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.
Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Events: 11/30/20 – 12/06/20

All Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS

Learning Circle: The 1619 Project via John C. Fremont Branch Library – Online Event      

A Learning Circle is an opportunity to learn together. Join us as we study The 1619 Project, an ambitious undertaking by The New York Times to reexamine the legacy of slavery and the repercussions that exist to this day.

Email jcfrmt@lapl.org for participation details and related book list.

Where:  John C, Fremont Branch Library, LAPL – Online event (see site)

Date: Monday the 30th                                                                        

Time: 1:30 pm                                                                          

Address:  LAPL – Online event       

Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/learning-circle-1619-project

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Articles

Moon Tide Wishes You All a Safe and Festive Day of Gratitude

By Eric Morago
FROM: Moon Tide Press

I have thought about how I would start this blog post over and over again—wanting so desperately to dive into giving thanks for all Moon Tide and I have to be grateful for, but also feeling that doing so somehow dismisses what a difficult year it has been for so many. I recognize there will be many this holiday season for which gratitude will be a desert mirage—something their eyes and mind convinces themselves of in order to give them, rightfully so, hope. But for me, gratitude is much more tangible this year than it ever has been.

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Book Reviews

Bradbury Noir: The Crimes of a Science Fiction Master

By Cullen GallagherFrom: L.A. Review of Books THE SKELETONS IN Ray Bradbury’s closet are out in Killer, Come Back to Me, a career-spanning collection of the science fictioneer’s crime stories. These 300 pages present a new side to readers who only know Bradbury from such classics as The Martian Chronicles (1950) and Fahrenheit 451 (1953). Published by Hard Case Crime on the occasion of the … Continue reading Bradbury Noir: The Crimes of a Science Fiction Master

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Literary Long Beach, Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Events: 11/23/20 – 11/29/20

Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS

Learning Circle: The 1619 Project via John C. Fremont Branch Library – Online Event      

A Learning Circle is an opportunity to learn together. Join us as we study The 1619 Project, an ambitious undertaking by The New York Times to reexamine the legacy of slavery and the repercussions that exist to this day.

Email jcfrmt@lapl.org for participation details and related book list.

Where:  John C, Fremont Branch Library, LAPL – Online event (see site)

Date: Monday the 23rd                                                                        

Time: 1:30 pm                                                                          

Address:  LAPL – Online event       

Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/learning-circle-1619-project

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Literary Long Beach, Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Events: 11/16/20 – 11/22/20

Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS

South to Freedom & Professor Alice L. Baumgartner via Huntington-USC Institute – Zoom Online Event 

Join us as Professor Alice L. Baumgartner, in conversation with historian Albert Brossard and Institute Director William Deverell, discusses her new book, South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the Civil War. 

Where:  Huntington-USC Institute – Zoom & Facebook Online Event (see site for further details)          

Date: Monday the 16th                                                                        

Time: 12 pm                                                                             

Address:  Huntington-USC Institute  – Zoom Online event

Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1706751046153577

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David Ulin Talks USC’s New Literary Journal ‘Air/Light’ And Its Focus On Southern California

By Peter Larsen
FROM: Orange County Register

While considering a name for the new literary journal “Air/Light,” editor David Ulin recalled a magazine piece he’d read years ago in which a climatologist described the unusual way that air transforms light in Southern California.

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Literary Long Beach, Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Events: 11/09/20 – 11/15/20

Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS

Immigrant Writing Workshop with Restless Books via Studio City Public Library – Online Event   

Join us for a Immigrant Writing Workshop with Restless Books. Each workshop has three sessions, so please register for only one. Join us for an offering of the Innovation Lab’s ”Belonging” series, taught by Restless Books publisher Ilan Stavans, which is designed to help immigrant communities develop their voices, self-confidence, and self-esteem. See details at site.

To register for this event, email Emilie at  eaaronson@lapl.org

 Where:  Studio City Public Library – Online Event (see site for further details)   

Date: Monday the 9th                                                                          

Time: 5 pm                                                                               

Address:  Simi Valley Public Library – Online event

Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/library-innovation-lab-belonging-series-restless-books-immigrant-writing-workshop-0

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America’s Oldest Children’s Bookstore is Struggling in the Pandemic. But There’s Hope

By Mary McNamara
FROM: Los Angeles Times

Once upon a time, in the hills above Los Angeles, where owls hoot, bear cubs frolic and deer trip daintily down the street, there lived a family with two little girls, named Jessica and Amelia, who loved to read.

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