Poet Sandy Shakes interviews poet, performer and mental health advocate Carlos Ornelas on the occasion of the release of his new poetry collection “Villains Vernacular.” He discusses tackling the difficult topics, building community and more. Continue reading Poet Carlos Ornelas on Why He Writes and Tackling the Difficult Topics Head On, While Building and Being in Community
The fourth installment of Los Angeles Literature’s interview series “The Influencers: Writers Talk About Who Shaped Their Work” features Venezuelan American poet and writer, Lisbeth Coiman. Learn how her Venezuelan upbring and education and the Greater Los Ángeles literary community has influenced her work. Continue reading The Influencers: Writers Talk About Who Shaped Their Work – Lisbeth Coiman
Episode 3 of Nikolai Garcia’s interview series Not A Podcast, features Jesse Tovar, Founder and publisher of the Substack literary journal Mobile Data Mag and author if the digital chapbook “Talks on Skinship.” Gracia and Tovar discuss Tovar’s literary citizenship and community building. Continue reading Not A Podcast: An Interview Series—Episode Three: Jesse Tovar, The Nice Guy of Poetry
The third installment of Los Angeles Literature’s interview series “The Influencers: Writers Talk About Who Shaped Their Work” features long-time resident, poet and performer Jeff Rogers. Continue reading The Influencers: Writers Talk About Who Shaped Their Work – Jeff Rogers
An in-depth interview with VOTH (Voice of the Harbor), a local poet from San Pedro. HIs talks about his debut collection, Dieagnosis, recovering from trauma and abuse, publishing with local press Riot of Roses Publishing, and helping others heal through his poetry and performances, and more. Continue reading Shapeshifter Under a Wolf Moon
Writer Jesse Tovar interviews the always spunky and funny poet Anastasia Helena Fenald about her new book The Art of Job Hunting: A Dramedy in Verse, her takedown of our capitalist system; her first book; working with independent presses and more. Continue reading Speaking Truth to a Flawed System: Anastasia Helena Fenald Discusses Her New Book “The Art of Job Hunting”
In June, Claire Beeli was announced as Long Beach’s inaugural Youth Poet Laureate. Recently, fellow Long Beach poet Nancy Woo talked with Beeli about her life as a young writer, her plans, if any, about pursuing a writer’s life once in college and much more. Continue reading The Life of A Young Writer: Long Beach Youth Poet Laureate Claire Beeli
The second installment of Los Angeles Literature’s new interview series “The Influencers: Writers Talk About Who Shaped Their Work” features an interview with South Central native, poet and Santa Monica College Peofessor, bridgette bianca. Continue reading The Influencers: Writers Talk About Who Shaped Their Work – bridgette bianca
Los Angeles Literature introduces the new interview series “The Influencers: Writers Talk About Who Shaped Their Work.” The debut interview features South Central resident, poet, educator and librarian, Benin Lemus. Continue reading The Influencers: Writers Talk About Who Shaped Their Work
Episode 2 of Nikolai Garcia’s interview series Not A Podcast, features Madi Parsley, co-publisher of the San Fernando-based zine, “Drifter” with Iván Salinas. Gracia and Parsley discuss The Valley and how it’s portrayed in the media, literature in The Valley, “Drifter,” and everything in-between. Continue reading Not A Podcast: An Interview Series—Episode Two: Madi Parsley On Indie Publishing, Collages, and Death of the Valley Girl
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