Los Angeles Literature Events: 04/17/23 – 04/23/23
An especially busy week in the Los Ángeles literary community. There are two festivals, the 28th Annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at USC (Saturday and Sunday) and the 1st Annual Neenach Poetry Festival near Palmdale-Lancaster (Saturday). Local writers reading and signing at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books are: Susan Straight, Alex Espinoza, Donna Spriijt-Metz, Erin Aubry Kaplan, Shane Murray and Lynda La Rose, among others. Local writers reading the Neenach Poetry Festival are: Anastasia Helena Fernald, Matthew Cuban Hernandez, Mauricio Moreno, Ruth Nolan, Brian Dunlap, Brendan Constantine and James Coats, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 04/17/23 – 04/23/23
There Is A New Open Mic In Town: SERPENTINE
The North Figueroa Bookshop is one of Los Ángeles’ newest independent bookstores. The first Friday of the Month poet Ingrid Calderon Collins hosts it’s open mic SERPENTINE. Continue reading There Is A New Open Mic In Town: SERPENTINE
Los Angeles Literature Events: 04/10/23 – 04/16/23
Another busy week full of literary events: readings, open mics, book clubs and workshops and a few kids and YA events and the 7th Annual L.A. Get Down Festival continues on the weekend in the Fairfax District. Local writers reading this week include: Justine Pucella Winans, Ed Mabrey, Maurene Goo, Hannah Pachman, Iris de Anda, Andy Sanchez, Brian Dunlap and Amy Shimshon-Santo, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 04/10/23 – 04/16/23
Los Angeles Literature Events: 04/03/23 – 04/09/23
Another busy week full of literary events: readings, open mics, book clubs and workshops and a kids and teen event or two. Local writers reading this week include: Victoria Chang, Tracy Badua, Jose Hernandez Diaz, Mauricio Moreno, Yxta Maya Murray, Michelle Brittan Rosado and F. Douglas Brown, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 04/03/23 – 04/09/23
7th Annual L.A. Get Down Festival
The 7th Annual L.A. Get Down Festival begins today, April 1, at the Greenway Court Theatre in the Fairfax District. It’s a literary performance festival that features rap, poetry and spoken word poetry. Continue reading 7th Annual L.A. Get Down Festival
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Returns
In just a few weeks the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books returns to the University of Southern California campus. Literary authors, mystery authors, middle grade authors, poets, celebrity authors and more, will feature. Check out the schedule. Continue reading Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Returns
Los Angeles Literature Events: 03/27/23 – 04/02/23
Another busy week full of literary events: readings, open mics, book clubs and workshops and a kids and YA event or two. Local writers reading this week include: Pastiche Queen, Shonda Buchanan, Rosalilia M. Mendoza, Molly McGarry, A.K. Toney, Nancy Lynee Woo and Sarah Thursday, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 03/27/23 – 04/02/23
First Annual Neenach Poetry Festival
A brand new poetry festival is coming to Southern California on April 22nd, the Neenach Poetry Festival. Featuring over 35 local poets ranging from James Coats to Nancy Lynee Woo to Brendan Constantine to Lisbeth Coiman and many more. A day-long celebration of poetry and local poets in the Antelope Valley. Continue reading First Annual Neenach Poetry Festival
Los Angeles Literature Events: 03/20/23 – 03/26/23
Another busy week full of literary events: readings, open mics, book clubs and workshops and a kids and YA event or two. Local writers reading this week include: Vickie Vertiz, Cory Cofer aka Besskepp, Teresa Mei Chuc, Allen Aquino, Leslie Ortega, Angela Peñaredondo and Bryn Wickerd, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 03/20/23 – 03/26/23
5 Questions With Pomona’s New Poet Laureate Ceasar Avelar
An interview with Pomona Poet Laureate Ceasar Avelar. “I write exclusively through the sociological lens of a blue-collar worker…I can bring my blue-collar social status to the front of my expression.” Continue reading 5 Questions With Pomona’s New Poet Laureate Ceasar Avelar
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