Lynne Bronstein reviews poet Charles Becker’s chapbook “He Dances in His Wheelchair,” a collection about “his relationship with his partner, Aubrey, who lives with him in the retirement community of Laguna Hills, California, and gets around in a wheelchair.” Continue reading Finding Joy Beyond the Chair: Lynne Bronstein on “He Dances in His Wheelchair” by Charles Becker
In Los Angeles Literature’s newest book review, burgeoning Southeast L.Á. writer, Gabriel Lopez, reviews the 2nd edition of “Letters to My City” by MIke Sonksen. “While this collection deepens a person’s knowledge of Los Ángeles history, more importantly it profoundly shifts their understanding and relationship to Local Time and Space..” Continue reading I Am Alive in Los Angeles – Identity and Local Time & Space in Mike Sonksen’s Letters to My City: 2nd Edition
Hispanic Heritage Month celebrates the diverse contributions of the US’s Latinx population. With Southern California’s deep Chicanx and Latinx roots, Los Angeles Literature is highlighting many of the city and region’s powerful and diverse Latinx writers. Continue reading Latinx Literature of Los Ángeles and Southern California
“In fact, Bukowski cannot be understood apart from his midcentury Los Angeles milieu.” Continue reading Charles Bukowski’s Lush Life: “Post Office” and the Utopian Impulse
Listen to NPR’s Throughline Podcast for the episode exploring L.Á. writer Octavia E. Butler’s world and the worlds she created. Continue reading How Octavia Butler’s Sci-Fi Dystopia Became A Constant In A Man’s Evolution
What new L.Á. crime fiction will the Coronavirus Outbreak lead to? Continue reading Will The Coronavirus Outbreak Lead to New L.A. Crime Fiction? The Jury Is Out
Octavia E. Bulter’s two Paradble books, “Parable of the Sower” and “Parable of the Talents” are set to be rereleased. Continue reading Exclusive Preview: Octavia E. Butler’s Prescient Parable Books Get Gorgeous Reissue
Lynell George writes about Los Ángeles, its changing landscape, rooted in personal experience.
Continue reading Lynell George Sings Los Angeles
How has El Segundo been portrayed in literature? Continue reading Critic at Large David Kipen on El Segundo in literature
“Atomik Aztex” is formally and thematically challenging, implementing postmodern stylistics in conjunction with surrealism, Gonzo “journalism,” and the satirical. Foster also mixes “low-brow” and “high-art,” and popular consumer culture. Continue reading Cyclical Time, Slaughter, and Colonial Violence in Sesshu Foster’s Atomik Aztex
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