Los Angeles Literature Events 7/01/19 – 7/07/19
A is for ACTION: A Social Justice Book Club for Kids at Eagle Rock Branch Library, LAPL – Kids Event
Literature can transform the way we look at the world, deepening our understanding of even the most complex issues of today.
Check out the book of the month from the library, read it, then come join us for the conversation and crafts! Children ages 5+ and their families are welcome.
Our book for July is: Last Stop On Market Street, by Matt de la Pena, which received the 2016 Newberry Medal and a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor. Library copies are available to borrow at the Information Desk.
Where: Eagle Rock Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Monday the 1st
Time: 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Address: 5027 Caspar Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90041
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/action-social-justice-book-club-kids
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2 Local Poets: ‘The Spirit of Activism Has Always Been in LA Poetry’
By Steve Chiotakis
FROM: Greater L.A./KCRW
Southern California may not get the credit it deserves for its strong literary community and a great spoken word scene. However, poets Shonda Buchanan and Mike Sonksen tell Greater LA the poetry community could be the most diverse scene in the city of Los Angeles.
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Poet Bridgette Bianca on Connecting Through Spoken Word
Emerging poet and professor bridgette bianca discusses her life, work and the local literary community. Continue reading Poet Bridgette Bianca on Connecting Through Spoken Word
The Green of Sunset
By Dania Alkhouli
FROM: Moon Tide Press Blog
Believing in fate is a foundational part of my life, so when I was perusing my list of books to indulge in next, something called me to John Brantingham’s The Green of Sunset. For starters, I think it was the title. I hear sunsets get called everything but green, and this had me seeking out the elements of a sunset often unseen, like reading between the rays of a departing sun, and that’s something I needed this week.
Los Angeles Literature Events 6/24/19 – 6/30/19
Empathy & Heroism Book Club at Central Library, LAPL – Teen’Scape Event
The Empathy &Heroism Book Club for teens will meet to discuss the book, All American Boys, by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely.
Where: Central Library, LAPL
Date: Monday the 24th
Time: 4 pm – 5 pm
Address: 630 W. 5th St., Los Angeles, CA 90071
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/empathy-heroism-book-club-15
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Good Reads Review of Ablution by Ingrid Calderon-Collins
By Kayla King
FROM: Good Reads
Reading Ingrid M. Calderon-Collins’ Ablution, takes readers through the early days of love and beyond. Time passes, as it must. The narrative built within these poems, traverses the relationship between these lovers with a close lens, many titled with just a month and year. It feels too intimate at times, and readers might be compelled to look away, but that’s only a sign to keep reading.
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Los Angeles Literature Events 6/18/19 – 6/23/19
Your Author Series & Ashlyn Anstee at Cahuenga Branch Library, LAPL – Kids Event
Join us for a discussion with author Ashlyn Anstee as she presents her latest children’s book, Are We There Yet? Ashlyn has done it all: animator, author and illustrator. .She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and three cats.
Where: Cahuenga Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Tuesday the 18th
Time: 3 pm – 4 pm
Address: 4591 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90029
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/your-author-series-starring-ashlyn-anstee
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Passing of A Los Ángeles Poet Holly Prado
Accomplished local poet, teacher and mentor, Holly Prado, passed away on June 14th in West Hills. Her impact on the community, contributing to workshops, readings, and literary salons, along with her deeply introspective, mystical, and often spiritual poetry, will be remembered. Continue reading Passing of A Los Ángeles Poet Holly Prado
REVIEW: LITTLE MILLION DOORS: AN ELEGY BY CHAD SWEENEY
by James Benton
FROM: Los Angeles Review
Like a hurricane of images, or a tsunami of grief, Sweeny’s lines strain against a background of stability and coherence that barely holds together. The book is an elegy not only because the title tells us so, but because it performs its elegiac ritual without the filter of conventional form or syntactical coherence. If grief is inchoate, the poet asks, what language is sufficient to the duty it is called upon to perform? The answer is a language suddenly released from its duties to inform or to persuade—functions of containment, framing, and interpretation—a non-syntax left to its singular capacity to conjure the ineffable, to bring it into being.
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Los Angeles Literature Events 6/10/19 – 6/16/19
Summer Author Series & Aditi Khorana at Canoga Park Branch Library, LAPL – Teens Event
Join us for a discussion with author Aditi Khorana as she presents her latest novel, Library of Fates. Aditi’s international upbringing included stays in India, Denmark, and New England. She has been a journalist for ABC News, CNN, and PBS, and is currently serving as a marketing consultant for the entertainment industry. In her spare time she enjoys the architecture of Los Angeles and the great outdoors.
Where: Canoga Park Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Monday the 10th
Time: 2 pm – 3 pm
Address: 20939 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, CA 91303
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/your-author-series-starring-aditi-khorana
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