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.
Continue reading “List of Weekly Events Back Next Week”
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
‘Minding My People’s Business’: An Acclaimed Sudanese American Poet Makes a Home in L.A.
Safina Elhillo, a Sudanese American poet who now calls L.Á. home, has recently released her second poetry collection “Girls That Never Die.” Continue reading ‘Minding My People’s Business’: An Acclaimed Sudanese American Poet Makes a Home in L.A.
Book Soup, West Hollywood’s Storied Bookstore, Unionizes Amid a Larger Organizing Wave
Employees at Book Soup have unionized. Continue reading Book Soup, West Hollywood’s Storied Bookstore, Unionizes Amid a Larger Organizing Wave
Los Angeles Literature Events: 07/25/22 – 07/31/22
NOTE: There Are Both Online and Virtual Events Listed Here
Quantum Book Club: Her Body and Other Parties at The Book Jewel Bookstore – In-Person Event
Join the Quantum Book Club to discuss the book, Her Body and Other Parties, by Carmen Maria Machado.
In Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado blithely demolishes the arbitrary borders between psychological realism and science fiction, comedy and horror, fantasy and fabulism. While her work has earned her comparisons to Karen Russell and Kelly Link, she has a voice that is all her own. In this electric and provocative debut, Machado bends genre to shape startling narratives that map the realities of women’s lives and the violence visited upon their bodies.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, book purchase, guidelines, and details.
Where: The Book Jewel Bookstore
Date: Monday the 25th
Time: 6 pm
Address: 6259 W. 87th St., Los Angeles, CA 90045
Website: https://www.thebookjewel.com/quantum-book-club
Continue reading “Los Angeles Literature Events: 07/25/22 – 07/31/22”
Los Angeles Literature 