Dryland, A Literary Journal Based In South-Central, Tells Stories That Are Often Left Out
By Frank Shyong
FROM: L.A. TimesL.A. Times
It’s hard for poet Daniel Morales Leon, 38, who works as a cook at a coffee shop in the Arts District, to think of himself as an artist with a capital A.
Dear Daughters, Dear Linda: Essays From ‘Terrible Crystals’
By Victoria Chang
FROM: The Normal School
Dear Daughter,
Sometimes I wish I didn’t try and fix everything from your childhood. Sometimes I wish I hadn’t tried so hard to help you memorize your math facts when you weren’t ready. Sometimes I wonder how many mistakes I am making now that will become clearer only later.
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Los Angeles Literature Events 12/09/19 – 12/15/19
Pages Story Time at Pages Bookstore – Kid s Event
Pages Story Time is offered weekly on Monday mornings at 10:30 pm. Travel by foot, stroller, car or scooter, but don’t miss out on the fun at Pages Bookstore
Where: Pages Bookstore
Date: Monday the 9th
Time: 10:30 pm
Address: 904 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Website: https://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/pages-story-time-0
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Los Angeles Literature Events 12/02/19 – 12/08/19
Book Writers Group at Robertson Branch Library, LAPL
The Book Writers Group meets every first Monday of the month at the Robertson Branch Library. Are you writing a book and looking for feedback? Need deadlines to help you reach your writing goals? Then this is the group for you!
For each meeting, please bring 5-10 double-spaced pages of writing to share with the group. Every member will have time to present his/her writing and receive constructive feedback.
Depending on the size of the group, each person will receive 10-15 minutes of time to share and receive feedback.
Where: Robertson Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Monday the 2nd
Time: 11 am
Address: 1719 S. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90035
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/book-writers-group
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Book Review: Let the Buzzards Eat Me Whole
By Scott Neuffer
FROM: Trampset
My wife tells me not to talk about it: her trauma. She survived the dirty wars in Peru. If you talk, you die, she tells me. People don’t talk about it. The dead are dead. The living go on. Sorry, it’s not my place, I say. But these ghosts. I can feel them.
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Poet. Prof. Life.: Allan Aquino
By Romeo Oscar Cascolan
FROM: 700 Magazine
The inclusive mindset of the American dream makes the United States a welcoming destination for the variety of cultures that the world has to offer. As a Filipino who immigrated to the United States in 2000 and earned my American citizenship in 2018, I can personally attest to the opportunity within this country; as a result, I am more aware of the struggles and hardships that people endure in the hopes of leading a better life in the United States. The field of ethnic studies focuses on understanding the undeniable impact that these immigrants make on this country. The people involved in these studies may come from vastly different backgrounds, but their goal is always the same: to build upon the principles of freedom and independence that unite all Americans.
Los Angeles Literature Events 11/25/19 – 12/01/19
Conchas y Café: Bilingual Community Writing Workshops at Vernon – Leon H. Washington Jr. Memorial Branch Library, LAPL
Our weekly Conchas y Café Zine – Bilingual Community Writing Workshops are free and open to adults. This program offered by DSTL Arts, provides a 12-week creative writing workshop for adults of all ages. Participants learn more about creative writing, poetry, publishing, zine-making, and more, while receiving writing exercises and feedback on their work. Participants also have the opportunity to publish and present their work in a zine of writing produced through the program. A public reading and release party celebrates the culmination of each 12-week series.
Where: Vernon – Leon H. Washington, Jr. Memorial Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Monday the 25th
Time: 6 pm – 7:30 pm
Address: 4504 S. Central Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90011
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/conchas-y-cafe-bilingual-community-writing-workshops
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LMU’S SHONDA BUCHANAN TELLS TRUER TALES OF AMERICAN HISTORY
By Carolyn Neuhausen
FROM: The Argonaut
Loyola Marymount University writing instructor and rhetorical arts fellow Shonda Buchanan understands how abuse and self-hatred — the kind that ripples through families for generations — can set the tone for interpersonal relationships for decades, if not centuries.
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Pasadena Landmark Vroman’s, Southern California’s Oldest Bookstore, Celebrates 125th Anniversary
The Pasadena Landmark, Vroman’s, calls itself “Southern California’s oldest and largest independent bookstore,” turns a 125 years-old. It opened in 1894. Continue reading Pasadena Landmark Vroman’s, Southern California’s Oldest Bookstore, Celebrates 125th Anniversary
Los Angeles Literature Events 11/18/19 – 11/24/19
Diane Leslie’s Book Club: A Door in the Earth by Amy Waldman at Diesel Bookstore
Author Amy Waldman discusses and signs her new novel, A Door in the Earth at Diane Leslie’s Book Club..
This book is a about an idealistic young Afghan-American woman trapped between her ideals and the complicated truth. Galvanized by a book she reads in college by humanitarian Gideon Crane, sensitive student Parveen makes a pilgrimage to a remote village in the land of her birth to make a difference, only to find the many fabrications in the memoir and decide where her loyalties lie. The author reported form Afghanistan for the New York Times after 9/11, and has created a taut, propulsive novel about power, perspective, and idealism to reveal complicated truths in our living history.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website for details.
Where: Diesel Bookstore, lower outdoor courtyard
Date: Monday the 18th
Time: 5 pm – 6 pm
Address: 225 26th St., Santa Monica, CA 90402
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