By Nancy Lynée Woo
From: Patreon
On Monday, April 9, 2018, the poetry community said a sad yet fond farewell to one of the strongest poetry readings in Long Beach—Cadence Collective—and with it one of the biggest poetry hearts of our beloved city—G. Murray Thomas.
41st Annual Writers Week Conference at UC Riverside
Join us for the 41st Annual Writers Week Conference, the longest-running FREE literary event in California, which attracts both seasoned authors and those just beginning their careers. This year’s event takes place from February 12-18, and is hosted by the UCR Department of Creative Writing and Tom Lutz, the Writers Week director.
On Monday, February 12th join us to hear:
Tess Taylor is a poet, an on-air poetry reviewer for NPR’s “All Things Considered,” and the chair of the poetry committee of the National Book Critics Circle. She is the author of the chapbook, Misremembered World, the book The Forage House, in which she explores her personal history as a descendant of Thomas Jefferson, and the author of Work and Days, which was named one of the Best Poetry Books of 2016 by The New York Times. (Reading at 2:30 pm)
Hadara Bar-Nadav is a poet and a Professor of English at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. She is the author of two chapbooks and three poetry collections. She also co-authored the bestselling textbook Writing Poems (8th edition) with Michelle Boisseau. Her latest book of poetry, The New Nudity was published in 2017. (Reading at 4 pm)
Books by Writers Week authors are available at the UCR Bookstore and at Cellar Door Books in nearby Canyon Crest Town Center.
Complimentary parking permits available at parking lot Kiosk.
Where: CHASS Interdisciplinary Bldg., South-Screening Room, 1128
Date: Monday the 12th
Time: 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm; and 4 pm – 5:30 pm on Monday the 12th
Address: 900 University Ave., Riverside, CA 92521
Website: http://www.writersweek.ucr.edu
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By Brian Dunlap
When one attends a reading at Avenue 50 Studio in Highland Park, one can’t help but first be drawn to all the powerful Latinx art that adorn it’s four galleries/rooms. It’s a gallery space for visual arts first and foremost. This past Saturday was no different. However, as much as I liked the art from artists such as Sergio Teran, I was there for Daniel A. Olivas’ book release reading for his debut poetry collection Crossing the Border.
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Memoir Writing Workshop at 
, LAPL
Would you like to write your own memoir? Instructor Erika Fernbach is offering a free, two session course to get you started. It is recommended that you attend both sessions.
Don’t forget to bring paper and pen—or your computer!
Where: Sherman Oaks Martin Pollard Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Monday the 2nd
Time: 2:30 pm – 4 pm
Address: 14245 Moorpark St., Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/memoir-writing-workshop
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by Anna Macaulay
From: ArtCenter College of Design
This Summer, poet, girls’ rock band camp counselor and Humanities and Sciences faculty member Rocío Carlos participated in a panel, Poetry as Witness, at the Allied Media Conferencein Detroit. We caught up with Carlos shortly after her trip to find out a little more about her role at ArtCenter, her work as a poet and teacher, and her experience presenting at the conference.
Continue reading “H&S Faculty Rocío Carlos: Poet, Teacher, Camp Counselor”
From: The Soul of California
In this 65-minute interview, writer Luis Rodriguez discusses his nine lives, going from being a barely pubescent gang member in East LA and the San Gabriel Valley, to being shot at, doped up and finding redemption through the arts, literature and his own writing. After all this, he sets an example to others facing the same temptations and challenges that he faced.
Continue reading “Luis Rodriguez – Angry at Injustice, Hungry for Change”
First saw this ad in the New Yorker. L.A. very own rock star poet, Amanda Gorman. She’s also published a book of poems titles The One for Whom Food is Not Enough. Continue reading Former Los Angeles Youth Poet Laureate, Now Youth Poet Laureate of the United States
by Irene Sanchez
From: Inside Higher ED
Irene Sanchez pays tribute to the person who saw something in her on the days when she couldn’t see it in herself.
Dear Academic Mama,
I am here. I am still here. I said this today after thinking about how hard life has been after I finished my Ph.D. I emailed you to ask you for a letter of recommendation again today and remembered how many times, for many years, I would come to your office for a meeting and how I wish you were here.
by Brian Dunlap Los Angeles poet Matt Sedillo has won the 2017 Joe Hill Poetry Award. As stated on the Labor Heritage website the ” Joe Hill Award honors leaders and artists who have contributed to the successful integration of arts and culture in the labor movement, given every year at the Great Labor Arts Exchange is awarded to persons based on their dedication, participation, and promotion … Continue reading Los Angeles Poet Matt Sedillo Wins Poetry Award
90X90LA: Facilitating Spaces at Cielo Galleries/Studios
Facilitating Spaces 101: not ‘what’, but ‘where’ are we doing[?]
first comes the space
then comes facilitating
or
first comes facilitating
then comes the space
What draws us to particular spaces? What do we know about the space before and after we choose it? Who was here before us? Who is us? Where is us? What are we doing here?
Either way, the spaces we choose to hold our events in are determined by a number of factors, but are those factors aligned with equitable intentions? This workshop/discussion hopes to convince you, to persuade you, to con you, into thinking deeply about the space your program occupies.
We’ll run through the many components/factors/variables of operating in a space. Whether it’s a workshop, a classroom, a reading, an art exhibit, or a musical experience – we need spaces! Incorporating thoughtfulness and mindfulness will not only help to make your event more meaningful and engaging, but it also fosters inclusive practices that in the long run can build equity in art/communities.
This workshop/discussion is part one in the [equity in community building series] and facilitated by Jessica Ceballos y Campbell
Where: Cielo Galleries/Studios
Date: Monday the 14th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 3201 Maple Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90011
Website: http://90x90la.com/facilitating-spaces-101-equity-in-community-building-814-7pm/
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