstore –YA Event
Author John August presents his much anticipated third installment in the Arlo Finch series, Arlo Finch: In the Kingdom of Shadows.
After a harrowing summer camp, Arlo Finch is back in Pine Mountain, Colorado, preparing to face a new school, new threats, and two new Rangers in Blue Patrol. He is about to undertake his most dangerous journey yet: all the way to China to try to bring his father home.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 9th
Time: 2 pm
Address: 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90004
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/john-august-020920
IWOSC Reads Its Own at Vroman’s Bookstore
IWOSC Reads Its Own is a spellbinding afternoon of eclectic, eccentric, and esemplary works read aloud by distinguished scribes. Fifteen of IWOSC;s member writers will read short excerpts from their work, which may be published, unpublished, or works-in-progress.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 9th
Time: 2 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/iwosc-reads-its-own-7
Diane Ravitch & Slaying Goliath at ALOUD Event at Central Library, LAPL
Join the ALOUD reading series to welcome author Diane Ravitch, in conversation with UTLA president Alex Caputo-Pearl, as they discuss her book, Slaying Goliath: The Passionate Resistance to Privatization and the Fight to Save America’s Schools.
Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch offers an impassioned defense of public education and fights back against “disruptors” who wish to privatize schools. She also celebrates grassroots efforts of those who have rallied to keep their public schools alive.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website for details.
Where: Mark Taper Auditorium, Central Library, LAPL
Date: Sunday the 9th
Time: 3:30 pm
Address: 630 S. Flower St., Los Angeles, CA 90071
https://www.lfla.org/event/diane-ravitch/
Well Read Black Girl Book Club Reads Zora Neale Hurston at Book Soup
Celebrate Black History Month by reading author Zora Neale Hurston and her classic book, Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Sunday the 9th
Time: 4 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: https://www.booksoup.com/event/well-read-black-girl-book-club-reads-zora-neale-hurston
ROAR Shack Reading Event at 826LA Echo Park Time Travel Mart
Roar Shack Reading Series returns to present “We Were Here” hosted by David Rocklin.
The featured readers for this event include: last month’s Live Write winner Tara Taylor Donlan, plus:
Josh Corwin is an emerging poet, and his poem “SALT” is in Spectrum Vol. 20. He is working on his first full-length book, Becoming Vulnerable.
Ashlee Morales N/A
Briana Munoz is a poet and writer, and the author of the collection, Loose Lips.
Peggy Dobreer is a poet and performance artist, and has two collections from Moon Tide Press: Drop and Dazzle and In the Lake of Your Bones, plus two earlier self-published titles.
Brendan Constantine is a poet and teacher in schools, colleges and hospitals and other venues. His most recent publications are the collections: Bouncy Bounce and Dementia My Darling.
Where: 826LA Time Travel Mart
Date: Sunday the 9th
Time: 4 pm – 5:30 pm
Address: 1714 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/190619052060973
Lidia Yuknavitch & Verge with Roxane Gay at Skylight Bookstore
Author Lidia Yuknavitch, in conversation with author Roxane Gay, will present her new short story collection, Verge.
This book is a fiercely empathetic group portrait of the marginalized and outcast in moments of crisis, from one of the most galvanizing voices in American fiction. Vege is the author’s first collection of short fiction, and is a book of heroic grace, a viscerally powerful and moving survey of our modern life.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 9th
Time: 5 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
New Short Fiction Series: Pool Fishing and Other Stories at The Federal NoHo
Join Sally Shore and her guest cast for L.A.’s longest running spoken word series, presenting new fiction form fresh new voices.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website for details.
Where: The Federal NoHo
Date: Sunday the 9th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 5303 Lankershim Blvd, North Hollywood, CA 91601
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/2396299253808631
Public Works Improv: Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing at Beyond Baroque
Public Works Improv presents an evening of lively variety arts programming, and explores a theme every month. This event’s theme is Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, hosted by Eric Vollmer.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Sunday the 9th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd, Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org.calendar
We’re All Gonna Die Dystopian Book Club at The Last Bookstore
The Dystopian Book Club, hosted by Peter Clines, will read and discuss Delerium, the first in author Lauren Oliver’s trilogy. Reaching the age of 18 means Lena must have a medical procedure that eliminates the ability to fall in love. When Lena does that very thing, she discovers the truth about her world.
NOTE: All bookstore events are ticketed so check website for details.
Where: The Last Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 9th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 453 E. Spring St., Los Angeles CA 90013
Website: http://lastbookstorela.com/#events
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