By Brian Dunlap
SanTana Poets y Mas started a few minutes late. Connecting through Instagram Live. A rainy day in Southern California, during the pandemic. I was tuning into the middle of the 3rd Anniversary LibroMobile Literary Arts Festival. Local SanTana poets shared their work, beginning with Donato Martinez, a professor of English at Santa Ana College.
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Another week of live streamed literary events in L.Á. Readings sponsored by local bookstores like Book Soup, Vroman’s and Once Upon A Time. Open mics, book clubs, a couple of kids events and workshops, among other events. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 01/25/21 – 01/31/21
By Rich Archbold
FROM: Long Beach Press-Telegram
Gerald Locklin, a legendary local teacher, writer and poet who helped shape the literary landscape of Southern California for decades and was friends with the better-known Charles Bukowski, died from coronavirus-related complications Sunday, Jan. 17, said his son, Zachary Locklin. He was 79.
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Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
2021 MLK Day Celebration via California African American Museum (CAAM) – Online
Celebrate Marin Luther King Jr. Day immersed in music, culture, and community. This year’s virtual festival highlights MLK’s dedication to labor and workers’ rights, and these movements’ continued importance today.
See site for complete schedule, including a 2:30 pm event: Family Storytime and Poetry Workshop with author Alice Faye Duncan reading her children’s book, Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop, followed by a haiku writing workshop.
Where: CAAM – Online Facebook event (see site)
Date: Monday the 18th
Time: 10 am – 3:30 pm
Address: CAAM – Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/190941376010094/
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By Vera Casaneda
FROM: TimesOC
When author Sarah Rafael García’s LibroMobile began taking up space in a Santa Ana back alley off 4th and Spurgeon streets, the purpose was to cultivate diversity through books. The past year has been about how to take up space online to survive.
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By Brian Dunlap
Poet and L.Á. native Amanda Gorman will be President Elect Joe Biden’s Inaugural poet Wednesday. She made history by being named the first ever Youth Poet Laureate of Los Ángeles, then became the first-ever Youth Poet Laureate of the United States.
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Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Ficcion en Espanol Book Club via The Last Bookstore– Virtual Zoom Event
Ficcion en Espanol Book Club, hosted by Dan Lopez, reads fiction in Spanish, books by great contemporary writers in their native language, via Zoom.
This month’s selection is El libro de Eva, from Carmen Boullosa, a sweeping feminist reinterpretation of the book of Genesis.
NOTE: Details at event link. All bookstore events are ticketed.
Where: The Last Bookstore – Online Zoom Event
Date: Monday the 11th
Time: 7:30 pm – 9 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: http://lastbookstorela.com/#events or https://www.facebook.com/events/779943102595170
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FROM: Los Nietos Press
Los Nietos Press is pleased to announce the upcoming release of Acts of Contrition, a collection of short stories by Victoria Waddle. Presales are available now; the book release date is March 15, 2021.
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Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Ask a Children’s Author: Nick Eliopulos via Newport Beach Public Library – Online Kids Facebook Live Event
Join Ms. Liz in asking her fiend, Nick Eliopulos, all about writing fantasy books for kids! Nick has written several of the Spirit Animal books, the Minecraft Wordsworth Chronicles, and co-authors The Adventure Guild.
Log on starting at 10:00 am to watch Ms. Liz and Nick as they discuss writing and answer your questions. A recording of this even will be available for viewing on our Facebook page afterward. Check out our link if you want to submit a question before the event.
Where: Newport Public Library, LAPL – Online Facebook event (see site)
Date: Monday the 4th
Time: 10 am
Address: Newport PL – Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1704944309686314
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2020 has been one shit show of a year. Especially for Los Ángeles. Kobe died in January. The pandemic hit Los Ángeles County harder than anywhere else in California. The election. However, with businesses shut down and public gatherings banned, the city’s literary community quickly adapted and created community and continued to amplify voices virtually. At the same time writers continued to publish powerful literature.
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