Coming this Summer to the Los Angeles Literary Community
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Author: Brian Dunlap
Brian Dunlap is a native Angeleño capturing the city’s stories hidden in plain sight. He’s the author of the chapbook Concrete Paradise (Finishing Line Press, 2018) and the winner of a Marvin Bell Memorial Poetry Prize from december magazine judged by former Los Ángeles Poet Laureate Luis J. Rodriguez. He's also the Editor-in-Chief of Los Angeles Literature, an independent online magazine covering the Greater Los Ángeles literary community.
Los Angeles Literature Events 1/23/17 –1/29/17
Writers Workshop at Baldwin Hills Library
Writing a book and looking for feedback? Need deadlines to help you reach your writing goals? Then this is group for you!
Each meeting you should bring 5-10 pages of double-spaced pages of writing to share with the group. Every person will have time to share their work with the group and receive constructive feedback.
Please call the information desk at the branch with any questions and to RSVP: (323) 733-1196.
Where: Baldwin Hills Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Monday the 23rd
Time: 11 am – 12:30 pm
Address: 2906 S. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90016
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/writers-workshop-0
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Is Hope Alive in the Age of Trump? Poets and Writers Creating a New Vision
by Mike Sonksen
As the American presidency transitions from Barack Obama to Donald Trump, there are countless questions emerging. I have heard many of them first hand over the last two months as an 11th and 12th grade English teacher. Most of my students are from South Los Angeles, Inglewood, Hawthorne, and the South Bay and they are very curious to see what Trump is going to be doing about immigration, health care, freedom of speech, and everything else. Though my students and much of the school faculty seemed to be distraught by the election results, I have recently seen signs of hope in both my student’s response to Trump, and in a slew of literary, theatrical, and musical events across Los Angeles promoting resistance and creative expression. The legions of students and creative individuals using this time to protest and dream up an alternative reality they would like to see is a reminder that not only will America survive Trump, but eventually, after his reign is over, better days will arrive because most American people do not support racism, sexism, and other similar policies that Trump has espoused in his rise to power.
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Alias Books in West L.A., Which Opened in 1959, is Closing
by Agatha French
From: L.A. Times
One of Los Angeles’ oldest used bookstores, Alias Books, will close March 14 after 58 years in business.
Owner Brian Paeper took over from original owner Ken Hyre in 2002. The two struck up a friendship when Paeper, who was considering leaving Los Angeles, went to Alias to sell his own books. He ended up staying in Los Angeles — and at Alias, where he apprenticed in the new and antiquarian book trade before taking over the store — for good.
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Con Safos Is Semi-Back
by Michael Sedano
From: La Bloga
At my fifth birthday party, an older kid named Johnny Roque scratched something on the stucco wall of the garage. I could read the letters but didn’t know what they meant. Johnny explained that c/s meant “you don’t mess with this.” I took a rock and scratched across the letters, at which point the little pachuco picked up an empty nickel deposit bottle and clunked me on the head with it. I tearfully realized he was serious about not messing with placas protected by C/S.
That lesson lurked at the back of my mind when I returned to the United States from Korea in 1970. That was when I learned that in my absence a magazine called Con Safos had gained popularity. I was delighted to learn C/S was a sterling exemplar of community-based media featuring raza arts and letters. C/S had stories, essays, drawings, photographs, and cartoons. Amidst all the good stuff—and there was a montón of good stuff–one cartoon stood out, Arnie and Porfi.
L.A. Poet Cynthia Guardado Reads
Here is Los Angeles Poet-professor Cynthia Guardado reading a poem from her debut poetry collection Endeavor, out this Wednesday from World Stage Press. ENDEAVOR is a collection of poetry about survival. It is centered around women, and also details the horrors of alcoholism, oppression, and violence. This collection highlights extreme circumstances by refusing to stay silent and therefore each poem pushes the reader to face the … Continue reading L.A. Poet Cynthia Guardado Reads
Los Angeles Literature Events 1/16/17 –1/22/17
Soliloquy Slam at Los Feliz Branch Library
Join us for a family activity as we create and perform! Kids and teens and families are encouraged to write a soliloquy, perform a piece of Shakespeare, or create art based on a favorite Shakespearian moment! Submissions will be displayed with permission.
Special prizes will be given for participating. For more information, email losfelizsoliloquyslam@gmail.com.
Where: Los Feliz Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Monday the 16th
Time: 12 pm
Address: 1874 Hillhurst Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/soliloquy-slam
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Submissions for Angel City Review Now Open
The following is the text from the Angel City Review’s Facebook post announcing their open for submissions:
Hello All, thank you for everyone who has read, submitted, and otherwise contributed to Angel City Review thus far. Over the past two years we have worked hard to build a journal that is inclusive, open, and representative of the actual community that we live in.
There is always more work to be done and we hope that everyone will help us in this process. We definitely would love more submissions from women, people of color, queer or non gender identifying individuals, writers with disabilities, and everyone in between.
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Los Angeles Literature Events 1/9/17 –1/15/17
Cynthia Garrrett at Book Soup
Join us as Cynthia Garrett discusses and signs Prodigal Daughter: A Journey Home to Identity. In this candid , raw and challenging look at how identity gets lost in today’s modern world, TV personality and evangelist Cynthia Garrett shares an incredible, red-carpeted journey through her life, and we meet a faith that is inclusive and unifying, with love triumphing over hate.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Monday the 9th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
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Los Angeles Literature Events 1/2/17 –1/8/17
at Sidewalk Café, Pasadena
Join us for our monthly poetry event focusing on social justice issues, this month featuring: Ka’lynn Youngblood and AK Toney.
Bring 1-2 poems about social justice or come and listen!
Hosted by: Khadija Anderson.
Where: The Sidewalk Café
Date: Monday the 2nd
Time: 7 pm (6:45 open mic sign-up)
Address: 2057 N. Los Robles (at Woodbury), Alta/Pasadena, CA 91104
Website: http://www.facebook.com/groups/792556747483331/
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