Los Angeles Literature Events 5/29/17 –6/04/17
Oti
s Redding Biography at Vroman’s Bookstore
Join us to hear Jonathan Gould discuss and sign Otis Redding: An Unfinished Life, with Tom Vickers. In chronicling the story of Redding’s life and music, as the architect of the gospel-inflected rhythm and blues of Stax Records in Memphis, Gould also presents a social history of the time and place from which they emerged. This is an indelible portrait of the tangled history of race and music in America that resonates with the present day.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Monday the 29th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
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Charmaine Craig’s mother, beauty queen and revolutionary, inspired her novel ‘Miss Burma’
Juan Felipe Herrera Delivers Sayers Lecture at his Alma Mater. News ‘n Notes.
by Michael Sedano
From: Labloga.com
Good things come in all sizes and shapes, and in the greater Los Angeles basin, distance. Variety spices life but confounds desire and planning when they–the Good things–all come at once. Given eastside westside all around the town, faced with choices last Sunday, I choose the road less traveled.
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REDEFINING LA POETRY: ROBIN COSTE LEWIS AND THE EMERGING POETS
By Mike Sonksen
From: Entropy
Compton-born Dr. Robin Coste Lewis was just appointed the new Los Angeles Poet Laureate. Winner of the 2015 National Book Award and a Provost’s Fellow in Poetry and Visual Studies at USC, Lewis is an exceptional choice to follow the sterling benchmark set over the last two and half years by Luis Rodriguez. This essay will not only spotlight Lewis and how she is redefining Los Angeles poetry but also several other voices and their books that are working in the same spirit as Lewis to rewrite the narrative of Southern California poetry.
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Los Angeles Literature Events 5/22/17 –5/28/17
Asian Pacific Heritage at Valley Plaza Library, LAPL
All adults, kids, and pre-school ages are invited to join us to celebrate Asian-American & Pacific Islander Heritage month with a special morning story-time and craft activity.
Where: Valley Plaza Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Monday the 22nd
Time: 11 am
Address: 12311 Vanowen St., North Hollywood, CA 91605
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/asian-pacific-heritage-storytime-craft
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Book Love: LitFest and Author Fair
by By Alysia Gray Painter
From: NBC4
‘Tis the season for beach-ready reads to pop up at the top of various web pages, those hot, upcoming picks readers can tear into while on vacation.
But book buffs, though they do love a juicy, ocean-close novel, are also reading while they’re packing their suitcase, and lining up the vacation hotel, and before they even decide to take a trip, too.
Los Angeles Literature Events 5/15/17 –5/21/17
Maria Felipe at Pico Branch Library, SMPL
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nspired, lively and fun, author Maria Felipe will discuss and sign , a real-world approach to living based on A Course in Miracles, to guide you toward a life released from fear and doubt and filled with joy and power.
Where: Pico Branch Library, SMPL
Date: Monday the 15th
Time: 6 pm
Address: 2201 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405
Website: http://calendar.smgov.net/library/eventsignup.asp?ID=23533
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IN [Los Angeles] LITERARY NEWS
by Daniel Olivas
From: Labloga.com
Life has been a bit busier than usual of late. Not only has my day job revved up a notch or two, I have the great fortune to have two books coming out this year. My short-story collection, The King of Lighting Fixtures, will be released by the University of Arizona Press in September. Here is the cover which incorporates a wonderfully evocative painting by the great Eloy Torrez.
Los Angeles Literature Events 5/08/17 –5/14/17
Asian Artists at Play Reading at Mar Vista Branch Library
LA Made-Artists at Play will perform The Untold Yet Spectacular Story of (a Filipino) Hulk Hogan by Victor Maog, the story of an immigrant boy who conjures a pro wrestling fantasy to escape his new life. Artists at Play is a collective of Asian-American creative professionals who curate quality theater in Los Angeles to reflect underrepresented communities, with a focus on the Asian American experience.
Where: Mar Vista Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Monday the 8th
Time: 6 pm
Address: 12006 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90066
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/made-la-asian-artists-play-reading
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In Honor of National Poetry Month: Billy Burgos
by Brian Dunlap
Billy Burgos has an equal love for both poetry and drawing. A quick look at his Facebook page can tell anyone that. There are pictures of his black and white pen and ink portrait drawings of friends and fellow L.A. poets alongside posts of newly written poems.
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