Los Angeles Literature Events: 11/13/23 – 11/19/23
An extra busy week full of literary events, but one of the community’s biggest annual events is the Southern California Poetry Festival at Beyond Baroque in Venice on Friday, Saturday and Sunday featuring over 48 poets reading, discussing their work and teaching workshops. Local writers reading this week include: Ron L. Dowell, Michelle Bitting, Charles Jensen, Juan Amador, William Archila, Christina Cha, Lou Mathews and Adriana Ernesto Cepeda, among others. Get out there in-person or virtually L.Á. and support your local literary community! #losangelesliterature Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 11/13/23 – 11/19/23
The Influencers: Writers Talk About Who Shaped Their Work – bridgette bianca
The second installment of Los Angeles Literature’s new interview series “The Influencers: Writers Talk About Who Shaped Their Work” features an interview with South Central native, poet and Santa Monica College Peofessor, bridgette bianca. Continue reading The Influencers: Writers Talk About Who Shaped Their Work – bridgette bianca
Los Angeles Literature Events: 11/06/23 – 11/12/23
As usual, another busy week full of literary events: readings, open mics, book clubs, workshops, a few kids and teen events. Local writers reading this week include: Ingrid Calderon-Collins, West Hollywood Poet Laureate Jen Cheng, South Central Native and Poet Laureate of Santa Barbara Melinda Palacio, Elena Secota, Olga García Echeverría, Diosa Xochiquetzalcóatl, Richard Modian, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 11/06/23 – 11/12/23
I Am Alive in Los Angeles – Identity and Local Time & Space in Mike Sonksen’s Letters to My City: 2nd Edition
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
Los Angeles Literature Events: 10/30/23 – 11/05/23
As usual, another busy week full of literary events: readings, open mics, book clubs, workshops, a few kids and teen events. Even the First Annual Indie-Pendent Voices: A Celebration of Authors and Zines literary celebration at the Central Library. Local writers reading this week include: Mimi Tempestt (L.A. Native living in the Bay), Donna Hilbert, Tod Goldberg, Susan Straight, Xuan Juliana Wang, Neal Shusterman, Shonda Buchanan, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 10/30/23 – 11/05/23
Los Angeles Literature Events: 10/23/23 – 10/29/23
As usual, another busy week full of literary events: readings, open mics, book clubs, workshops, a few kids, teen and a couple of LGBTQIA+ specific events. Local writers reading this week include: Aruni Wijesinghe, Kevin Ridgeway, Richard Modiano, Nathan Castellano and Gail Wronsky, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 10/23/23 – 10/29/23
The Influencers: Writers Talk About Who Shaped Their Work
Los Angeles Literature introduces the new interview series “The Influencers: Writers Talk About Who Shaped Their Work.” The debut interview features South Central resident, poet, educator and librarian, Benin Lemus. Continue reading The Influencers: Writers Talk About Who Shaped Their Work
Los Angeles Literature Events: 10/16/23 – 10/22/23
A busy week full of literary events: readings, open mics, book clubs, workshops, kids, teen/YA, LGBTQIA+ specific events and events for Filipino American History Month including the Liwanag Lit Fest in Long Beach. Many local writers reading this week include: Alma Rosa Rivera, Brenda Vaca, Rachelle Cruz, Ashley C. Lanuza, Jade Phoenix Martinez, Jesenia Chavez and Kuahmel, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 10/16/23 – 10/22/23
Posada: Finding Home
Editor-in-Chief Brian Dunlap’s unpublished book review on Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo’s debut poetry collection “Posada: Offerings of Witness and Refuge,” originally written in 2017. “In poems of her family living in Boyle Heights and her Chavez Ravine poems, Bermejo brings this true Chicanx L.Á.—away from the overused tropes of a lack of history, of being without, of L.Á. is Hollywood—to the fore.” Continue reading Posada: Finding Home
Los Angeles Literature Events: 10/09/23 – 10/15/23
As usual, another busy week full of literary events: readings, open mics, book clubs, workshops, a few kids, teen, youth and LGBTQIA+ specific events. Many local writers reading this week include: Cynthia Guardado, Sofia Aguilar, Suzanne Lummis, Shonda Buchanan, Mary Camarillo, Christopher Soto and Rosalilia M. Mendoza, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 10/09/23 – 10/15/23
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