Building Literary Community at the Small Press Book Festival
By Brian Dunlap
Last Saturday, the first annual Small Press Book Festival took place at the Wende Museum of the Cold War, in Culver City. It was a day to celebrate, promote and connect with Los Ángeles’ independent publishing community. Founded by Mark Lipman, poet and publisher of local independent press Vagabond, the Festival’s “goal is to promote and foster communication and the diversity of voices through literature and the arts as an integral part of the on-going work of building” literary community and community as a whole.
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Los Angeles Literature Events 9/23/19 – 9/29/19
Lambda LitFest Event: Modern Love, Mental Wellness & Healing in LGBTQ Literature at Cal State LA
This event is part of the 2019 Lambda LitFest, and most events will be free, unless otherwise posted, and offered at various venues throughout Southern California during the next week.
Join us today at CSULA to hear Thea Monyee, therapist with Counseling and Psychological Services at CSULA, moderate a discussion with Frederick Smith and Chaz Lamar Cruz, authors of In Case You Forgot, exploring themes of wellness, and healing in LGTBQ literature.
NOTE: See website link for complete schedule, free tickets, and further details.
Where: University Student Union/San Gabriel Room, 3rd Floor, CSULA
Date: Monday the 23rd
Time: 12 pm
Address: 5154 State University Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90032
Website: https://lambdalitfest.org/event/modern-love-mental-wellness-and-healing-in-lgbtq-literature-2/
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Los Angeles Literature Events 9/16/19 – 9/22/19
Rachel Cline & The Question Authority at Chevalier’s Bookstore
Join us to hear author Rachel Cline, present and sign her new book, The Question Authority, which was featured in a list of upcoming thriller novels dealing with the topic of the #MeToo movement from Publishers Weekly.
Nora Buchbinder—formerly rich, and now broke—would be the last woman in Brooklyn to claim #MeToo, but when a work assignment reunites her with her childhood best friend, Beth, she finds herself in a hall of mirrors. Was their eighth grade teacher Beth’s lover or her rapist?
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore
Date: Monday the 16th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/rachel-cline
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Local Literary Journal Open For Submissions
By Brian Dunlap
MORIA, the literary journal at Woodbury University in Burbank, California, is open for submissions for their Fall issue until October 1, 2019.
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Pomona On The Lookout For Its First Poet Laureate
By Liset Márquez
FROM: Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Applications are being accepted for the inaugural city of Pomona poet laureate.
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Los Angeles Literature Events 9/09/19 – 9/15/19
Luis J. Rodriguez’s Always Running in Theatre Adaptation at Casa 0101
The stage adaptation of the acclaimed Luis J. Rodriguez memoir and award-winning book, Always Running, is being performed at the CASA 1010 Theatre August 31 – October 20, 2019, so check website links to purchase tickets and select dates from the full schedule. This play/memoir tells the story of a young man who escapes a life of gang violence, discrimination, depression, and drug addiction through art, the Chicano movement poetry and service.
Where: Casa 0101 Theatre
Date: September through October 20, 2019 (Check theatre’s Eventbrite link & schedule)
Time: 5 pm & 8 pm
Address: 2101 E. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA 90033
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/339435536938591/ or www.facebook.com/CASA0101Theatre/
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The Children of ‘Generation Lockdown’ Speak
By CNN Opion
FROM: CNN.com
El Paso. Dayton. Odessa. Pittsburgh. Parkland. Santa Fe. Newtown.
Policymakers debate arming teachers. Parents buy bulletproof backpacks. So many adult Americans fret over a generation – more than a generation, before all is said and done – of students raised to know the run-hide-fight of active shooter drills.
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Erased History, Forgotten Communities
Viramontes’ passion for bringing erased communities to the forefront of literature and history has materialized into several acclaimed literary works.
By Jackie Swift
FROM: research.cornell.edu
Helena María Viramontes, English, brings people and places erased from history to life again. For years, she has focused her lens on the Latino experience in the United States, writing award-winning fiction that draws from her own heritage as a Chicana from Los Angeles. In her latest novel-in-progress, The Cemetery Boys, she explores the experiences of three generations of East Los Angelenos mired in three different wars. During this exploration, she highlights the mix of ethnicities and marginalized communities that flourished and then faded away in the California of the early-to-mid twentieth century.
No Events List This Week
By Brian Dunlap
As Labor Day is today, I have taken this week off from compiling my weekly list of Los Ángeles literary events. However, next week my weekly list of Los Ángeles literary events will return. Expect the next list to be posted sometime on Sunday the 8th.
Congrats to Venice’s Small World Books on 50 years!
Venice’s beloved Small World Books is turning 50 years old in September, making it the oldest general bookstore in Los Angeles.
By Venice Paparazzi
FROM: venicepaparazzi.com
Join in on the anniversary fun on Sept. 12th!
Here is a history on Small World Books!
Venice’s beloved Small World Books is turning 50 years old in September, making it the oldest general bookstore in Los Angeles.
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