By Jason Boog
From: Publishers Weekly
Spectrum Networks has launched a weekly primetime show that airs author conversations for 1.5 million pay-TV subscribers in Southern California.
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By Rafu Shimpo
From: Rafu Shimpo
Los Angeles Literature Note: This obituary of Wakako Yamauchi was published in August in L.A.’s Japanese newspaper Rafu Shimpo. Yamauchi was an important writer in the Nisei Literary community and beyond, especially in Los Ángeles, breaking out after WW II and Japanese internment. Related to the article published earlier this month titled “Literary History: Los Ángeles’ Nisei Literary Community Before WWII.”
GARDENA — Wakako Yamauchi, a renowned Nisei writer best known for her play “And the Soul Shall Dance,” passed away on Aug. 16 at her home in Gardena. She was 93.
She is remembered for depicting the struggles of Japanese immigrants and their children during the Great Depression and World War II, which she personally experienced.
by Louise Steinman and Maureen Moore and others
FROM: Los Angeles Times
To the editor: Library Foundation President Kenneth Brecher claims the ALOUD series was “stagnating”; we believe the 25-year record — to the present — of cultural and literary programming at the Los Angeles Public Library speaks for itself.
Opera Talk at Buena Vista Branch, Burbank Public Library
Please join us for an Opera Talk with members of LA Opera’s Community Engagement Program, and featuring Larry Verdugo discussing the opera Hansel & Gretel.
Where: Buena Vista Branch, Burbank Public Library
Date: Monday the 26th
Time: 7 pm – 8 pm
Address: 300 N. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91505
Website: http://www.burbank.lib.ca.us/events/opera-talk-2
Continue reading “Los Angeles Literature Events 11/26/18 –12/02/18”
By Kenneth Brecher
From: Los Angeles Times
If you believe recent reports, the Library Foundation of Los Angeles’ ALOUD program, where literati come to see important authors interviewed about their works, is doomed.
Continue reading “Why the Los Angeles Public Library’s ALOUD Program Has to Change”
Naomi Hirahara joins an exclusive club — Vroman’s Walk of Fame.
By J.K. Yamamoto
From: Rafu Shimpo
PASADENA — The atmosphere in front of Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena last Saturday afternoon was reminiscent of a Hollywood paparazzi fest.
With dozens of well-wishers taking photos and videos, local mystery author Naomi Hirahara placed her hands in cement and signed her name to become a part of Vroman’s Walk of Fame.
By Brian Dunlap
On the night of October 7, 1934, in Los Ángeles, “11 Nisei writers and poets, seven women and four men,” gathered to discuss the creation of a literary organization for second generation Japanese Americans. Prolific columnist and poet Mary Oyama said, “for the first time ever, creative Nesei writers sat down together at one table.”
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Author Program: Cleo & Cornelius at Eagle Rock Branch Library, LAPL – Kids Event
Meet Cleo, Cornelius and two of their creators, Elizabeth Nicholson and Janine Pibal. Children and their families will follow along with courageous Cleo and “couch slouch” Cornelius from the children’s book, Cleo and Cornelius: A Tale of Two Cities and Two Kitties. The book is published on the occasion of the exhibition, Beyond the Nile: Egypt and the Classical World at the Getty Center.
Where: Eagle Rock Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Monday the 19th
Time: 4 pm – 5 pm
Address: 5027 Caspar Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90041
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/cleo-and-cornelius-library
Continue reading “Los Angeles Literature Events 11/19/18 –11/25/18”
By Jen Hofer and Antena
FROM: L.A. Review of Books Blog
To Ken Brecher and the Staff and Board Members of the Library Foundation of Los Angeles:
The two collectives I co-founded, Antena and Antena Los Ángeles, recently received an invitation to participate in the upcoming Mobile Museum Fair that the Library Foundation of Los Angeles is organizing at the Los Angeles Public Library in January 2019. In the wake of the unjust and as yet unexplained firings of Maureen Moore and Louise Steinman from their positions as Associate Director and Director of the ALOUD series respectively, and the unanswered calls for accountability on the part of Ken Brecher and the LFLA Board, I am writing to inform you unequivocally that neither Antena nor Antena Los Ángeles will work with LFLA until this matter is resolved in an ethical, respectful and transparent way — as not just Maureen and Louise but also the many communities who love both the ALOUD series and the amazing beloved Los Angeles Public Library deserve.
Continue reading “An Open Letter to Ken Brecher and the Library Foundation of Los Angeles”
Workshop: Humor Writing with Lydia Oxenham at 1888 Center for the Arts
Humor Writing: Where to Begin is a workshop that teaches you how to turn a funny idea, joke or experience into something others can read (and Laugh at!). You’ll leave with tips for finding inspiration, strategies for getting the most out of your idea, and the motivation to finally go home and write with humor. Instructor Lydia Oxenham is a writer and studied comedy writing at UCLA and the Upright Citizens Brigade.
NOTE: The cost is $10 for the workshop, and you may purchase tickets at website link.
Where: 1888 Center for the Arts
Date: Monday the 12th
Time: 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Address: 115 N. Orange St., Orange, CA 92866
Website: http://www.1888.center/calendar/workshop-humor-writing-where-to-begin/
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