Father Gregory Boyle at Cal State University Los Angeles
Activist priest Father Greg Boyle will discuss his latest book, Barking at the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship. A book signing will follow the discussion. The Mind Matters Champion Award recipients will be announced during the event.
Where: CSULA, Golden Eagle Ballrooms
Date: Monday the 24th
Time: 3 pm – 4:30 pm
Address: 5151 State University Dr., Los Angeles, CA 91711
Website: http://www.calstatela.edu/event/mind-matters-speaker-series-rev-gregory-j-boyle
MORIA First Press Reading Series & Richard Garcia & Open Mic at Woodbury University
Award winning poet and writer Richard Garcia will feature at MORIA’s First Press Reading Series, and there will be an Open Mic during which all are invited to share a short piece of writing. Garcia is the author of the books The Other Odyssey, The Chair, and Porridge, and his poems appear in many journals.
NOTE: Light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP at website.
Where: Woodbury University, Ahmanson Main Space
Date: Monday the 24th
Time: 4 pm – 6 pm
Address: 7500 N. Glenoaks Blvd., Burbank, CA 91504
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/150141412670918 or https://moriaonline.com/first-press-reading-series
Authors Idra Novey & Cathleen Schine at Studio City Branch Library, LAPL
Acclaimed authors Idra Novey & Catherine Schine will discuss how camaraderie between women became a focus in their recent novels, and what role humor plays in sustaining a resilient sense of self.
Idra Novey is the author most recently of Those Who Knew. Her novel Ways to Disappear was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction. Her wok has been translated into twelve languages, and she has translated the work of several prominent Brazilian writers. She teaches fiction at Princeton University.
Catherine Schine is the author most recently of The Grammarians. Two of her novels have been made into films, and she has written articles for numerous publications. Her essays have been included in several anthologies. She now lives in Venice, CA.
Where: Studio City Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Monday the 24th
Time: 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Address: 12511 Moorpark St., Studio City, CA 91604
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/authors-idra-novey-and-cathleen-schine-conversation
Barbara Rose Booker & Love Sometimes at Book Soup
Author Barbara Rose Booker will discuss and sign her book, Love Sometimes: A Novel About Risk, Hollywood, and Controversial Love..
After publishing many books, and many failed TV opportunities, Bette Roseman finally signs a network contract for a TV series based on her novel, The Viagra Diaries, and dreams of a hit show. But when WC Network changes her protagonist’s age from sixty to twenty-something, Bette angrily confronts Network CEO Joshua Bitterman
Where: Book Soup
Date: Monday the 25th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
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 24th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: https://beyondbaroque.com/calendar
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 25th
Time: 10:30 am
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, Ca 90291
Website: https://beyondbaroque.org/workshops.html
Renee Reizman & From Eruvs to Oranges at Goldwyn Hollywood Regional Library, LAPL
As part of the Book to Action events framework, in which we explore the spaces where the city and natural world collide, author Renee Reizman uses the eruv as a launching point, as well as her own family history, to talk about cultural overlaps in her community and beyond. The “eruv” is a secret wire that expands a home’s footprint so Jewish families can perform laborious tasks on the Sabbath.
The author is an interdisciplinary curator, artist and writer, at the crossroads of social practice and creative placemaking. Inspired by Harryette Mullin’s book, Urban Tumbleweeds, she adopts the poetic form of the traditional Japanese Tanka in contemplating the human being’s place in the natural world.
Where: Goldwyn Hollywood Regional Library, LAPL
Date: Tuesday the 25th
Time: 6 pm
Address: 1623 Ivar Ave., Los Angeles, Ca 90028
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/2575408122742115
Diane Leslie’s Book Club & Laila Lalami’s The Other Americans at Diesel Bookstore
Author Layla Lalami will present and sign her book, The Other Americans, and participant in the discussion of her book at Diane Leslie’s Book Club.
Late one spring night, Driss Guerraoui, a Moroccan immigrant in California, is walking across a darkened intersection when he is killed by a speeding car. The repercussions of his death bring together a diverse cast of characters: Guerraoui’s daughter Nora, a jazz composer who returns to the small town in the Mojave she thought she’d left for good; his widow Maryam, who still pines after her life in the old country; Efrain, an undocumented witness whose fear of deportation prevents him from coming forward; Jeremy, a former classmate of Nora’s and a veteran of the Iraq war; Coleman, a detective who is slowly discovering her son’s secrets; Anderson, a neighbor trying to reconnect with his family; and the murdered man himself.
As the characters tell their stories, the invisible connections that tie them together — even while they remain deeply divided by race, religion, or class — are slowly revealed. When the mystery of what happened to Driss Guerraoui unfolds, a family’s secrets are exposed, a town’s hypocrisies are faced, and love, in its messy and unpredictable forms, is born.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website for details.
Where: Diesel Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 25th
Time: 5 pm – 7 pm
Address: 225 26th St., Santa Monica, CA 90402
Justina Ireland & Amy Spaulding at Once Upon a Time Bookstore – YA Event
Join us to hear authors Justina Ireland & Amy Spaulding read, discuss, and sign their newest YA books. They’re about zombies, senior year, and other challenges to friendships.
Justina Ireland will present and discuss Deathless Divide, the sequel to Dread Nation, an unforgettable journey of revenge and salvation across a divided America.
Amy Spaulding will present and discuss We Used to be Friends, about two best friends who grow up –and grow apart.
Where: Once Upon a Time Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 25th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 2207 Honolulu Ave., Montrose, CA 91020
Website: https://www.shoponceuponatime.com/event/justina-ireland-conversation-amy-spaulding
Michele Asselin & Clubhouse Turn at Chevalier’s Bookstore
Author Michele Asseline will present, discuss, and sign her new book, Clubhouse Turn: The Twilight of Hollywood Park Race Track.
Photographer Michele Asselin spent every day at Hollywood Park in the last two weeks before it closed, photographing the buildings, the employees, and the patrons of the track. This book is the product of her efforts, and the story of two cultures colliding in the middle of a rapidly evolving city.
Asselin’s celebrated photographs depict a world that has been completely erased but not forgotten. Each intimate portrait shows a unique and personal side of the track, from the jockeys to the gamblers to the security guards at the gate. Her landscape photography feels no less human; a discarded receipt or a string of Christmas lights conjures the ghosts of Hollywood Park, absorbing the reader in the dual pulls of presence and absence, loss and gain, nostalgia for what’s gone and the thrill of what’s to come.
In addition to the lush photographs, Clubhouse Turn features essays by MacArthur fellow Josh Kun and Grammy-winning writer Lynell George exploring what it means to love a city that’s always in motion. A building can have a historic landmark, but what about a culture, a community—a way of life?
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 25th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/michele-asselin
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 25th
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 5535 E. Spring St., Long Beach, CA 90808
Website: https://www.gatsbysbooks.com/events/writers-group
Madeline Levine & Ready or Not at Mira Costa High School
Psychologist and author Madeline Levine will present her book, Ready or Not: Preparing Our Kids to Thrive in an Uncertain and Rapidly Changing World, and explore how today’s parenting techniques and our myopic education system are failing to ensure our children’s adaptability, resilience, health and happiness.
In her earlier book, The Price of Privilege, the author correctly identified the deficits created by parents giving kids of privilege too much of the wrong things. Here she continues the discussion, warning of the danger of protecting and sheltering children from discomfort and anxiety, which leads to setting up future generations to fail spectacularly.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website for details..
Where: Mira Costa High School Auditorium
Date: Tuesday the 25th
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 1401 Artesia Blvd., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Some Favorite Writers: Jamaica Kincaid at the Hammer Museum
Some Favorite Writers Speakers Series presents author Jamaica Kincaid to read and discuss her work with curator and host author Mona Simpson. Her essays, stories and novels are evocative portrayals of family relationships and her native Antigua. Her most recent book is the novel See Now Then.
Where: Hammer Museum
Date: Tuesday the 25th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024
Website: https://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2020/spme-favorite-writers
Gothic Book Club & Phantom of the Opera at The Last Bookstore
Join host John Palisano at Gothic Book Club to read and discuss author Bram Stoker’s book, The Phantom of the Opera.
NOTE: All bookstore events are ticketed so check website for details.
Where: The Last Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 25th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 453 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: http://lastbookstorela.com/#events/gothic-book-club-with-john-palisano
Karen Sherman & Brick by Brick at The Last Bookstore
Join author Karen Sherman, President of Akilah Institute, Rwanda’s first women’s college and debut author, who will discuss her new book, Brick by Brick: Building Hope & Opportunity for Women Survivors Everywhere.
This book is about what the author calls her “year of living dangerously” in Rwanda while single-parenting her three sons and overseeing construction of a first-of-its-kind women’s opportunity center. This is a fiercely engaging and inspiring memoir.
NOTE: All bookstore events are ticketed so check website for details.
Where: The Last Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 25th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 453 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: http://lastbookstorela.com/#events/
Brandon Taylor & Real Life at Skylight Bookstore
Join author Brandon Taylor, in conversation with Mel’s Miles Klee, as they discuss and sign his new book, Real Life.
Taking place over a single summer weekend, this book chronicles the life of Wallace, young black graduate student at a Midwest university. While navigating racial, class, and sexual tensions in his lab and in his life, he confronts the horrific traumas of his past.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 25th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/brandon-taylor-reads-his-debut-novel-real-life-mels-miles-klee
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 25th
Time: 8:30 pm – 10 pm
Address: 801 E. 4th Pl., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/533276634157246
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 25th
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 26th
Time: 11 am
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, Ca 90291
Website: https://beyondbaroque.org/workshops.html
Alison Rose Jefferson & Living the California Dream at Montana Branch Library, SMPL
Join us to celebrate African American local history with author Alison Rose Jefferson as she presents her book, Living the California Dream: African American Leisure Sites.
The author is a historian and heritage consultant, whose research explores the intersection of American history and the African American experience in Southern California, particularly during the Jim Crow era, historical memory, public history, spatial justice, and cultural tourism, with an aim to engage broad audiences through applied history projects in the struggle for social justice. This book rethinks the significance of the struggle for leisure and public space for all within the long freedomz6 rights struggle.
Where: Montana Branch Library, SMPL
Date: Wednesday the 26th
Time: 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Address: 1704 Montana Ave., Santa Monica, Ca 90402
or https://www.facebook.com/events/2541787962805810
April Davila Launch & 142 Ostriches at Diesel Bookstore
Author April Davila, in conversation with author Mark Sarvas (Memento Park and Harry, Revised), will present and sign her book 142 Ostriches at his publication party and all are welcome to attend.
This book follows 22-year-old Tallulah Jones, who wants nothing more than to escape her life working on the family’s ostrich ranch in the Mojave Desert. But when her grandmother dies under questionable circumstances, she finds herself the sole heir to the business just days before the birds mysteriously stop laying eggs.
Where: Diesel Bookstore, lower outdoor courtyard
Date: Wednesday the 26th
Time: 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Address: 225 26th St., Santa Monica, CA 90402
Elizabeth Little & Pretty As a Picture at Chevalier’s Bookstore
Author Elizabeth Little, in conversation with author Sarah Weinman (The Real Lolita), will present, discuss, and sign her new novel, Pretty As a Picture.
This is the story of an egomaniacal movie director, an isolated island, and a decades-old murder. Marissa Dahl, a shy but successful film editor, travels to a small island off the coast of Delaware to work with the legendary, demanding director Tony Rees on a feature film with a familiar logline. Then some girl dies, and no one seems to know what happened to the editor she was hired to replace. Marissa is soon drawn into the investigation herself.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore
Date: Wednesday the 26th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/elizabeth-little
Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn & Tightrope at ALOUD Reading Series at Aratani Theatre
Authors and journalists Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn are the first husband and wife to share a Pulitzer Prize for Journalism, for their book, Half the Sky. In conversation with USC’s Willow Bay, they will discuss new ways to end the crisis in working class America when they will present and sign their new book, Tightrope.
This book tells the story of how a once-prospering blue-collar town, Kristof’s hometown of Yamhill, Oregon, was devastated by the loss of well-paying union jobs, and then shows that similar trends have spread to destroy communities across the country. It’s vivid portrayals of real Americans and investigates how decades of policy mistakes on issues like healthcare and criminal justice effect far more than unemployment.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website for details.
Where: Aratani Theatre at Japanese American Cultural & Community Center
Date: Wednesday the 26th
Time: 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Address: 244 S. San Pedro St., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Website: https://lfla.org/event/nicholas-kristof-and-sheryl-wudunn/
Idra Novey & Those Who Knew at Otis College of Art and Design
Author Idra Novey will present and discuss her work, including her recent prize-winning novel Those Who Knew, at the Otis Visiting Writers Series. Her first novel, Ways to Disappear, received several prizes and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction. Her fiction and poetry have been translated into ten languages and she has written for numerous periodicals and newspapers. She currently teaches fiction at Princeton University.
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Where: The Forum, Otis College of Art and Design
Date: Wednesday the 26th
Time: 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Address: 9045 Lincoln Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045
Website: https://www.otis.edu/calendar/visiting-writers-series-idra-novey
Anansi Writers Workshop 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: The World Stage
Date: Wednesday the 26th
Time: 7:30 pm– 10 pm
Address: 4321 Degnan Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90008
Website: http://www.theworldstage.org/ or https://www.facebook.com/events/theworldstage
Drunken Masters Reading Event at General Lee’s Cocktail House
Drunken Masters is an event hosted by Writ Large Press where three writers read/perform short excerpts from a work-in-progress in front of a panel of three established writers in the field who provide on-the-spot feedback—while not being exactly sober.
The drunken masters for this event are Bridgette Bianca, Rocio Carlos, and Chiwan Choi.
The theme is POETRY.
Where: General Lee’s Cocktail House
Date: Wednesday the 26th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: 475 Gin Ling Way, Los Angeles CA 90012
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/drunken-masters
Matt Sedillo Poetry Reading at The Ugly Mug
Matt Sedillo will present and discuss his work at The Ugly Mug, presented by Two Idiots Peddling Poetry. He is a poet, writer, and performance artist and activist, whose new book release is titled Mowing Leaves of Grass.
NOTE: $3 cover charge, cash only.
Where: The Ugly Mug
Date: Wednesday the 19th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: 261 N. Glassell St., Orange, CA 92866
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/Two-Idiots-Peddling-Poetry-23001953542/events//
Poets & Writers Orange County Roundtable at Orange County Museum of Art
Join us for the Poets & Writers Roundtable Meeting at the Orange County Museum of Art, hosted by Grant Hier.
Where: Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA)
Date: Thursday the 27th
Time: 4 pm – 6 pm
Address: 1661 W. Sunflower Ave., Santa Ana, CA 92704
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/190879805447298
L.A. Poet Laureate Robin Coste Lewis at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Join us for Poetry Reading by L.A. Poet Laureate Robin Coste Lewis on Betye Saar: Call and Response. She will read from her own work as well as for the writings of artist Betye Saar. She is the author of Voyage of the Sable Venus, the 2015 National Book Award for Poetry winner.
NOTE: This is a free but ticketed event so check website for details.
Where: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Date: Thursday the 27th
Time: 7 pm – 8 pm
Address: 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/883391615411190
Night of Noir with Sam Wasson & Graham Moore at Chevalier’s Bookstore
Authors Sam Wasson & Graham Moore will present and discuss their noir-themed books, The Big Goodbye and The Holdout, respectively.
The Big Goodbye is the incredible true story of the making of the film Chinatown. In Sam Wesson’s telling, it becomes the defining story of the ost colorful characters in the most colorful period of Hollywood history.
The Holdout is a novel by Graham Moore about the most sensational case of the decade. Fifteen-year-old Jessica Silver, heir to a billion dollar real estate fortune, vanishes on her way home from school, and her teacher, Bobby Nock, a twenty-five-year-old African American man is the prime suspect. It is juror Maya Seale who leads the jury to a verdict of not guilty, which changes all their lives forever. Ten years later, when a murder occurs at a true crime docu-series, Maya becomes the suspected killer, and the cases weave together with drastic consequences.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 27th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/sam-wasson-graham-moore
For Fabiola: A Tribute Reading at East Los Angeles Library
DSTL Arts invites you to celebrate the life of dearly departed friend Fabiola Manriquez, and her literary contributions to the community. Members of the Conchas y Café creative writing workshops will read from past issues and form her work.
Where: Chicano Resource Center, East Los Angeles Library
Date: Thursday the 27th
Time: 7 pm – 8:30 pm
Address: 4837 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA 90022
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/192181565177317
Michael Werner & Peter Eisenhardt at Pasadena Central Library
As part of the Authors & Their Journeys Series, join us to hear authors Michael Werner & Peter Eisenhardt discuss “More Things in the Heavens; A Sweeping Tour of the Infrared Universe as Seen Through the Eyes of NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope.”
Where: Pasadena Central Library
Date: Thursday the 27th
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 3900 S. Western Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90062
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/116971929641631
Ingrid M. Calderon Collins & Let the Buzzards Eat Me Whole Release Party at Diehl Marcus & Company
Poet, photographer, and author Ingrid M. Calderon Collins will present, discuss and sign her latest book, Let the Buzzards Eat Me Whole at her release party. Joining the celebration will be readers Kara Ska, Nikolai Garcia and John Collins.
This collection is about the author’s history of abuse, the Salvadoran civil war, American resettlement, and her journey into womanhood. She is the author of six volumes of poetry and hosts a monthly reading series called They’re Just Words” that provides a platform for poets form all over L.A. County and beyond.
Where: Diehl Marcus & Company
Date: Thursday the 27th
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 4707 Fountain Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/
Marcellas Reynolds, Roshumba Williams & Tomiko Fraser Hines at Book Soup
Author Marcellas Reynolds will present his book SUPREME MODELS: Iconic Models on Diversity, Inclusion, and the Future of Fashion.
Iconic fashion models Roshumba Williams and Tomika Fraser Hines will discuss their careers and the contributions of models of color to fashion with the author, as well as share insights into the fashion world, how it has become more diverse, and what is next for the industry.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Thursday the 27th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/154468459335721
Conor Dougherty & Golden Gates at Vroman’s Bookstore
Author Conor Dougherty, in conversation with author and L.A. Times columnist Steve Lopez, will present his book, Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America.
Spacious and affordable homes used to be the hallmark of American prosperity. Today, however, punishing rents and the increasingly prohibitive cost of ownership have turned housing into the foremost symbol of the inequality and an economy gone wrong. The adage that California is a glimpse of the nation’s future has become a cautionary tale. Journalist Conor Dougherty chronicles America’s housing crisis form its West Coast epicenter, and captures a vast political realignment during times of rapid technological and social change.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 27th
Time: 7 pm – 8 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1259725590891861
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 27th
Time: 7pm – 9pm
Address: 6563 N. Normandie Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90044
Website: Poets Jazz House
Poet Laureate Joy Harjo Reading at the Hammer Museum
An Evening with U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo in which she will present and discuss her work, marks the fiftieth anniversary of the UCLA poetry series at the Hammer.
Joy Harjo is the first Native American to be Poet Laureate, has published nine books, and has received many awards for her written work and for her lifetime achievement. Thisevent is hosted by UCLA distinguished service professor Stephen Yenser.
Where: Hammer Museum
Date: Thursday the 27th
Time: 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Address: 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024
Website: https://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2020/poetry-joy-harjo
April Davila & 142 Ostriches at Skylight Bookstore
Join author April Davila, in conversation with author Amy Meyerson, to hear her read from her debut novel, 142 Ostriches. This book is set against the unexpected splendor of an ostrich ranch in the California desert, and conjures an absorbing and compelling heroine in a story of courage, family, and forgiveness.
When Tallulah Jones was thirteen, her grandmother plucked her m the dank Oakland apartment she shared with her unreliable mom and brought her to the family ostrich ranch in the Mojave Desert. After eleven years there, she accepts a job in Montana and prepares to leave home. But then her grandmother dies and she inherits everything—just days before the birds stop laying eggs. Now she must face the fifty-year legacy of a family in turmoil and the lives that are in her hands.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 27th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/events/april-davila-reads-her-debut-novel-142-ostriches-amy-meyerson
John S. Couch & The Art of Creative Rebellion at The Last Bookstore
Author John S. Crouch, with special musical guest Taylor McFerrin, will present and sign his new book, The Art of Creative Rebellion: How to champion creativity, change culture, and save your soul.
This book is about how to find success—without losing your edge. In it the author lays out the uncompromising principles young free thinkers must cultivate in order to thrive in a world that seems to reward conformity.
NOTE: All bookstore events are ticketed so check website for details.
Where: The Last Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 27th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 453 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
https://http://lastbookstorela.com/#events
Marlon James & Black Leopard, Red Wolf at UCLA’s Glorya Kaufman Hall
Marlon James won the Booker Prize for fiction for his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings, making him the first Jamaican author to take home the prestigious award. His latest book is Black Leopard, Red Wolf, a surreal fantasy epic set in Africa and is something like a fusing of the Marvel Comics universe with a unique literary creativity and inventiveness.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website for details.
Where: Glorya Ksufman Hall, UCLA
Date: Thursday the 27th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: 417 Charles E. Young Dr. W., Los Angeles, CA 90095
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/353534015310227
Open Door Poetry Reading & Jason Martin Jablonski at Battery Bookstore
Jason Martin Jablonski and special guests will feature at the Open Door Reading at Battery Books, and will read and discuss his work.
Where: Battery Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 27th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: 26 S. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: http://allevents.in/pasadena/jason-martin-jablonski-and-special-guests-reads-poetry/200019089123224
Joy Harjo Poetry Reading at the Irvine Barclay Theatre, UCIrvine
Creative Edge Lecture: JOY HARJO – U.S. Poet Laureate, is presented by ArtsOC, bringing renowned thought leaders on creativity and innovation to inspire our own work as artists, educators, and community leaders each year since 2010. FREE admission.
Where: Irvine Barclay Theatre
Date: Friday the 28th
Time: 10 am – 11 am
Address: 4242 Campus Dr., Irvine, CA 92612
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/418023632399300
California Creative Writing Conference at the Doubletree Hotel, Culver City
The California Creative Writing Conference at the Doubletree Hotel in Culver City is a three-day event, and is a great opportunity to receive educational and inspirational guidance for more than 40 literary agents, veteran educators, industry professionals, editors and publishers in the craft and business of writing.
Where: Doubletree by Hilton, Culver City
Date: Friday the 28th at 12 pm – Sunday the 1st at 3 pm
Time: 12 pm Friday – 3 pm Sunday
Address: 6161 W. Centinela Ave., Culver City, CA 90230
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/702651270557493
Amanda Goldblatt & Hard Mouth at Book Soup
Author Amanda Goldblatt, in conversation with Katya Apekina, will discuss and sign her book, Hard Mouth.
In this debut novel, NEA Creative Writing Fellow and author Amanda Goldblatt unpacks what it means to live while others are dying. Morbidly funny, subversive, and startling, she writes how Denny responds to her father’s terminal cancer diagnosis by dismantling her own life, and replacing it with a fantasy of perfect detachment. But she finds her new life has its own set of pleasures and dangerous incursions.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Friday the 28th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: https://www.booksoup.com/event/amanda-goldblatt-katya-apekina-discusses-and-signs-hard-mouth
The Red Tour: Elana K. Arnold & Anna-Marie McLemore at Ripped Bodice Bookstore
Please join us to hear authors Elana K. Arnold and Anna-Marie McLemore in conversation as they present their books Red Hood and Deep and Darkest Red, respectively. There will be a Q&A and book signing to follow.
NOTE: This is a free but ticketed event so check website for details.
Where: Ripped Bodice Bookstore
Date: Friday the 28th
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 625 Main St., Culver City, CA 90230
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/533370810865670
Oatmeal Zine Book Release Party at SideShow Bookstore
The Oatmeal Magaziine: A Literary Breakfast of Champions release party, led by Trisha Remetir and Claire Stringer, has grown into a mighty band of five, with the additions of Ali Giordani, Holly Sanderson, and Roz Sternberg. Contains adult content.
Where: SideShow Bookstore
Date: Friday the 28th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 1639 La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90035
Website: https://www.sideshowbooks.com/events/
Poetry Without Borders Bilingual Reading & Discussion at Avenue 50 Studios
Join us for Poetry Without Borders: A bilingual reading and discussion, featuring:
Marciela Guerrero is a poet born and living in Mexico City. She has published the collections Desde las ramas una guacamaya (2009), Se llaman nebulosas (2010), Kilimanjaro (2011), Peceras (2013), and El tema de la escofularia (2013).
Stalina Villarreal is a rhyming-slogan creative activist, a generation 1.5 poet (Mexicana and Chicana), a translator, collaborator, and instructor of English.
Judith Santopietro is a Mexican poet and editor and author of Palabras de Agua (2010).
Ilana Luna is an assistant professor of Latin American Studies at Arizona State University, a writer and translator of poetry and prose, and her work has appeared in many journals.
Giancarlo Huapaya is author of the books Estado y Contempalcion/ Cancion de Cancion se Gana, Poisexual and Taller Sub Verso, and the editor of the anthology Pulenta Pool: Peruvian Poets in the United States (2017).
Cristen Gomez Olivares is a Chilean poet, widely published in Latin America and Europe, and is an associate professor of Spanish at Case Western Reserve University. He has published nine books of poetry and his works appear in many anthologies. He is now working on a book-length project centered on Julian Gorkin, a political activist of the Cold War period.
Where: Avenue 50 Studios
Date: Friday the 28th
Time: 7 pm – 10 pm
Address: 131 N. Avenue 50, Los Angeles, CA 90042
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/617183812451295
Alivio Open Mic with Matt Sedillo at Private Residence in Bell CA
Join us for Alivio Open Mic, featuring poet and spoken word artist Matt Sedillo, who will read and discuss his new publication, Mowing Leaves of Grass.
This event is hosted by Eric Contreras, and takes place every 4th Friday of the month, and creates space for community to express themselves through poetry, music and any other art form.
Where: Private Residence
Date: Friday the 28th
Time: 7 pm – 9:30 pm
Address: 6328 Orchard Ave., Bell, CA 90201
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/alivio.openmic/
TDSB Open Mic with Dania Ahah Alkhouli AKA Lady Narrator at Fox Coffee House
Join us for The Definitive Soap Box Open Mic, featuring a celebration of Black History Month with features: Dania Ahah Alkhouli AKA Lady Narrator.
Dania Ahah Alkhouli (a.k.a. Lady Narrator) is a Syrian writer, blogger, poet, editor, and author, born and raised in Southern California. She published her debut book at 19 titled 91 at 19, and in 2017 released her second book, Oceans & Flames. She has a new book coming out, and she and her mother are launching a project to collect the oral histories of Syrian refugees in Southern California.
Where: Fox Coffee House
Date: Friday the 28th
Time: 7 pm – 9:30 pm
Address: 437 W. Willow St., Long Beach, CA 90806
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/845151779258253
Influx Collective & Dissonance Press: Under the Belly of the Beast at Beyond Baroque
Influx collective and Dissonance Press celebrate The Beauty of the Beast in its groundbreaking first anthology, Under the Belly of the Beast, featuring readings by LA-based award-winning queer poets:
Ryka Aoki is the author of Seasonal Velocities, among others, and is facilitator of the After School Writing Workshop at Beyond Baroque.
Cori Bratby-Rudd leads the Influx Collective reading events in Southern California and is the editor of In the Belly of the Beast anthology.
Fel Hernandez is a Mexican trans non-binary immigrant spiritual healer, writer, actor, visual artist and graphic designer, with a forthcoming collection from Sundress Press.
Christine Imperial N/A
Hank Henderson N/A
Copies of the book are available for sale and signing, and there will be prizes, a raffle, and more!
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Friday the 28th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, Ca 90291
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/190528388969861
Shannon Phillips & Brian Harman & Open Mic at Tebot Bach, Golden West College
Poets Shannon Phillips and Brian Harman will feature at the Tebot Bach Reading Series.
Shannon Phillips is founding editor of Carnival, an online literary magazine which transitioned into Picture Show Press. Her most recent chapbook, BEDROOM POEMS, was published in 2019. She has taught English as a second language, worked in administrative positions in Higher education, and now is a freelance writer and editor.
Brian Harman was born and raised in Orange County, and his work has been published in Chiron Review, Nerve Cowboy, Misfit Magazine and elsewhere. Suddenly, All Hell Broke Lose!!! is his first collection of poems, and is available through Picture Show Press.
Where: Tebot Bach, Golden West College, Room 105
Date: Friday the 28th
Time: 8 pm – 11 pm
Address: 15744 Goldenwest St., Huntington Beach, CA 92647
Website: https: www.facebook.com/events/1468244123342729
Tanya Ko Hong & Open Mic at Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural & Bookstore
Poet Tanya Ko Hong will feature at Tia Chucha’s Open Mic on the last Friday of the month. She is a poet and translator, and is author of the collection Generation One Point Five, and her work has appeared in Beloit Poetry Journal, Two Hawks Quarterly, Rattle, and Writers at Work.
All artists and genres are welcome to participate in the Open Mic, and free coffee is provided.
Where: Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural & Bookstore
Date: Friday the 28th
Time: 8 pm – 11 pm
Address: 13197 Gladstone Ave., Unit A, Sylmar, CA 91342
Website: https: www.facebook.com/events/205642683915142
Donna Hilbert Writing Workshop: Hitting the Sweet Spot at Golden West College
Poet Donna Hilbert will lead a writing workshop titled “Hitting the Sweet Spot: Where Lyric & Narrative Connect,” presented by Tebot Bach. this generative poetry workshop will explore the nexus of lyric and narrative poetry as well as the Apollonian-Dionysian dimension. This is nota s serious as it sounds! We will read, write, and talk poetry.
Donna Hilbert’s latest book is Gravity: New and Selected Poems (2018).
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website for details.
Where: Old Criminal Justice Bldg., Room 105, Golden West College
Date: Saturday the 29th
Time: 10 am – 2 pm
Address: 15744 Goldenwest St., Huntington Beach, CA 92647
Website: https: www.facebook.com/events/170663534362481
Children’s Authors Panel at the Central Library, LAPL
Friends of Children and Literature Central Library will present a panel discussion on “Why I Write (and Illustrate) for Children,” with:
Susan Patron is the author of The Higher Power of Lucky.
Jose Ramirez is a local artist and teacher, and the illustrator of Quinito, Day & Night.
Susan Goldman Rubin is the author of: The Quilts of Gee’s Bend, Sing & Shout: The Mighty Voice of Paul Robeson.
Where: Central Library, LAPL
Date: Saturday the 29th
Time: 10:30 am – 12 pm
Address: 630 5th St., Los Angeles, CA 90071
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/1476630002496666
Ruth Spiro & Baby Loves Scientists at Vroman’s Bookstore – Kids Event
Join us to hear author Ruth Spiro present her book for children, Baby Loves Scientists.
What’s next for baby after exploring the world of science? Becoming a scientist, of course! Beautiful, visually stimulating illustrations complement the age appropriate text.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 29th
Time: 10:30 am
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/ruth-spiro-presents-and-signs-baby-loves-scientists
Persona Poem Workshop with F. Douglas Brown at Beyond Baroque
Poet, author, and educator F. Douglas Brown will lead a generative writing workshop on the Persona Poem where we will explore ways for poets to write outside of their own voice to discover new possibilities of care and concern on and off the page. If you’ve read Patricia Smith’s poem Skinhead, then know this is the kind of provocation and wonder we will examine!
- Douglas Brown is the author of ICON and Zero to Three, among others, has taught for over 20 years, and produced The Requiem for Sandra Bland, a quarterly reading series. He also DJs in the greater Los Angeles area.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website for details.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Saturday the 29th
Time: 11 am – 3 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/180981372967957
Magic in the Streets: Art & the City Poetry Workshop at Patria Coffee Shop
Join writer and poet Jenise Miller for Magic in the Streets. a poetry workshop and visit to a mural by CAA Muralist Elliott Pinkney at Patria Coffee Shop.
NOTE: This is a free event, but RSVP & register at the Eventbrite link at website.
Where: Patria Coffee Shop
Date: Saturday the 29th
Time: 12 pm – 1:30 pm
Address: 108 Alameda St., Compton, CA 90221
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/2487168941547437
DSTL Arts Comics que Curan: Volume 1 Release Party at Vernon Branch Library, LAPL
Join DSTL Arts young artists for the release of Comics que Curan: Volume 1 Release Party, an anthology that invites meaningful conversation on mental health in the Latino community. Featuring 2-page comics written by latino youths, ages 16-25, this is the culmination of a ten-week series of workshops led by DSTL master teaching artists Javier Hernandez and Abraham Jaramillo. There will also be an unveiling of the artwork on the bus shelter located a block away from the library.
Where: Vernon Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Saturday the 29th
Time: 2 pm – 4 pm
Address: 4504 S. Central Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90011
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/122462102520905
A Conversation with Lynell George at Allendale Branch Library, Pasadena
In celebration of Black History Month, author, essayist and journalist Lynell George will read and discuss her work. Her latest book, After/Image: Los Angeles Outside the Frame, examines sense of place and the ever-evolving identity of the City of Angels.
Where: Allendale Branch Library
Date: Saturday the 29th
Time: 2 pm – 4 pm
Address: 285 E. Walnut St., Pasadena, CA 91106
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/614042316055211
Marc Nobleman & Thirty Minutes Over Oregon at Japanese American National Museum
Author Marc Nobleman will present and discuss his book, Thirty Minutes Over Oregon: A Japanese Pilot’s WWII Story. In addition to bombing Pearl Harbor, Japan also bombed mainland America twice, including the town of Brookings, Oregon. This is the story of reconciliation which occurred after the war between Navy pilot Nobuo Fugito and the citizens in Brookings.
NOTE: This a ticketed event so check website for details.
Where: Japanese American Museum (JANM)
Date: Saturday the 29th
Time: 2 pm – 4 pm
Address: 100 N. Central Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/2582466945322157
Sherrie L. Smith & Julie Berry at Bel Canto Bookstore Off-Site: The Hanger – YA Event
Award-winning authors Julie Berry & Sherrie L. Smith will discuss their YA historical fiction novels:
Julie Berry will read and sign Lovely War, a romance set in the perilous days of World War I and II.
Sherrie L. Smith will read and sign The Blossom and the Firefly, set in Japan during eight days in 1945.
Where: Bel Canto Bookstore/ off-site at The Hangout
Date: Saturday the 29th
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm
Address: 2122 E. 4th St., Long Beach, CA 90808
Website: http://www.meetup.com/Bel-Canto-Books-Book-Lovers-Meetup-Group/events/268513658/
Rebecca Weatherspoon & A Cowboy to Remember at Ripped Bodice Bookstore
Join us to hear author Rebecca Weatherspoon, in conversation with entertainment writer Clarkisha Kent, celebrate the launch of her new book, A Cowboy to Remember.
NOTE: This is a ticketed class so check website for further details.
Where: Ripped Bodice
Date: Saturday the 29th
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm
Address: 3806 Main St., Culver City, CA 90230
Website: https://www.therippedbodice.com/events-and-tickets
Saturday Afternoon Poetry Reading at Santa Catalina Branch Library, Pasadena
Please join us for Saturday Afternoon Poetry for a Reading & Open Mic event when those poets will read who are published in Spectrum 22: Leap Through.
Events curated by Don Kingfisher Campbell.
Where: Santa Catalina Branch Library, Pasadena (Back Room)
Date: Saturday the 29th
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm
Address: 999 E. Washington Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91104
Website: http://saturdayafternoonpoetry.blogspot.com/
An Afternoon of Poems at Tierra del Sol Gallery
An Afternoon of Poems includes art work by John Maull, and features poems by Yves Nuno, Evan Burrows, Giulia Bencivenga & Kayla Ephros.
Where: Tierra del Sol Gallery
Date: Saturday the 29th
Time: 4 pm – 5 pm
Address: 945 Chung King Rd., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Website: https://www.facebook,com/events/147899032880281
Megan Fernandes & Good Boys at Skylight Bookstore
Author Megan Fernandes, accompanied by Catherine Pond & Callie Siskel, will present her book, Good Boys.
This collection follows a restless, nervy, cosmically abandoned speaker failing at the aspirational markers of adulthood as she flips from city to city. A child of the Indian Ocean diaspora, the author enacts the humor and devastation of what that means.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 29th
Time: 5 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Many Restless Concerns: A Choral Reading & Gayle Brandeis at Riverside Women’s Club
Inlandia Institute and author Gayle Brandeis present her book/performance of Many Restless Concerns (a Testimony): The Victims of Countless Bathory Speak in Chorus (Black Lawrence Press, 2020), a Polyphonic Protest Against Silence, with a special choral reading from the book, organized by the Women’s Theatre Workshop.
This novel-in-prose poems work by Brandeis gives voice to hundreds of girls and women killed in Hungary from1585-1609 by Countess Ersebet Bahtory, and the chorus serves as the voices of the ghosts of these victims. From this forgotten history which long-haunted the author, she has created a monument of hope, pain, and demands for justice of recognition.
Where: Women’s Theatre Workshop
Date: Saturday the 29th
Time: 7 pm – 8 pm
Address: 4092 Tenth St., Riverside, CA 92501
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/2508018992811748/
Five Poets & Writers Reading at Poetic Research Bureau
Poets and writers Maricela Guerrero, Cristian Gomez Oliveras, David Shook, Stalina Villarreal & Ilana Dann Luna will present and discuss their work.
Marciela Guerrero is a poet born and living in Mexico City. She has published the collections Desde las ramas una guacamaya (2009), Se llaman nebulosas (2010), Kilimanjaro (2011), Peceras (2013), and El tema de la escofularia (2013).
Cristen Gomez Olivares is a Chilean poet, widely published in Latin America and Europe, and is an associate professor of Spanish at Case Western Reserve University. He has published nine books of poetry and his works appear in many anthologies. He is now working on a book-length project centered on Julian Gorkin, a political activist of the Cold War period.
David Shook is a poet, translator, and filmmaker raised in Mexico City. In his debut collection, Our Obsedian Tongues (2013), he explores the violence and hunger of everyday life, steeping his poems in lush imagery and sensory detail.
Stalina Villarreal is a rhyming-slogan creative activist, a generation 1.5 poet (Mexicana and Chicana), a translator, collaborator, and instructor of English.
Ilana Dann Luna is an assistant professor of Latin American Studies at Arizona State University, a writer and translator of poetry and prose, and her work has appeared in many journals.
Where: Poetic Research Bureau
Date: Saturday the 29th
Time: 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Address: 951 Chung King Rd., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Website: https://www.poeticresearch.com
This Is Your Poem Event at Beyond Baroque
Join poets and writers Jesse Bliss, Sean Hill, Peter J. Harris & Conney Willliams for This Is Your Poem Reading event, inspired by Nikki Giovanni’s words “this is my house and you make me happy so this is your poem.”
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Saturday the 29th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
Screenwriting Tribe Workshop at SideShow Bookstore
Join Daniel John Carey for the Screenwriting Tribe Workshop, held every Sunday morning at 10:30 am at sideshow Books.
Where: SideShow Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 1st
Time: 10:30 am
Address: 1639 La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Website: http://siedeshowbookstore.com/events/
San Gabriel Valley Lit Festival 2020 at the dA Center for the Arts in Pomona
Join us for the annual San Gabriel Valley Lit Festival at the dA Center for the Arts, featuring:
1pm: George Hammons, Michaelson Knapp, Lloyd Aquino
2pm: The Tahoma Literary Review
3pm: Picture Show Press
4pm: Tristan Douglas, Julie Paegle, Allyson Jeffredo, Lynne Thompson
5pm: Olga Garcia, Juan Delgado
6pm: Christopher Buckley, Frank Gaspar
Where: dA Center for the Arts
Date: Sunday the 1st
Time: 1 pm – 8 pm
Address: 252 S. Main St., Pomona, CA 91766
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/495201034475235
Craft Talk with Stalina Villarreal at Libro Mobile, Santa Ana
Poetry, Translation y Mas: A Craft Talk with creative activist and poet Stalina Villarreal will lead the audience through a craft discussion focused on creating literary works, translating lyrical phrases, and penning scholarly articles. Snacks and beverages will be provided for this “Sunday picnic” style conversation.
Stalina Emmanuelle Villarreal lives as a rhyming slogan creative activist, and is a Generation 1.5 poet (mexicanx and Chicanx), a translator, a sonic-improv collaborator, and an instructor of English.
She mostly translates regiomontana poet Minerva Reynosa and they have a chapbook called Photograms of My Conceptual Heart, Absolutely Blind (Cardboard House Press, 2016). She also published Kilimanjaro by Maricela Guerrero (Cardboard House Press, 2018).
Where: Libro Mobile
Date: Sunday the 29th
Time: 1 pm – 3 pm
Address: 220 E. Fourth St, Ste. 107, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/2261233967504117
Charlotte Alter & The Ones We’ve Been Waiting For at Book Soup
Charlotte Alter, in conversation with Jamil Smith, will discuss and sign her book, The
Ones We’ve Been Waiting For: How a Generation of Leaders Will Transform America.
Time correspondent Alter defines the new class of leaders from the Millennial generation to give a big-picture look at how they govern differently from their elders, and how they may drag us out of our current political despair.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Sunday the 1st
Time: 2 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Michele Asselin & Clubhouse Turn at Vroman’s Bookstore
Author Michele Asselin presents and signs Clubhouse Turn: The Twilight of Hollywood Park Race Track, in conversation with authors Lynell George, and Josh Kun.
In 2014 demolition began on the landmark race track, effectively erasing 75 years of history to make place for a new neighborhood. Photographer Asselin spent every day there during its last two weeks, photographing the buildings, patrons and employees in a world that is not forgotten. George and Kun contribute essays on what it means to love a city that is always in motion.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 1st
Time: 4 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Porsha Olayiwola & I Shimmer Sometimes, Too at Skylight Bookstore
Author Porsha Olayiwola discusses and signs her debut poetry collection, I Shimmer Sometimes, Too.
This debut is from a Black poet, queer-dyke, hip-hop feminist, womanist, and native of Chicago who now resides in Boston, where she is the current poet laureate. This book soars with the power and presence of live performance, and is also a book of self-care, and community care—the pursuit of building a world that will keep you alive.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 1st
Time: 5 pm
Address: 1818 N, Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Duende Nights Readings at Beyond Baroque
Join us for Duende Nights, a poetry experience for the multicultural underground poets and artists of today, led by Antonieta Villamil.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Sunday the 1st
Time: 5 pm – 7 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd, Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org.calendar
First Sunday Open Reading at Beyond Baroque
Join us for First Sunday Open Reading, hosted by Steve Goldman.
Sign-ups begin at 4:45 pm, and there is a five minute limit per reader.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Sunday the 1st
Time: 5 pm – 7 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd, Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org.calendar
MUSE Lit Salon & Writers Workshop at Hey Hey
Join L.A.’s most interesting storytellers, personal essayists, novelists, screenwriters, poets and playwrights as the present new work and works-in-progress. The writers workshop begins at 6pm, and the show at 8pm. Features include:
Katya Duft is a translator, interpreter, and language teacher who enjoys writing short stories and her blog Tales from the Bus.
Kelly Spillman is an adjunct faculty psychology professor at College of the Canyons and performer of stories in various venues.
Pablo Marz is an actor, storyteller, improviser, teacher, and creator/producer of TELL IT!
Sarah Cho is a writer, director, and performer with THE PACK Theatre’s house sketch team Thunderdog.
Clara Lopez Lee is the author of the memoir They Only Eat Their Husbands (Conundrum Press, 2014), and has edited and collaborated on more than 20 books.
PLUS YOU!
Where: Hey Hey
Date: Sunday the 1st
Time: 6 pm – 9 pm
Address: 1555 W. Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/480087759336362
Publisher’s Roundtable at the Annenberg Community Beach House
Join Los Angeles Presses for an exclusive roundtable on a NEW night! Learn more about local publishing companies, what they look for in a manuscript submission, how their business models work, and what the advice is for getting published yourself.
Light refreshments will be served, and representatives will be there from:
Red Hen Press, Unnamed Press, Moon Tide Press, Jaded Ibis Press, and LARB Books.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website for details.
Where: Annenberg Community Beach House
Date: Sunday the 1st
Time: 6 pm – 7 pm
Address: 415 Pacific Coast Highway, Santa Monica, CA 90402
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