Spring is in the air and so is LitFest Pasadena, returning for its fourth year to the byways, bookstores, wine bars, theaters, coffee houses and streets of Pasadena’s Playhouse District. Come celebrate our fourth year of toasting Southern California’s best literature with a fun free afternoon and evening of readings and salon-style panels featuring, among others, Jonathan Gold, Jillian Lauren, Paula Williams Madison, Francesca Lia Block, Steph Cha, Lynell George, Naomi Hirahara, Rachel Howzell Hall, Desiree Zamorano, Ron Koertge, Jervey Tervalon, leading YA authors, poets, food writers, and much more.

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Armenia at Book Soup

 

Eric Bogosian discusses “Operation Nemesis: The Assassination Plot That Avenged the Armenian Genocide.” Eric Bogosian is an American actor, playwright, monologuist, and novelist. He is the author of the three novel: “Mall”, “Wasted Beauty”, and “Perforated Heart.”  Bogosian’s new book “Operation Nemesis” is the story of Armenian patriots set out to avenge the deaths of the one and a half million victims of the Armenian Genocide.

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The Los Angeles Public Library is one of the best library systems in the country. The LAPL has received the nations highest award for museums and libraries from the Institute of Museum and Library Services on April 21 known as the National Medal for Museum and Library Service. The LAPL system was chosen “for its success in meeting the needs of Angelenos and providing a high level of social, educational and cultural services,” the institute said.

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A Call to L.A. Poets!

by Silverio Pelayo

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Poetry At Book Soup

Red Hen Press presents readings by Jim Tilley, Jeffrey Harrison & Amy Uyematsu, moderated by Brendan Constantine. Jeffrey Harrison is the author of five full-length books of poetry, including Incomplete Knowledge, runner-up for the Poets’ Prize in 2008, and, most recently, Into Daylight, published by Tupelo Press in 2014 as the winner of the Dorset Prize. Jim Tilley earned a doctorate in physics from Harvard and worked on Wall Street for twenty years. His collections of poetry include: In Confidence (2011, Red Hen Press), Cruising at Sixty to Seventy (2014, Red Hen Press) and Lessons from Summer Camp (forthcoming 2016). Amy Uyematsu is a third-generation Japanese-American poet and teacher from Los Angeles. She has published three previous poetry collections: 30 Miles from J-Town (Story Line Press, 1992). Continue reading “Other Los Angeles Literature Events 4/20/15-4/26/15”

A Reading Celebration of the Spring 2015 Issue

Featuring contributors of the magazine

Dwight Yates

Janice Shapiro

David Hernandez

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By CAROLYN KELLOGG The 35th annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes were awarded Saturday night at USC’s Bovard Auditorium. The winners in 10 categories included one of Southern California’s signature artists, Jaime Hernandez; Elizabeth Kolbert’s story of the Anthropocene age; and Claudia Rankine’s poetry collection “Citizen,” an achingly contemporary meditation on race. Two previously announced awards were also presented at the ceremony. Actor LeVar Burton received … Continue reading The winners of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes are …

The 35th annual “Los Angeles Times Book Prizes” will be awarded Saturday, April 18th for best books of 2014, recognized in ten categories and the winners of the 2014 Robert Kirsch and Innovator’s Awards will be celebrated. The Public can purchase tickets to enjoy the suspense and surprises for $10.

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Festival of Books: Ryan Gattis reconstructs the 1992 L.A. Riots in ‘All Involved’

April 14, 2015

By JASMINE ELIST

On April 29, 1992, violence erupted throughout Los Angeles in the wake of the Rodney King verdict: A jury had failed to convict four white LAPD officers in the beating of African American motorist King, despite the incident having been captured on video. People took to the streets in a fury that lasted six days, leaving more than 54 dead, more than 2,300 injured and causing nearly $1 billion in damage. Continue Reading Here (Los Angeles Times).

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