Community News
The first Community News of the year. In the first three months a lot has happened in the literary community. Book releases, readings, festivals and more. Let’s get caught up. Continue reading Community News
The first Community News of the year. In the first three months a lot has happened in the literary community. Book releases, readings, festivals and more. Let’s get caught up. Continue reading Community News
On March 2nd the 8th Annunal Boca de Oro Festival took place in Downtown Santa Ana, where Santa Ana School District students danced, played music and in the basement of the historic Santora Arts Building, local poets came together to speak important truths to a crowded room. Continue reading Boca de Oro 2024
In Los Angeles Literature’s first Letter From the Editor, Editor-in-Chief, Brian Dunlap, talks about what is in store for the magazine a year after opening for submissions. Continue reading Letter From the Editor: The Next 12 Months
Two of L.Á.’s most iconic bookstores are for sale. What’s in store for these businesses? Continue reading Iconic L.Á. Bookstores For Sale
Recently, LibroMobile Arts Cooperative announced the 2024-2026 OC Poet Laureate: Gustavo Hernandez. The county’s second Poet Laureate. Check out who this poet is. Continue reading Orange County’s New Poet Laureate
A bit late, but here is Los Angeles Literature’s 8th Annual Los Ángeles Writers Publish list. It’s been a year filled with release parties, notably from new local presses–El Martillo Press and Riot of Roses–dedicated to publishing voices and women of color, as well as World Stage Press and others. Also, individuals published pieces in journals, magazines and newspapers, both big and small and in-between. This list attempts to be comprehensive, but if a publication has been missed, Los Angeles Literature apologizes. Continue reading Los Ángeles Writers Publish in 2023
Since the last community news in October a lot has happened the literary community. Book release parties, a new bookstore opens, Tia Chucha’s Press expands, local poets hold fundraisers for Gaza and more. Continue reading Community News
West Hollywood Poet Laureate Jen Cheng presents The West Hollywood Holiday Poetry Hotline for everyone this holiday season. Continue reading The West Hollywood Holiday Poetry Hotline
To kick off the 2023 Southern California Poetry Festival, on November 17th Beyond Baroque celebrated the life, legacy and continued influence of Beyond Baroque fixture and L.Á.’s unofficial Poet Laureate, Wanda Coleman by naming their theatre “The Wanda Coleman Theatre.” Continue reading Renaming of Beyond Baroque’s Theatre
Another week full of literary events: readings, open mics, book clubs, workshops and a few kids events. Local writers reading this week include: Brian Sonia-Wallace, Ivan Salinas, Eric Moraga, Xochiotl-Julisa Bermejo, féi Hernandez, Taz Ahmed, Sofia Fey and Sesshu Foster, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 11/27/23 – 12/03/23