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
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.
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
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
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
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