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Poetry At Book Soup

Red Hen Press presents readings by Jim Tilley, Jeffrey Harrison & Amy Uyematsu, moderated by Brendan Constantine. Jeffrey Harrison is the author of five full-length books of poetry, including Incomplete Knowledge, runner-up for the Poets’ Prize in 2008, and, most recently, Into Daylight, published by Tupelo Press in 2014 as the winner of the Dorset Prize. Jim Tilley earned a doctorate in physics from Harvard and worked on Wall Street for twenty years. His collections of poetry include: In Confidence (2011, Red Hen Press), Cruising at Sixty to Seventy (2014, Red Hen Press) and Lessons from Summer Camp (forthcoming 2016). Amy Uyematsu is a third-generation Japanese-American poet and teacher from Los Angeles. She has published three previous poetry collections: 30 Miles from J-Town (Story Line Press, 1992). Continue reading “Other Los Angeles Literature Events 4/20/15-4/26/15”

A Reading Celebration of the Spring 2015 Issue

Featuring contributors of the magazine

Dwight Yates

Janice Shapiro

David Hernandez

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By CAROLYN KELLOGG The 35th annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes were awarded Saturday night at USC’s Bovard Auditorium. The winners in 10 categories included one of Southern California’s signature artists, Jaime Hernandez; Elizabeth Kolbert’s story of the Anthropocene age; and Claudia Rankine’s poetry collection “Citizen,” an achingly contemporary meditation on race. Two previously announced awards were also presented at the ceremony. Actor LeVar Burton received … Continue reading The winners of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes are …

The 35th annual “Los Angeles Times Book Prizes” will be awarded Saturday, April 18th for best books of 2014, recognized in ten categories and the winners of the 2014 Robert Kirsch and Innovator’s Awards will be celebrated. The Public can purchase tickets to enjoy the suspense and surprises for $10.

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Festival of Books: Ryan Gattis reconstructs the 1992 L.A. Riots in ‘All Involved’

April 14, 2015

By JASMINE ELIST

On April 29, 1992, violence erupted throughout Los Angeles in the wake of the Rodney King verdict: A jury had failed to convict four white LAPD officers in the beating of African American motorist King, despite the incident having been captured on video. People took to the streets in a fury that lasted six days, leaving more than 54 dead, more than 2,300 injured and causing nearly $1 billion in damage. Continue Reading Here (Los Angeles Times).

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The “Los Angeles Times Festival of Books” is the largest book festival in the country. Over two wonderful spring days next weekend, you’ll have a chance to meet your favorite authors, hear live music, see original works of art and photography, listen to poetry and even taste culinary creations that reflect this city’s diversity. Enjoy panels where Los Angeles authors such as Francesca Lia Block, Alex Espinoza, Janet Fitch, Naomi Hirahara, among other writers from around the country and the

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Writer at Skylight Books

Aline Ohanesian reads from her debut novel “Orhan’s Inheritance.” The novel is about “When Orhan’s brilliant and eccentric grandfather, who built a dynasty out of making kilim rugs, is found dead in a vat of dye, Orhan inherits the decades-old business. But his grandfather’s will raises more questions than it answers. Kemal has left the family estate to a stranger thousands of miles away, an aging woman in a retirement home in Los Angeles. Her existence and secrecy about her past only deepen the mystery of why Orhan’s grandfather would have left their home to this woman rather than to his own family.”

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Author Ryan Gattis reads from his newest novel, “All Involved: A Novel of the 1992 L.A. Riots.” It’s a novel set in the chaotic streets of South Central L.A. in the wake of one of the most notorious and incendiary trials of the 1990s. It’s set in a sliver of Los Angeles largely ignored by the media during the riots. Ryan Gattis tells this story in seventeen interconnected first-person narratives. He lectures at Chapman University and lives in Los Angeles.

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Milestone: The Literary Arts Journal of East LA College has been publishing emerging and established talent in Los Angeles for over 60 years. The 2015 issue introduces new voices alongside award winning authors like Luis J. Rodriguez and Joseph Mattson.

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