Award-winning Poet Laureate of Los Angeles Set to Pass the Torch
Lynne Thompson, the outgoing Los Angeles Poet Laureate, reflects on her two years as Poet Laureate. Continue reading Award-winning Poet Laureate of Los Angeles Set to Pass the Torch
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: 01/16/23 – 01/22/23
A very busy week full of literary events: readings, open mics, book clubs and workshops all throughout the L.Á. area. There is even a few kids events. Local writers reading this week are: poets Michael C. Ford, Richard Modiano, Suzanne Lummis, novelists Allie Rowbottom, Max Evans, poets William Archila, Cynthia Guardado and Brian Dunlap, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 01/16/23 – 01/22/23
Change is Comming to VCP SoCal Poets
VCP SoCal Poets, a San Fernando Valley non-profit organization committed to supporting the poetic voices of SoCal, has some big news to kick off the new year. Continue reading Change is Comming to VCP SoCal Poets
New Poet Laureate of Pomona
At the stroke of midnight on January 1, 2023, Poet Ceasar K. Avelar became Pomona’s second Poet Laureate. He took over the reins from David “Judah 1” Oliver, a passionate poet who wears many hats—artist, poet, author, art advisor, and is the Co-Host and Founder of LionLike MindState Poetry and Art Series at the Pomona Fairplex. Avelar steps into the role of Poet Laureate, having become known in the Southern California poetry community for his proletariat-infused poetry and as the host of the monthly open mic “Obsidian Tongues” every second Saturday of the month at Café con Libros Press in Pomona’s Arts Colony. Plus, next year FlowerSong Press will publish his debut poetry collection.
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She Left Her Job to Open a Pasadena Bookstore in the Name of Octavia Butler
A new independent bookstore is comming to Pasadena that exclusively stocks books by Black, Indigenous and people of color. It called Octavia’s Bookshelf. Continue reading She Left Her Job to Open a Pasadena Bookstore in the Name of Octavia Butler
Los Angeles Literature Events: 01/09/23 – 01/15/23
The first list of weekly events of the year. There are readings, open mics, book clubs and workshops from Pomona to Venice to Orange and Santa Ana to Long Beach to everywhere in-between. There is even a few YA and kids events. Local writers reading this week are: poet Alma Rosa Rivera, novelist Jordan Harper, spoken word poet Christian Perfas “Soulstuf,” novelist Janet Fitch, poet Patty Chavez and poet Carlos Ornelas, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 01/09/23 – 01/15/23
Family History: Cenizas by Cynthia Guardado
A book review on Inglewood native Cynthia Guardado’s recent poetry collection “Cenizas.” Continue reading Family History: Cenizas by Cynthia Guardado
Robin Coste Lewis’s Family Album
“‘To the Realization of Perfect Helplessness’ assembles a hundred and seventy-nine photographs,” from Robin Coste Lewis’s grandmother’s photo collection of family and “of worlds that had vanished.” Continue reading Robin Coste Lewis’s Family Album
No Weekly List of Events This Week
By Brian Dunlap
It’s 2023 and the Los Ángeles Literary community returns with events at Cafe con Libros Press in Pomona, Casa Verde LA in Whitter and an open mic in Compton, among other events.
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Los Ángeles Writers Publish in 2022
It’s Los Angeles Literature’s 7th Annual Los Ángeles Writers Publish list. This is an exhaustive a list as I could make of all the local writers who have published in 2022. It’s long. Short pieces in magazines, news papers, journals. Books publications as well. If I missed anyone or missed someone’s publication I sincerely apologize. Congratulations to all the hardworking writers in the Los Angeles literary community. Continue reading Los Ángeles Writers Publish in 2022
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