Los Angeles Literature Events 9/25/17 –10/01/17
Robert Lustig at Chevalier’s Bookstore
Come to hear Robert Lustig read and discuss his book, 
. Lusitg delves into why we can’t seem to put down our phones, coffees or sodas, and how we got here in the first place. Spoiler Alert: Marketing, big business, technology, and capitalism all play pivotal roles.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore
Date: Monday the 25th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Website: http://www.chevaliersbooks.com/robert-lustig
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Available October 14, 2017: Voices From Leimert Park Redux
On October 18, the new Los Angeles literary anthology Voices from Leimert Park Redux: A Los Angeles Poetry will be released. That same day there will be a release party at The Vision Theatre in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. Come out to hear and support the important stories from this historically Black Los Angeles neighborhood. The anthology is a symphony of diverse voices … Continue reading Available October 14, 2017: Voices From Leimert Park Redux
Los Angeles Literature Publishing News
Los Angeles poet Kelly Grace Thomas announced today that her manuscript BOAT/BURNED has been accepted by YesYes Books.
As she said in her face book post, “My DREAM press!!!! So excited for this new chapter.” Los Angeles Literature couldn’t be happier either.” She is the 2017 Neil Postman Award for Metaphor from Rattle and a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee. Kelly also works to bring poetry to unserved youth as the Manager of Education and Pedagogy for Get Lit: Words Ignite. She is the co-author of Words Ignite: How to Explore, Write, and Perform Classic and Spoken Word Poetry and helped develop Get Lit’s UC approved year-long curriculum.
Los Angeles Literature Events 9/18/17 –9/24/17
Bilingual Poetry Writing Workshop at Baldwin Hills Library
Check out this FREE Poesia/Poetry Bilingual Poetry Workshop, offered by DSTL Arts.
You will learn how to use your five senses to paint a picture using only words, and you’ll leave with a poem ready to recite. This workshop will be presented in English and in Spanish, and participants are encouraged to write in their preferred language.
Where: Baldwin Hills Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Monday the 18th
Time: 12:30 – 2 pm
Address: 2906 S. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90016
Website: Facebook Page
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“There’s a Nazi in the White House”- Chiwan Choi
An interview with one of America’s greatest living poets, Chiwan Choi.
By By Ed Lin
From: Giant Robot Media
Chiwan Choi is a one of our country’s greatest living poets.
I’m not saying this lightly. His work has an immediacy of a cereal jingle and also the permanence of haunted childhood memories.
Don’t take my word for it. The New York Times recently featured a poem from Choi’s third book, The Yellow House (2017, Civil Coping Mechanisms). His other books include Abductions (2012, Writ Large Press) and The Flood (2010, Tia Chuca Press).
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Los Angeles Literature Events 9/11/17 –9/17/17
Edward J. Larson at Santa Monica College
Join us to hear renowned author, professor, lawyer, and 1988 Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Edward J. Larson read from his work and studies. Larson is the author of Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America’s Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion.
Where: HSS 165, Santa Monica College
Date: Tuesday the 12th
Time: 11:15 am
Address: 1900 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90402
Website: http://smc.edu/AboutSMC/Pages/Events.aspx
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How L.A. Writer Ben Loory Came to Write His Odd, Beloved Fables
by Agatha French
From: Los Angeles Times
There was a time when Ben Loory lived at night.
That’s how he puts it, as if night isn’t a stretch of empty hours to endure, but a place to enter, to discover whole worlds inside. After dark, the grocery stores are empty and the streets are quiet and still. The city at night is a city through the looking glass, perfect for writing, as Loory does, short stories so imaginative — and yet so perplexingly familiar — they could have formed in a dream.
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Los Angeles Literature Events 9/04/17 –9/10/17
Poets & Allies for Resistance at Sidewalk Café
Join us for a LABOR DAY poetry event by Poets & Allies for Resistance, hosted by Khadija Anderson, with an Open Mic and featuring:
Regina Higgins is a writer, audiobook and performance artist.
Marvin Dorsey is a member of the writing group, Emerging Urban Poets, in Pasadena, and is a member of the reading ensemble The Inner Four. He has produced six chapbooks over the years and is included in several anthologies highlighting poets of the San Gabriel Valley.
Bring 1-2 poems about social justice or come to listen!
Where: Sidewalk Café HTS
Date: Monday the 4th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 2057 N. Los Robles Ave., Altadena, CA 91104
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events
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Big Blend Radio: A Toast to The Arts – Poetry & Art, Music & Entertainment
From: Blog Talk Radio
In this Podcast From Blog Talk Radio Los Angeles poet Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo talks about an exciting new adventure she is undertaking taking this month. Bermejo was selected for the first ever National Parks Poetry Residency in partnership with National Parks Arts Foundation, Poetry Foundation, and Gettysburg National Military Park. Starting September 15th she’ll be living in a log cabin in Gettysburg for three weeks writing resistance poetry.
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A Drunken Reading Series Fosters Community in Los Angeles
Drunken Masters, which is part of the larger series of cultural events 90x90LA, invites writers to present their work to a group of sauced professionals who provide instant critique.
by Robin Grearson
From: Hyperallergic
LOS ANGELES — On my way to Drunken Masters earlier this month in downtown Los Angeles, I imagined the reading series would be a sort of scaled-down American Idol: several writers present their work to a group of sauced professionals in the same genre who provide instant feedback and critique. The relevance and quality of feedback depends, however, as much on each master’s wisdom as their capacity to hold liquor. And, unlike the talent show, Drunken Masters isn’t a tournament, so there’s no voting or elimination. The distinction creates an event that feels like an inclusive and informal (very informal) writing workshop, minus the school desks and bad lighting.
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