Publication News: Cynthia Guardado
Poet and Professor Cynthia Guardado announces acceptance of latest poetry collection. Continue reading Publication News: Cynthia Guardado
Mark Lipman to Release Latest Book. It’s About Culver City.
Mark Lipman’s latest book, “Dear Culver City,” is about the challenges facing a modern day Mayberry, like Culver City. Continue reading Mark Lipman to Release Latest Book. It’s About Culver City.
Poet Laureate of West Hollywood Brian Sonia-Wallace, Receives Award From Academy of American Poets
By Brian Dunlap
Last week the American Academy of Poets announced its 2021 Poet Laureate Fellows, including West Hollywood Poet Laureate, Brian Sonia-Wallace. Sonia-Wallace, along with 22 other individual awardees “serve as Poets Laureate of states and cities across the U. S. and will be leading public poetry programs in their respective communities in the year ahead,” the Academy said in a press release. The Fellows will each receive $50,000 (or $25,000 each in the case of the shared Poet Laureate position in Montana) for a combined total of $1.1 million. In addition, the Academy will provide $100,000+ total to 14 local 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations that have agreed to support the Fellows’ proposed projects.
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Los Angeles Literature Events: 06/07/21 – 06/13/21
Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Terry Miles, with Cory Doctorow, & Rabbits via Book Soup – Online Event
Author Terry Miles, in conversation with author Cory Doctorow, will present and discuss his new book, Rabbits.
Terry Miles’s new book depicts how a deadly underground game might just be altering reality itself in this new adventure set in the world of the hit Rabbits podcast. Rabbits is a mysterious alternate reality game so vast it uses the entire world as its canvas. Since the game started in 1959, ten iterations have appeared and nine winners declared. The deeper you get, the more dangerous the game becomes, and when K—a Rabbits obsessive—enters the eleventh round, the fate of the entire universe is at stake.
NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this free event.
Where: Book Soup – Online Crowdcast event
Date: Monday the 7th
Time: 6 pm
Where: Online event
Website: https://www.booksoup.com/event/terry-miles-conversation-cory-doctorow-discusses-rabbits
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Re-finding My Love for Poetry Through the Sims Library
By Mimi Lam
FROM: Cultural Weekly
When I first volunteered for the Sims Library of Poetry, I did not expect a physical manifestation of myself–unfinished, still growing, pursuing a dream. Like the library, I was in the process of transformation.
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Los Angeles Literature Events: 05/31/21 – 06/06/21
Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Monday Night Fiction Workshop at Beyond Baroque – Zoom Online
The 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 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 form 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 (tickets at Eventbrite)
Date: Monday the 31st
Time: 7:30pm – 10 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://beyondbaroque.org/free_workshops.html
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Eso Won and Crockett Named PW’s Bookstore and Sales Rep of the Year
By Alex Green, with reporting by Eugene Holley Jr. and Claire Kirch
FROM: Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly has named the L.A.-based indie bookstore Eso Won Books its Bookstore of the Year. Simon & Schuster sales rep Toi Crockett has been named PW Sales Rep of the Year. The announcement was made the afternoon of May 25 during the inaugural U.S. Book Show.
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Events List Will Return Next Week
The list of weekly events will return Sunday. Continue reading Events List Will Return Next Week
Noir Goldilocks: An Interview with L.A. Poet Suzanne Lummis
An interview of L.Á. literary legend Suzanne Lummis.
From the interview: “Metaphors, similes, figurative speech—yes, that matters to me. I love all that. When it works I certainly do, but best a poet not push for it if it doesn’t come naturally.” Continue reading Noir Goldilocks: An Interview with L.A. Poet Suzanne Lummis
Seeking L.Á. Stories for Vol. 4 of the Made in L.A. Fiction Anthology Series
By Brian Dunlap
Made in L.A. Writers was founded as an indie author co-op of L.Á. based indie writers dedicated to the support of independent writers. Their styles, themes and story locals differ, but their work is strongly influenced by their hometown and underpinned by the diverse culture and life of L.Á.
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