A Place Built by Poets for Poets
“South Central Los Angeles has long had a vibrant poetry” and now “a dedicated venue to write, read, and listen to the work of poets” opened this past summer. Continue reading A Place Built by Poets for Poets
Category: Articles
New Yorkers scoffed. 10 Years Later, the Los Angeles Review of Books is a Cultural Force
By Dorany Pineda
FROM: Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Review of books was conceived more than a decade ago during a dark period for the print literary ecosystem.
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Los Ángeles Writers Publish in 2021
Los Angeles Literature’s annual list of “Los Ángeles Writers Publish” is here. Over the past year Los Angeles writers and the community have been busy producing or announcing the forthcoming publication of powerful literature and getting recognized for it. The list attempts to be comprehensive, but if a publication has been missed, Los Angeles Literature apologizes. Continue reading Los Ángeles Writers Publish in 2021
Bookfair, Sims Library of Poetry
By Brian Dunlap
The first annual Sims Library of Poetry Bookfair took place on November 20. Authors and presses set up shop in the library’s courtyard selling books, selling poetry, making connections and building community. Promoting the most important aspects of literature: what makes us human; telling our own truths, our own narratives; bluntly speaking truth to power.
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‘Always Running’ Author Luis Rodriguez Talks to 600 Pomona Teens
By David Allen
FROM: Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
First the marching band performed a few rousing numbers. Then writer Luis J. Rodriguez took the stage in Pomona’s Garey High quad Friday morning, Oct. 22, to tell 600 students about marching to the beat of a different drummer.
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Reflections on Publishing My Twelfth Book, “How to Date a Flying Mexican: New and Collected Stories”
Los Ángeles writer, Daniel A. Olivas, reflects on his literary career as his twelfth book is set to release early next year. Continue reading Reflections on Publishing My Twelfth Book, “How to Date a Flying Mexican: New and Collected Stories”
CSUDH Professor’s New Book Explores a Filipino Military Band’s Connection to U.S. Colonialism and Her Own Family History
By CSUDH Campus News Center
FROM: Campus News Center
In her new book, Instruments of Empire: Filipino Musicians, Black Soldiers, and Military Band Music during U.S. Colonization of the Philippines, CSUDH Assistant Professor of Asian-Pacific Studies Mary Talusan Lacanlale doesn’t just reveal the hidden history of the Philippine Constabulary Band—she uncovers some of her own family history, as well.
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Amanda Gorman Talks Writing, the Power of Change and Her Own Presidential Aspirations
L.Á. poet Amanda Gorman talks about her development as a poet and activist and how she plans to use these two roles to make change going into the future. Continue reading Amanda Gorman Talks Writing, the Power of Change and Her Own Presidential Aspirations
Meet Malibu’s Newest Poet Laureate: Ann Buxie
By Jimy Tallal
FROM: Malibu Times
Ann Buxie has been bringing creative written and spoken words to the Malibu community for more than 25 years through her free Poetry by the Sea and Tales by the Sea programs, so it seemed only fitting that she should be the city’s next poet laureate, serving a two-year term from 2021-23 as Malibu’s “official consultant in poetry.”
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Beyond Baroque Announces Amanda Gorman Future Voices Poetry Fund
Venice-based Literary Arts Center to Provide $10,000 in Contest and Scholarship Money to Youth Poets
FROM: Send2Press Newswire
VENICE, Calif., Sept. 14, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Beyond Baroque, one of the nation’s leading independent Literary Arts Centers, has announced the Amanda Gorman Future Voices Poetry Fund. The fund, named in honor of Beyond Baroque alumna and U.S. Presidential Inaugural Poet Amanda Gorman, will provide $10,000 to young poets of color.
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