In Wanda Coleman’s National Book Award Winning poetry, she code switches in over 1,000 poems, as she wrote about the real Los Ángeles, becoming the UNofficial Poet Laureate of Los Áangeles. Continue reading Literary History: American Sonnets: PolyVocality and Code Switching With Wanda Coleman and Terrance Hayes
Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Teens Speak Up Against Injustice: The Assignment via American Jewish University Online Event
Join us on Zoom to heat how a chance meeting in a bookstore propelled author Liza Wiemer to write her book, The Assignment, which explores how two teens found the courage to speak up against antisemitism and hatred.
NOTE: See site for details and ticket information.
Where: American Jewish University – Online event
Date: Monday the 24th
Time: 4 pm – 4:45 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/398268867839936
Continue reading “Los Angeles Literature Events: 8/24/20 – 8/30/20”
by Nate Rogers
FROM: L.A. Times
Cresting an overlook on the Condor Trail in Griffith Park, Casey Schreiner wants us to stop to listen to the chimpanzees. “They’re a little bit chattier now than they were when I was writing the book,” he says, as the hollering echoes up from the Los Angeles Zoo in the canyon below. “It may be because they haven’t had visitors in a while.”
Continue reading “Griffith Park Finally Gets The Book It Deserves. Take A Hike With Its Author”
An interview with South Central poet and Professor bridgette bianca about what inspires her and what led her to the life of a poet and professor. Continue reading Meet Bridgette Bianca | Poet & Professor
By Bethanne Patrick
FROM: L.A. Times
Christina Hammonds Reed vividly remembers witnessing the unrest in her city in 1992 after the acquittal of four LAPD officers in the arrest and beating of Rodney King — on television. She was only 8, after all, and the violence in South L.A. felt far away. She grew up in the comfortable suburb of Hacienda Heights.
Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Japanese Storytime via Little Tokyo Branch Library Instagram Online – Kids Event
Join us on Little Tokyo Branch Library’s Instagram for Japanese Storytime for children, to enjoy books and activities, such as singing and learning origami, in Japanese.
Where: Little Tokyo Branch Library, LAPL Instagram online
Date: Monday the 17th
Time: 10:30 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/japanese-storytime
Continue reading “Los Angeles Literature Events 8/17/20 – 8/23/20”
By Nathan Deuel
FROM: Los Angeles Times
It’s so easy to write very badly about Los Angeles. Just ask the New York Times, or consult the work of any number of day-tripping feature writers, novelists and memoirists. The list of essential books that get L.A. right is short but it definitely includes D.J. Waldie’s classic 1992 memoir, “Holy Land.” Anchored in Lakewood, where Waldie is a lifelong resident and a city administrator, it was an artful and original cry of suburban pain. Nearly three decades later, he’s out with an essay collection, “Becoming Los Angeles,” which makes that short list of classics just a little bit longer.
Los Angeles Literature Events 8/10/20 – 8/16/20
Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Julian E. Zelizer & Burning Down the House at Book Soup – Crowdcast Online Event
Join author Julian E. Zelizer, in conversation with David Cross, to discuss his new non-fiction book, Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party.
When Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, President Obama observed that Trump “is not an outlier; he is a culmination, a logical conclusion of the rhetoric and tactics of the Republican Party.” In this book the author pinpoints the moment when our country was set on a path to bitterly partisan and ruthless politics: an era ignited by Newt Gingrich and his allies in 1989. This is the story of how they created a new normal in Washington D.C.
NOTE: Details and ticket information available at website.
Where: Book Soup – Crowdcast Online Event
Date: Monday the 10th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Crowdcast Live
Continue reading “Los Angeles Literature Events 8/10/20 – 8/16/20”
The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is opening a virtual chapter this year amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Continue reading “L.A. Times Festival of Books Going Virtual as Community-Wide Gathering”
Another week full of online literary events as the community continues to navigate the pandemic: readings, open mics, book clubs, workshops and even a kids event or two. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events 8/03/20 – 8/09/20
