A bit late, but L.Á. native, Lynne Thompson, is L.Á.’s new Poet Laureate. She is the author of three collections of poetry and three chapbooks. Continue reading Native Angeleno Lynne Thompson is L.A.’s 2021 Poet Laureate
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Denise Hamilton & Contributors & Speculative Los Angeles via Beverly Hills Public Library, BHPL – Virtual Event
Editor and author Denise Hamilton, with contributors Francesca Lia Block, Lisa Morton, and Luis J. Rodriguez, will presents selections of their new work from the debut title in a new city-based anthology series, Speculative Los Angeles.
L.A. native Denise Hamilton is the author of seven crime novels, and is editor of Speculative Los Angeles (2021), She is editor of the bestselling Los Angeles Noir 2, and is a former LA Times journalist. Her next novel is a work of speculative fiction set in Los Angeles.
Francesca Lia Block is the author of more than 25 acclaimed and widely translated books, as well as short stories, essays and poems. She lives, writes, and teaches creative writing in Los Angeles.
Lisa Morton is a screenwriter, author of nonfiction books, and prose writer, and a six-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award. She is the author of four novels, and over 150 short stories.
Luis J. Rodriguez has published 16 books of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, children’s books and essays. Best-known for his memoir Always Running, he has also been a print and radio journalist, written plays and movie scripts, and worked as a script consultant on three TV shows. He served as Los Angeles’s official Poet Laureate for two terms.
NOTE: Details and Zoom link instructions available at event link.
Where: BHPL – Online Zoom Event
Date: Monday the 22nd
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.beverlyhills.org/cbhfiles/storage/files/19881747621935143177/SpeculativeLA2.0.pdf
Continue reading “Los Angeles Literature Events: 03/22/21 – 03/28/21”
“And so here it is, with perfect timing, a political novel that anyone who is part of a colonising or colonised nation – and that includes, of course, America – should read.” Continue reading The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen review – challenging colonialism
An interview with Pulitzer Prize winning USC Professor Viet Thanh Nguyen. Continue reading Viet Thanh Nguyen’s “The Committed” Is a Spy Thriller Where the Real Enemy Is Colonialism
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Women’s History Month: Tessa Boase & Etta Lemon: The Woman Who Saved the Birds via The Ebell of Los Angeles – Virtual Event
Author Tessa Boase will present and discuss her book, Etta Lemon: The Woman Who Saved the Birds, in England as she tells the intriguing story about woman’s love affair with plumes. For fifty years Etta Lemon was the driving force behind the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, and where she led in 1889, the Audubon Society would follow author and former investigative journalist Boase will bring to life the untold story of women, birds, hats—and votes.
NOTE: Details at event link
Where: The Ebell – Online Event
Date: Monday the 15th
Time: 12 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: http://facebook.com/events/817217392241006
Continue reading “Los Angeles Literature Events: 03/15/21 – 03/21/21”
An honor for L.Á. writer and science fiction legend Octavia E. Butler. Continue reading Welcome to ‘Octavia E. Butler Landing’
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Lesley Tellez & Eat Mexico via La Plaza de Cultura y Artes – Virtual Event
Join us on Zoom and FB Live as author Lesley Tellez presents her book, Eat Mexico: Recipes from Mexico City’s Streets, Markets and Fondas, and demonstrates how to make Peneques, a traditional Mexico City recipe that dates to the 19th century.
NOTE: Details available at event link.
Where: La Plaza de Cultura y Artes– Online Event
Date: Monday the 8th
Time: 3 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/129956188996703
Continue reading “Los Angeles Literature Events: 03/08/21 – 03/14/21”
Listen to NPR’s Throughline Podcast for the episode exploring L.Á. writer Octavia E. Butler’s world and the worlds she created. Continue reading How Octavia Butler’s Sci-Fi Dystopia Became A Constant In A Man’s Evolution
Another busy week of literary events in L.Á. Workshops, open mics, book clubs, readings, a kids events or two. Local writers reading this week are: on Thursday local poet Richard Ferguson and local writer Lynell George. Get to your computer L,Á. and support your local literary community! Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 03/01/21 – 03/07/21
Another busy week of literary events in L.Á. Workshops, open mics, book clubs, readings, a kids events or two. catch Tod Goldberg discusses his new book of short stories The Low Desert: Gangster Stories via Skylight or poet Kevin Young via USC Visions and Voices. Or read a poem or two at the Definitive Soapbox and other open mics this week. Get to your computer L.Á. and support your local literary community. #losangelesliterature Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 02/22/21 – 02/28/21
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