By Brian Dunlap
Saturday in Boyle Heights. Cesar Chavez Ave. The grand opening for South Central poet and Dryland founder Viva Padilla’s literary arts venue Re/Arte.
Continue reading “Grand Opening of New L.Á. Literary Space”
After a year of pivoting to online sales, virtual readings, gofundme pages and even book mobiles, local bookstores reopen with a little trepidation.
By Dorany Pineda
FROM: L.A. Times
For the first time since the pandemic swept through the United States, Jazzi McGilbert saw glimmers of normalcy last month.
Continue reading “They Tried Every Trick In The Book”
A new Culver City bookstore opened it’s doors in January, as others struggled with COVID-19. Continue reading As Bookstores Struggled With COVID-19, This Culver City Shop Was Just Opening
By Kathryn Barnes
FROM: Greater L.A.
Lynne Thompson is LA’s 2021 poet laureate. The program is a partnership between the Department of Cultural Affairs and the LA Public Library that aims to enhance the city’s appreciation of the literary arts and reach people who have limited exposure to creative writing.
Continue reading “LA poet laureate Lynne Thompson on the ‘kernels of poems’ inside all of us”
Poet and Professor Cynthia Guardado announces acceptance of latest poetry collection. Continue reading Publication News: Cynthia Guardado
Mark Lipman’s latest book, “Dear Culver City,” is about the challenges facing a modern day Mayberry, like Culver City. Continue reading Mark Lipman to Release Latest Book. It’s About Culver City.
By Brian Dunlap
Last week the American Academy of Poets announced its 2021 Poet Laureate Fellows, including West Hollywood Poet Laureate, Brian Sonia-Wallace. Sonia-Wallace, along with 22 other individual awardees “serve as Poets Laureate of states and cities across the U. S. and will be leading public poetry programs in their respective communities in the year ahead,” the Academy said in a press release. The Fellows will each receive $50,000 (or $25,000 each in the case of the shared Poet Laureate position in Montana) for a combined total of $1.1 million. In addition, the Academy will provide $100,000+ total to 14 local 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations that have agreed to support the Fellows’ proposed projects.
Continue reading “Poet Laureate of West Hollywood Brian Sonia-Wallace, Receives Award From Academy of American Poets”
By Mimi Lam
FROM: Cultural Weekly
When I first volunteered for the Sims Library of Poetry, I did not expect a physical manifestation of myself–unfinished, still growing, pursuing a dream. Like the library, I was in the process of transformation.
Continue reading “Re-finding My Love for Poetry Through the Sims Library”
By Brian Dunlap
Made in L.A. Writers was founded as an indie author co-op of L.Á. based indie writers dedicated to the support of independent writers. Their styles, themes and story locals differ, but their work is strongly influenced by their hometown and underpinned by the diverse culture and life of L.Á.
Continue reading “Seeking L.Á. Stories for Vol. 4 of the Made in L.A. Fiction Anthology Series”
By Camylle Fleming
Author Heather Haldeman’s debut memoir Kids & Cocktails Don’t Mix (Apprentice House Press, June 2021) explores machinations of gender and power dynamics in the 1960s and ’70s as Heather comes of age and must decide how she wants her own life to look.
Continue reading “Former Governor of CA’s Granddaughter Writes Memoir of Riches to Rags”
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