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.
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Los Angeles Literature Events: 01/03/22 – 01/09/22

Many/Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS  

Monday Night Fiction Workshop at Beyond Baroque – Zoom Online   

This free Monday Night Fiction Workshop led by Raquel Baker is a community writing workshop in which participants are asked to bring copies of 2-3 pages of fiction to read, and to use for critique and discussion. Registration is required.

Raquel Baker earned a PhD in English Literary Studies from the University of Iowa and an MFA in Creative Writing from Mills College. She is currently Assistant Professor of Postcolonial Studies and Transnational Literatures at CSU Channel Islands. She also has published poetry and non-fiction, and done readings with the Ventura Poetry Project.

Where: Beyond Baroque – Online event (tickets at Eventbrite)

Date: Monday the 3rd

Time: 7:30 pm – 10 pm

Address: Zoom Online

Website: https://beyondbaroque.org/free_workshops.html or https://www.eventbrite.com/e/monday-night-fiction-workshop-tickets-23556712661

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traci kato-kiriyama’s Book Release

By Brian Dunlap

One of the last literary events of the year occurred Saturday at the Rissho Kosei-Kai Buddhist church in Boyle Heights. It was the release party for traci kato-kiriyama’s new book of poetry, micro essays and notes to self, Navigating With(out) Instruments. The event was hosted by the master mc himself, Mike Sonksen. This Buddhist church was where Sonksen married his wife Emi.

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Los Angeles Literature Events Lists for 12/20/21 – 12/26/21 and 12/27/21 – 1/2/22, Cancelled

As Christmas and New Years fast approach, the Los Ángeles literary community grows silent. There are very few readings, or other literary events of any kind. One of the few is the Crowdcast event, Hannah Kozak, in conversation with Aline Smithson, discusses He Threw The Last Punch Too Hard, hosted by Book Soup on the 28th at 6pm. The link is: https://www.booksoup.com/event/hannah-kozak

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