Milkteeth Books Wants Your Chapbook Manuscript
Los Ángeles based Kaya Press is launching a chapbook imprint called Milkteeth Books. Continue reading Milkteeth Books Wants Your Chapbook Manuscript
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.
The 27 Best Books About Los Angeles in 2022
Mike Sonksen’s list of the best Los Ángeles literature of the past year. 27 books from the likes of poet WIll Alexander, and mystery writers Naomi Hirahara and Gary Phillips and more. Continue reading The 27 Best Books About Los Angeles in 2022
Trumpets in the Sky by Jerry Garcia
“Trumpets in the Sky” is poet Jerry Garcia’s latest poetry collection. “[H]e is able to focus on the magic of the world in the way that Kerouac, Snider, or Whitman were so often able to do.” Continue reading Trumpets in the Sky by Jerry Garcia
Sin Fronteras: Dispatches from Mexico City
Last month, Chicano poets from Los Ángeles traveled to Mexico City to read at several events, over the course of several days. Continue reading Sin Fronteras: Dispatches from Mexico City
Los Angeles Literature Events: 12/19/22 – 12/24/22
Philosophical Horror Book Club & Carmilla at Cellar Door Books – In-Person Event
The Philosophical Horror Book Club will discuss this month’s selection, Carmilla, by Carmen Maria Machado (Editor), Joseph Sheridan Lefanu.
Isolated in a remote mansion in a central European forest, Laura longs for companionship – until a carriage accident brings another young woman into her life: the secretive and sometimes erratic Carmilla. As Carmilla’s actions become more puzzling and volatile, Laura develops bizarre symptoms, and as her health goes into decline, Laura and her father discover something monstrous.
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s compelling tale of a young woman’s seduction by a female vampire was a source of influence for Bram Stoker’s Dracula, which it predates by over a quarter century. Carmilla was originally serialized from 1871 to 1872 and went on to inspire adaptations in film, opera, and beyond, including the cult classic web series by the same name.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and details.
Where: Cellar Door Books
Date: Monday the 19th
Time: 6 pm
Address: 5225 Canyon Crest Dr., Riverside CA 92507
Website: https://www.cellardoorbookstore.com/event/philosophical-horror-book-club-carmilla
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The visions of Octavia Butler
As a science fiction writer, Butler forged a new path and envisioned bold possibilities. On the eve of a major revival of her work, this is the story of how she came to see a future that is now our present. Continue reading The visions of Octavia Butler
Glendale Recruits for First Poet Laureate
“The selected Poet Laureate will serve as an ambassador for Glendale’s rich culture and diversity, promoting the art of poetry. ” Continue reading Glendale Recruits for First Poet Laureate
Los Angeles Literature Events: 12/12/22 – 12/18/22
Sun Valley Book Club: Cloud Cuckoo Land via Sun Valley Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
This book club will continue discussing Cloud Cuckoo Land, by Anthony Doerr.
The author’s third novel is a triumph of imagination and compassion, a soaring story about children on the cusp of adulthood in worlds in peril who find resilience, hope—and a book. In Cloud Cuckoo Land, Doerr has created a magnificent tapestry of times and places that reflect our vast interconnectedness—with other species, with each other, with those who lived before us, and with those who will be here after we’re gone.
Please email ebarrera@lapl.org for the Google Meet link and additional information.
NOTE: See site for link and details.
Where: Sun Valley Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Monday the 12th
Time: 4:45 pm – 5:30 pm
Address: Online Event (see site)
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/sun-valley-book-club
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The Naked City
“South Central Noir” focuses on one of Los Angeles’s most recognized neighborhoods. As Gary Phillips says in the introduction “The settings herein reflect South Central today or chronicle its colorful past, such as the days of the jazz joints along Central Avenue…From South Park to East Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, from the borderlands of Watts to the one-time Southern Pacific railroad tracks paralleling Slauson Avenue, take a tour of a section of Los Angeles that may be unfamiliar to you but you will get to know, at least a little, by the time you finish reading this entertaining and engaging anthology.” Continue reading The Naked City
Los Angeles Literature Events: 12/05/22 – 12/11/22
World Literature Book Club: Weekly Discussions of Short Stories via West Valley Regional Library, LAPL – Online Event
This book club is a spirited and engaging discussion of the world’s best short stories! All selections are from Points of View: An Anthology of Short Stories (New York, 1995) ed. James Moffett and Kenneth R. McElheny. This month’s selections are:
December 5: A Telephone Call by Dorothy Parker
December 12: I Stand Here Ironing by Tillie Olson
December 19: Straight Pool by John O’Hara
Meetings are every Monday morning (excluding holidays).
For the Zoom link, please e-mail wvally@lapl.org with “World Literature” in the subject line.
NOTE: See site for link. Repeats via Woodland Hills Branch Library at 2pm.
Where: West Valley Regional Library, LAPL
Date: Monday the 5th
Time: 10 am
Address: Online Event (see site)
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/world-literature-book-club-9
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