Literary History: OBITUARY: Hisaye Yamamoto
By Nichi Bei
From: Nichi Bei
Los Angeles Literature Note: This obituary of Los Ángeles writer Hisaye Yamamoto was published February 23, 2011 in Nichi Bei. Yamamoto was an important writer and Nisei writer, one of the first to get national recognition by publishing short stories in magazines such as Harper’s Bazaar. Yamamoto was one of many little known Asian/Japanese writers and Asian women of color to emerge from Los Ángeles in the aftermath of WW II. Her short stories are set mostly in and around Los Ángeles.
LOS ANGELES — Hisaye Yamamoto, a pioneer in Asian American literature, passed away on Jan. 30, 2011 in Los Angeles at the age of 89.
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A Great Spirit Trapped in a Tiny Life: On Cherríe Moraga’s “Native Country of the Heart”
By Michael Nava
FROM: Los Angeles Review of Books
Cherríe Moraga has been an iconic figure in queer and Latinx literature since the 1981 publication of This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, an anthology she edited with the late Gloria Anzaldúa. Bridge was among the first explorations of how people and communities with multiple social identities — queer women of color, for example — are subject to intersecting discriminations that create complex and profound forms of oppression — what we now call intersectionality. In the decades since Bridge, Moraga has produced fiction, poetry, and plays, received awards and fellowships, and taught at Stanford University and the University of California at Santa Barbara. Even with these credentials, she, like other queer writers of color, has been patronized by a largely white, straight literary establishment, which often dismisses work like hers as special interest pleading, while hailing the work of straight, white writers for its universality.
Los Angeles Literature Events 10/07/19 – 10/13/19
Samantha Power & The Education of an Idealist at USC’s Bovard Auditorium
In collaboration with Visions and Voices and other campus organizations, USC’s Speakers Committee presents acclaimed Pulitzer Prize winning author, former US Ambassador to the UN and Obama cabinet member, Samantha Power, who will discuss her new memoir, The Education of an Idealist, which chronicles her transition from outside activist to government insider and explores the impact one person can have on the world.
NOTE: This ticketed event is free to USC students and faculty and their guests, so check website for details.
Where: Bovard Auditorium, USC
Date: Tuesday the 8th
Time: 6:30 pm – 10 pm
Address: 3551 Trousdale Pkwy., Los Angeles, CA 90089
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/241957690065378
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Sad News For Highland Park Bookstore Book Show
By Jen Hitchcock
NOTE: The following was posted to Book Show’s Facebook page today, October 1, 2019 by the owner Jen Hitchcock.
After over five years in Highland Park, I am extremely sad to announce that Book Show will be closing our store here at the end of 2019.
Our landlord decided to double our already high rent and is forcing us out. Therefore Book Show will be looking for a new space starting in 2020.
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South Central L.A. Poet, Nikolai Garcia, Releases His Debut Chapbook
Local poet and South Central native, Nikolai Garcia, recently released his first collection of poetry, the chapbook “Nuclear Shadoews of Palm Trees.” The release party was held at Book Show in Highland Park. Continue reading South Central L.A. Poet, Nikolai Garcia, Releases His Debut Chapbook
Los Angeles Literature Events 9/30/19 – 10/06/19
Distinguished Author Series: Patty Seyburn & Andrew Tonkavich at Laguna College of Art + Design
The Laguna College of Art + Design’s (LCAD) Leslie Power Library Presents: Distinguished Authors Lecture Series, with:
Patty Seyburn has previously published five collections of poems, her most recent release being Threshold Delivery (Finishing line Press 2019). She is a proud professor at CSU Long Beach.
Andrew Tonkavich edits the West Coast literary magazine, Santa Monica Review, and hosts Bibliocracy, a weekly books show on listener-supported Pacifica Radio’s KPFK (90.7) in Southern California. He is a regular contributor to the OC Weekly and is co-editor of Orange County: A Literary Field Guide (Hey Day 2017). He teaches composition at UC Irvine.
NOTE: Free Admission / Public Invited
Where: Laguna College of Art + Design
Date: Monday the 30th
Time: 6:30 pm – 9 pm
Address: 2222 Laguna Canyon Rd., Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Website: https://facebook.com/events/2350061018589583
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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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