Literary History: Black Sparrow Press
Black Sparrow Press was founded in Los Ángeles in 1966. It grew to be one of the most successful independent presses of all time. Continue reading Literary History: Black Sparrow Press
Los Angeles Literature Events: 10/11/21 – 10/17/21
Many/Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Dennis Cooper & I Wished via Skylight Bookstore – Online Event
Dennis Cooper will present I Wished, in which the author writes about George Miles, love, loss, addiction, suicide, and how fiction can capture these things, and how it also fails to capture them. .
I Wished is the author’s first novel in ten years, and it revisits the George Miles Cycle of acclaimed novels and the inspiration for the Cycle (Closer, Frisk, Try, Guide, and Period). This is his masterwork, and is his most raw, personal, and haunted book of all.
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Where: Skylight Bookstore – Online Event
Date: Monday the 11th
Time: 12 pm
Address: Online (see site)
Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event
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SurvivalEye by Mare Heron Hake (Arroyo Seco Press)
SurvivalEye by Mare Heron Hake is a recent release from local publisher Arroyo Seco Press. Continue reading SurvivalEye by Mare Heron Hake (Arroyo Seco Press)
Amanda Gorman Talks Writing, the Power of Change and Her Own Presidential Aspirations
L.Á. poet Amanda Gorman talks about her development as a poet and activist and how she plans to use these two roles to make change going into the future. Continue reading Amanda Gorman Talks Writing, the Power of Change and Her Own Presidential Aspirations
Los Angeles Literature Events: 10/04/21 – 10/10/21
Many/Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Author Talk with Hilma Wolitzer, & Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket via Central Library, LAPL – Online FB & YouTube Event
Join us to hear author Hilma Wolitzer present and discuss her latest novel, Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket.
Hilma Woiltzer has the gift of depicting ordinary life in extraordinary ways, and in this book she illustrates the relationship between the narrator and her husband through funny and insightful stories. Her stories and novels have been praised for illuminating the dark interiors of the American home.
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Where: Central Library, LAPL – Online FB & YouTube Event
Date: Monday the 4th
Time: 4 pm – 5 pm
Address: Online (see site)
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/conversation-author-hilma-wolitzer
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Roll Out the Collection: Chola Debut
Book review for “Chola Salvation,” the debut book by Eastside native Estella Gonzalez. Continue reading Roll Out the Collection: Chola Debut
Interview: The Heart of Lisbeth Coiman
An interview with L.Á. poet and memoirist and author of the newly released poetry collection “Uprising/Alzamiento” (Finishing Line Press, 2021). Continue reading Interview: The Heart of Lisbeth Coiman
Los Angeles Literature Events: 09/26/21 – 10/03/21
Many/Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Sheetal Sheth, with Nazanin Boniadi, & Bravo Anjali! via Diesel Bookstore – Online Kids IG Live Event
Join us to hear author Sheetal,in conversation with Nazanin Boniadi, present and discuss her new children’s book, Bravo Anjali!
Playing the tuba comes naturally to Anjali. When the boys in her class give her a hard time for being better than them, she messes up on purpose. It’s her dream to win the upcoming music contest, so she will need a lesson in confidence to hit the right notes. This is an important story for to remind children to never dim their light.
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Where: Diesel Bookstore – Online IG Event
Date: Monday the 27th
Time: 12 pm – 1 pm PT
Address: Online (see site)
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The Pen Ten: An Interview With Steven Reigns
FROM: Pen.org
The PEN Ten is PEN America’s weekly interview series. This week, PEN America Los Ángeles speaks with Steven Reigns, author of A Quilt for David (City Lights Publishers, 2021).
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Meet Malibu’s Newest Poet Laureate: Ann Buxie
By Jimy Tallal
FROM: Malibu Times
Ann Buxie has been bringing creative written and spoken words to the Malibu community for more than 25 years through her free Poetry by the Sea and Tales by the Sea programs, so it seemed only fitting that she should be the city’s next poet laureate, serving a two-year term from 2021-23 as Malibu’s “official consultant in poetry.”
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