The Forgotten Noir Detective
“Leslie Turner White served as inspiration for Chandler’s Marlowe, and whose autobiography, Me, Detective (1936), played a pivotal if largely forgotten role in the formation of American noir.” Continue reading The Forgotten Noir Detective
Los Angeles Literature Events: 06/06/22 – 06/12/22
NOTE: There Are Both Online and Virtual Events Listed Here
World Literature Book Club via West Valley Regional Library, LAPL – Online Event
Join this Book Club for a spirited and engaging discussion of the world’s best short stories! All selections are from The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story (New York, 2021), ed. John Freeman. This month’s selections are:
- June 6 – The Great Silence by Ted Chiang (2015)
- June 13 – The Midnight Zone by Lauren Groff (2016)
This group meets every Monday morning (excluding holidays).
NOTE: See site for Zoom link and details.
Where: LAPL Online event
Date: Monday the 6th
Time: 10 am
Address: Online Event (see site)
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/world-literature-book-club-40
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Letter to L.A.: The Light at the End of the Tunnel by Mike Sonksen
Some people “have been turning to public art, books, poetry and our creative community in Los Angeles for some light,” during these difficult times of the pandemic, protests and mass shootings. Continue reading Letter to L.A.: The Light at the End of the Tunnel by Mike Sonksen
Latinx Poets of the World Stage Press
By Brian Dunlap
Latinx Poets and Writers of the World Stage Press descended on Village Well Books and Coffee in Culver City last week. The evening was cool and the restaurants in downtown were crowded with dates, families and friends, conversations rising on top of each other, out over the sidewalk. Inside the bookstore, six authors—Lisbeth Coiman, Cynthia Guardado, Alex Petunia, Poet Astrid, Carolina Rivera Escimilla and Andy Sanchez—graced the mic. Six Latinx writers. Six distinct voices. No monolith here.
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Los Angeles Literature Events: 05/30/22 – 06/05/22
NOTE: There Are Both Online and Virtual Events Listed Here
Book Talks: Judith Freeman & MacArthur Park, with Barbara Feldon & Getting Smarter via Chevalier’s Bookstore – Online Event
Longtime friends Judith Freeman and Barbara Feldon will discuss their newest books, the novel MacArthur Park and the memoir Getting Smarter, respectively.
Judith Freeman is a novelist and non-fiction writer whose most recent novel, MacArthur Park, is set in Los Angeles and the rural West. Friends Jolene and Verna share complicated ties that have crystallized over time. Beginning when they were girls discovering their needs and desires, their ongoing stories have been inextricably linked. But when Verna marries Vincent, Jolene’s ex-husband, their paths may have finally, permanently diverged. Now, on a trip to their hometown in Utah, they are forced to confront both the truths and falsehoods of their memories of each other and of their early friendship.
Barbara Feldon is best known as “Agent 99” on the 1960’s TV series, Get Smart. She is the author of Living Alone and Loving it! and various essays. Her memoir Getting Smarter relates her dramatic and sometimes zany adventures with a glamorous Frenchman, her initiation into show business, and the fun of working in Hollywood.
NOTE: See site for tickets, guidelines, and details.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore
Date: Monday the 30th
Time: 4 pm
Address: Online Event (see site)
Website: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VJDEnKimRl6AwuRjBHEuYA
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On How People – Like Fish – Absorb Their Surroundings Through Skin
By Jonah Meyer
FROM: Mud Season Review
An Interview with Christian Hanz Lozada.
Continue reading “On How People – Like Fish – Absorb Their Surroundings Through Skin”“It’s like the dude on the dance floor whose arms are flailing to their own beat. Yeah, we’re looking, but not because they’re cool – it’s because we don’t want to get randomly smacked.”
Christian Hanz Lozada
Navigating the In-Between: A Review of Luivette Resto’s “Living on Islands Not Found on Maps”
A book review of San Gabriel Valley resident, poet, mother and teacher, Luivette Resto’s new collection “Living on Islands Not Found on Maps,” written by Compton writer Jenise Miller. Continue reading Navigating the In-Between: A Review of Luivette Resto’s “Living on Islands Not Found on Maps”
Los Angeles Literature Events: 05/23/22 – 05/29/22
NOTE: There Are Both Online and Virtual Events Listed Here
Luncheon with Emma Straub: Book Launch of This Time Tomorrow at Slay Italian Kitchen – In-Person Event
Pages hosts a luncheon to celebrate the publication of Emma Straub’s’ new book, This Time Tomorrow at Slay’s Italian Kitchen. The author will be in conversation with Janelle Brown, author of I’ll Be You.
On the eve of her 40th birthday, Alice’s life isn’t terrible. She likes her job, even if it isn’t exactly the one she expected. She’s happy with her apartment, her romantic status, her independence, and she adores her lifelong best friend. But her father is ailing, and it feels to her as if something is missing. When she wakes up the next morning she finds herself back in 1996, reliving her 16th birthday. But it isn’t just her adolescent body that shocks her, or seeing her high school crush, it’s her dad: the vital, charming, 40-something version of her father with whom she is reunited. Now armed with a new perspective on her own life and his, some past events take on new meaning. Is there anything that she would change if she could?
NOTE: See site for tickets, guidelines, and details.
Where: Pages Bookstore at Slay Italian Kitchen
Date: Monday the 23rd
Time: 11:30 am- 1 pm
Address: 1001 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Website: https://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/emma-straub-slay
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There Is A New Reading Series in Town
“Trenches Full of Poets” is a new monthly poetry reading series at Page Against the Machine in Long Beach, co-hosted by Nikolai Garcia and Mauricio Moreno. Continue reading There Is A New Reading Series in Town
Los Angeles Literature Events: 05/16/22 – 05/22/22
Another busy week in the Los Ángeles Literary community featuring both in-person and virtual events. Readings, workshops, open mics, book clubs, etc. Local Writers reading this week are: Linda Ravenswood, Nicelle Davis, Christian Hanz Lozada, Tommy Domino, Luivette Resto, Namrata Poddar, Melissa Chadburn, Noel Alumit and Pete Hsu. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 05/16/22 – 05/22/22
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