Los Angeles Literature Events: 01/17/22 – 01/23/22
Many/Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
King Day 2022 Celebration for Kids, Teens & Families at California African American Museum LA (CAAM) – On-site Event
Welcome back to CAAM to commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day In person!
Our schedule for the day includes:
11:00 am -12:00 pm: King Study Group
Participate in this community reading and discussion about King’s1967 speech, “A Christmas Sermon on Peace.”
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm: Family Story Time
Librarians from the LA Public Library read beloved books about King and change including; Be a King: Dr Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream and You by Carole Boston Weatherfield and Change Sings: A Children’s Anthem by Amanda Gorman, plus lead a fun family activity!
2:00 pm: Musical Performance by ICYOLA
Members of the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles (ICYOLA) perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” and a medley of classic spirituals and original compositions.
Drop in to enjoy open galleries and special programs offered throughout the day.
NOTE: See Site for RSVP, guidelines, and event details.
Where: CAAM – On-site Event
Date: Monday the 17th
Time: 11 am – 5 pm
Address: 600 State Drive, Exposition Park, Los Angeles, CA 90037
Website: https://caamuseum.org/programs/kids-teens-and-families/king-day-2022
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Los Angeles Literature Events: 01/10/22 – 01/16/22
Many/Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Tween Book Club & Escape from Mr. Lemoncillo’s Library via Palms-Rancho Park Branch Library, LAPL – Online Kids Event
Join the Tween Book Club for kids ages 9-12 to meet monthly and discuss and share books you’ve read and recommend. The titles are all available through Libby/Overdrive, or check out a copy from your local branch.
Our selection for January 10th is titled Escape from Mr. Lemoncillo’s Library, by Chris Grabenstein. This book asks the question:Can 12 twelve-year-olds escape form the most ridiculously brilliant library ever created?
NOTE: Contact Jennifer Murphy at jmurphy@lapl.org for Zoom link and event details.
Where: Palms-Rancho Park Branch Library, LAPL – Zoom online
Date: Monday the 10th
Time: 4 pm
Address: LAPL – Online event
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/tween-book-club-0
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Santa Ana’s LibroMobile Arts Cooperative is Upgrading and Making Moves
By Sarah Mosqueda
FROM: L.A. Times
LibroMobile Arts Cooperative, a literary arts co-op and bookstore in Santa Ana, has existed in many places since it opened in 2016.
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Los Angeles Literature Events: 01/03/22 – 01/09/22
Many/Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Monday Night Fiction Workshop at Beyond Baroque – Zoom Online
This free Monday Night Fiction Workshop led by Raquel Baker is a community writing workshop in which participants are asked to bring copies of 2-3 pages of fiction to read, and to use for critique and discussion. Registration is required.
Raquel Baker earned a PhD in English Literary Studies from the University of Iowa and an MFA in Creative Writing from Mills College. She is currently Assistant Professor of Postcolonial Studies and Transnational Literatures at CSU Channel Islands. She also has published poetry and non-fiction, and done readings with the Ventura Poetry Project.
Where: Beyond Baroque – Online event (tickets at Eventbrite)
Date: Monday the 3rd
Time: 7:30 pm – 10 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://beyondbaroque.org/free_workshops.html or https://www.eventbrite.com/e/monday-night-fiction-workshop-tickets-23556712661
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“L.A.’s a Strange Place”: On Judith Freeman’s “MacArthur Park”
Judith Freeman’s latest book “MacArthur Park” is set in L.A. from 1984 to the present century as it explores the complexities of a friendship between two women—and how it shapes, and reshapes, both of their lives. Continue reading “L.A.’s a Strange Place”: On Judith Freeman’s “MacArthur Park”
Interview With an Author: Steven Reigns
By Daryl M.
FROM: LAPL Blog
Steven Reigns is a Los Angeles poet and educator and was appointed the first Poet Laureate of West Hollywood. Alongside over a dozen chapbooks, he has published the collections Inheritance, and Your Dead Body is My Welcome Mat.
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Review: A Quilt for David by Steven Reigns
“Reigns also shows us how a cultural shame over sexuality helped to make Acer an easy target for those trying who saw revelation of a sexual past worse than death.” Continue reading Review: A Quilt for David by Steven Reigns
What Falls Away is Always, Ed. Katharine Haake and Gail Wronksy
“Members of the Los Angeles Glass Table Collective consider the topic ‘late-stage writing’ in the essay collection ‘What Falls Away is Always: Writers Over 60 on Writing & Death.'” Continue reading What Falls Away is Always, Ed. Katharine Haake and Gail Wronksy
traci kato-kiriyama’s Book Release
By Brian Dunlap
One of the last literary events of the year occurred Saturday at the Rissho Kosei-Kai Buddhist church in Boyle Heights. It was the release party for traci kato-kiriyama’s new book of poetry, micro essays and notes to self, Navigating With(out) Instruments. The event was hosted by the master mc himself, Mike Sonksen. This Buddhist church was where Sonksen married his wife Emi.
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A Place Built by Poets for Poets
“South Central Los Angeles has long had a vibrant poetry” and now “a dedicated venue to write, read, and listen to the work of poets” opened this past summer. Continue reading A Place Built by Poets for Poets
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