NOTE: In honor of Black History Month, Los Angeles Literature is highlighting the city’s literature written by black writers. They have all left an indelible mark on the city of Angels. In the first installment, Los Angeles Literature is highlighting If He Hollers Let Him Go by Chester Himes.
By Brian Dunlap
Dryland, a literary journal based in South Central Los Ángeles, is currently open to submissions. The deadline is March 4, 2019.
Another busy week full of literary events: readings, open mics, book clubs and workshops and more. Local writers reading this week include: Monique Mitchell, Gary Phillips, Michelle Brittan Rosado, Nikki Darling, Tananarive Due, Thelma T. Reyna, David St. John, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events 2/04/19 –2/10/19
From: Write Minded
In this episode of Write Minded: Weekly Inspiration for Writers, Grant and Brooke explore with guest, Los Angeles native and writer, Francesca Lia Block, author of The Thorn Necklace, how writing is healing and oftentimes therapeutic. Today’s episode is about the feeling side of writing—and how touching into that both unlocks deeper places in a person’s writing and has the ability (at least some of the time) to set writers free from their angst and doubts and any lingering messages that might get lobbed at them by their inner critics. If you’ve ever wondered if writing has the power to heal, tune in.
Continue reading “Healing through Writing, featuring Francesca Lia Block”
By Brian Dunlap
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal is the author of Beast Meridian (Noemi Press, 2017) a poetry collection that confronts and refutes the violence of erasure and assimilation, rooted in the borderlands of her birth. This violence and erasure is a physical space where “the speaker confronts her life in the eternal hallway of the subconscious,” as poet Sara Borjas says in her review of the book. For this confrontation and refutation Villarreal’s poetry collection was named, earlier this month, as a finalist for the 2019 Kate Tufts Discovery Award, which recognizes the work of a poet of promise with $10,000.
Continue reading “Vanessa Angélica Villarreal Is A Finalist”
Wally Rudoplph & Christine Yoo at Annenberg Beach House
Join us for Writer-in-Residence Wally Rudolph’s first of three public conversations at the Annenberg Community Beach House. In Creating Art in Times of Strife, Rudolph presents a series of one-on-one conversations with socially conscious artist across disciplines, informing how current political polarization and environmental crisis affect and inform each artist’s process and practice.
Christine Yoo’s forthcoming documentary, 26.2 to Life, chronicles a year in the life of San Quentin’s 1000 Mile Club, a prison running group training for an annual marathon inside the prison’s crowded lower yard: 105 laps to complete 26.2 miles. Wally and Christine discuss how the making of the film has affected her view of the prison industrial complex and the human cost of our justice system
NOTE: Tickets for this free event are available at Eventbrite link.
Where: Annenberg Beach House, Pacific Coast Hwy. at Beach House Way
Date: Tuesday the 29th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: 415 Pacific Coast Hwy., Santa Monica, CA 90402
Continue reading “Los Angeles Literature Events 1/28/19 –2/03/19”
By Brian Dunlap
The Tomorrow Prize for short science fiction is a competition by Los Angeles County high school students that inspires them to explore their present through speculating about their future and to excel in the art of storytelling.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration at CAAM
Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day by surrounding yourself with art, culture, and community. Enjoy an array of vibrant programs and activities for all ages. See the schedule for complete details, including a marathon reading of King’s lesser-known speeches and sermons, as well as his 1968 Los Angeles speech introduced by James Baldwin, and much more!
NOTE: Tickets and details available at Eventbrite link.
Where: California African American Museum (CAAM)
Date: Monday the 21st
Time: 10 am – 5 pm
Address: 600 State Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90037
Website: http://caamuseum.org/programs/special-events/martin-luther-king-jr-day-celebration-2019 or https://www.eventbrite.com/e/martin-luther-king-jr-day-celebration-tickets-53894614242
Continue reading “Los Angeles Literature Events 1/21/19 –1/27/19”
The band’s founding member reflects on growing up Chicano & being an artist.
by Catalina Maria Johnson
From: Billboard
About 40 years ago, four musicians in a high school rock band decided to learn the Mexican standard “Las Mañanitas” to regale one of the band member’s moms on her birthday. Daunted by how difficult that proved to be — they had underestimated the complexity of their musical culture — the young East LA born-and-bred Chicanos decided to frame their Mexican roots music in rock ‘n’ roll and R&B grooves. And so, the iconic, multi-Grammy-winning band Los Lobos was born.
Continue reading “Los Lobos’ Louie Perez Talks Musical Memoir ‘Good Morning Aztlan’: Exclusive”
By Brian Dunlap
A bustling York Blvd., with mouth-watering smells wafting in the air from food trucks parked curbside. Near the corner of York and Avenue 50 is Pop-Hop Books, one of L.A.’s many independent bookstores.
Continue reading “Highland Park on Thursday night in January”
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