News Around the Community
News from around the Los Ángeles literary community. Check out what some of the writers, presses and literary arts organizations have been up to and have announced is upcoming. The community is always busy. Continue reading News Around the Community
Words Are Free, But Poets Are Cashing In
“There is a poetry renaissance,” said Hiram Sims, the executive director at Community Literature Initiative (CLI) a nonprofit organization that offers courses on writing. Continue reading Words Are Free, But Poets Are Cashing In
Los Angeles Literature Events: 08/15/22 – 08/21/22
Los Angeles Literature Events: 08/15/22 – 08/21/22
NOTE: There Are Both Online and Virtual Events Listed Here
World Literature Book Club at via West Valley Regional Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
Join us for a spirited and engaging discussion of the world’s best short stories! All selections are from The Best Short Stories 2021: The O. Henry Prize Winners (New York, 2021), ed. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. This month’s selections are:
- Scissors by Karina Sainz Borgo
- Witness by Jamel Brinkley
- The Other One by Tess Hadley
We meet every Monday morning (excluding holidays).
NOTE: See site for link, and details. Email wvally@lapl.org with “World Literature” in the subject line.
Where: West Valley Regional Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Monday the 15th
Time: 10 am (repeated by Woodland Hills Branch Library at 2 pm).
Address: Zoom Online (see site)
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/world-literature-book-club-0
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Anthony Marra’s Wartime Hollywood Novel ‘Mercury Pictures Presents’ Explores LA and Fascist Italy
“I realized that I wasn’t really choosing between two different books, but rather halves of the same novel.” Continue reading Anthony Marra’s Wartime Hollywood Novel ‘Mercury Pictures Presents’ Explores LA and Fascist Italy
Luivette Resto Releases Her New Third Book of Poetry
Luivette Resto discusses her recently released third book of poetry “Living on Islands Not Found on Maps,” that “traces Resto’s Puerto-Rican roots to her upbringing in The Bronx.” Continue reading Luivette Resto Releases Her New Third Book of Poetry
List of Weekly Events Back Next Week
By Brian Dunlap
This week there will be no list of weekly literary events. Los Angeles Literature is taking its summer break. The list will be back next week. However, there are still many literary events to attend and local writers to see read.
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2nd Annual LITLIT, The Little Literary Fair
Last weekend LITLIT, The Little Literary Fair, returned to the Arts District, presenting 48 exhibitors, local publishers, bookstores, literary nonprofits and libraries. Continue reading 2nd Annual LITLIT, The Little Literary Fair
Naomi Hirahara talks to LA crime writer Gary Phillips about the lost landmarks of Los Angeles
An interview between two veteran L.Á. mystery writers Naomi Hirahara and Gary Phillips. In Phillips new novel “One Shot Harry” he strives to keep L.Á. history at the forefront of the story. Continue reading Naomi Hirahara talks to LA crime writer Gary Phillips about the lost landmarks of Los Angeles
No List of Weekly Events This Week
by Brian Dunlap
This week there will be no list of weekly literary events. Los Angeles Literature is taking its summer break. There are still many literary events to attend and local writers to see read.
Continue reading “No List of Weekly Events This Week”
Sunday at All Power Books
Poet and activist Briana Muños hosted a powerful reading last Sunday at All Power Books in West Adams. Continue reading Sunday at All Power Books
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