Local Poet and Performer, Pastiche Queen, Alleges Local Press Charged Fees and Failed to Follow Through on Publishing Agreement

Local poet and performer Pastiche Queen said The Los Angeles Press failed to communicate, didn’t deliver on contractual promises, and made them pay for costs publishers are supposed to cover, after agreeing to publish their chapbook “Trans Velociraptors.” Continue reading Local Poet and Performer, Pastiche Queen, Alleges Local Press Charged Fees and Failed to Follow Through on Publishing Agreement

A Writer’s Life in Altadena: In the Line of Arts and the Eaton Fire

Writer and storyteller Ashton Cynthia Clarke lived in Altadena for 24+ years. Then, on January 7, the Eaton Fire broke out in the San Gabriel Mountain foothills behind her home. This is her story about her life in Altadena and how she was affected by the devastating wildfire. Continue reading A Writer’s Life in Altadena: In the Line of Arts and the Eaton Fire

Community News

The first Community News of 2025 and so much has already happened in the Greater Los Angeles literary community in these first three months. The devistating Eaton and Palasades FIres that began the year to the 4th Annual Culver City Book Festival to Pomona introducing a new poet laureate and their first youth poet laureate to a new independent bookstore opening in Echo Park and more. Let’s get caught up. Continue reading Community News

Los Ángeles Writers Publish in 2024

Los Angeles Literataure’s 9th Annual Los Angeles Writers Publish list, 2024 edition. Though this isn’t everyone who’s published in the Greater Los Angeles Literary community in 2024, it’s a large swath of the community. Congratulations to all the local writers who’s published in 2024! And may everyone in the community find even more publication success in 2025! Continue reading Los Ángeles Writers Publish in 2024