CSUDH Professor’s New Book Explores a Filipino Military Band’s Connection to U.S. Colonialism and Her Own Family History
By CSUDH Campus News Center
FROM: Campus News Center
In her new book, Instruments of Empire: Filipino Musicians, Black Soldiers, and Military Band Music during U.S. Colonization of the Philippines, CSUDH Assistant Professor of Asian-Pacific Studies Mary Talusan Lacanlale doesn’t just reveal the hidden history of the Philippine Constabulary Band—she uncovers some of her own family history, as well.
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Los Angeles Literature Events: 10/18/21 – 10/24/21
Many/Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Jonathan Franzen, with Mona Simpson, & Crossroads via Skylight Bookstore – Online Event
FSG presents acclaimed author Jonathan Franzen, in conversation with author Mona Simpson, to discuss and present his new novel Crossroads, in which the author again weds depth and vividness of character with breadth of social vision.
Crossroads begins on December 23,1971, where heavy weather is forecast for Chicago and Russ Hildebrandt, the associate pastor of a liberal suburban church is about to break free of a joyless marriage. But his wife Marion, who has her own secret life, beats him to it. Their three children are also in crisis, and all of the Hildebrandts seek a freedom that each of the others threaten to complicate. Franzen explores the history of two generations in a pivotal moment of moral crisis, with interwoven perspectives, on a single winter day, and conjures a world that resonates powerfully with our own.
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Where: Skylight Bookstore – Online Event
Date: Monday the 18th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online (see site)
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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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