Los Angeles Literature Events 5/28/18 –6/03/18
Free Memorial Holiday Monday at LACMA
Visitors and families of all ages are invited to a FREE day at the museum, with bilingual tours, campus-wide exhibits, including Hidden Narratives exhibit and others, all open to the public, and live music with Soft Streak.
Where: Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Date: Monday the 28th
Time: 11 am – 5 pm
Address: 5905 Wilshire Blvd., West Los Angeles, CA 90036
Website: http://www.lacma.org/event/target-free-holiday-monday-10
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Tony Abbott & Mordicai Gerstein at Children’s Book World–Children’s Event 
It began 12 years ago, the concept for my poetry collection Orange Lady. It was 2006, that summer I had gone to VONA (Voices of Our Nation Arts Foundation) in San Francisco, where I had taken a writing workshop with Chris Abani. At VONA, I connected with writers who also lived in Los Angeles, and upon my return, through them, I learned about Ruth Forman
DSTL Arts is a nonprofit arts mentorship organization based in Los Angeles that “inspires, teaches, and hires emerging artists from underserved communities.” The acronym in DSTL Arts
Restless Souls & The Concrete, Book Launch & Discussion at Book Soup 
I can’t help myself: I dress up to go see her. It’s 9 am on a Thursday morning when I leave my house, 50-some degrees in Los Angeles and so windy that palm trees are curved and swaying, my car trembling with exertion on the freeway.
The House of Broken Angels at Evening Book Club Discussion at Pages Bookstore 
This is the fifth interview in an ongoing series about the intersections of writing, teaching, and identity. Read Past Interviews in the series: Kathy Kottaras, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Mike Rose, Virginia Pye.
