Los Angeles Literature Events 6/18/18 –6/24/18
The Big Read Book Club & Citizen, at Westchester-Loyola Village Branch Library
While supplies last, pick up a copy of Citizen: An American Lyric, by Claudia Rankine at the Information Desk. On Saturday, June 30 at 2 pm, please join your fellow Big Read readers for a discussion of Citizen in the Community Room.
Where: Westchester-Loyola Village Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Monday the 18th
Time: 9:30 am – 5:30 pm
Address: 7114 W. Manchester Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90045
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/big-read-bookclub
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Literary History: Poetic Research Bureau
by Brian Dunlap
Located between commercial art galleries and tawdry Chinatown gift shops, the Poetic Research Bureau fosters a living room type atmosphere where poets and other wordsmiths share their words. This Chinatown literary space hosts a plethora of poetry reading year round. A place where L.A. poets, writers and others go to read.
Los Angeles Literature Events 6/11/18 –6/17/18
Summer Author Series, with Anthony Sacre, at Mar Vista Library–Kids Event
Please join us for our Summer Author Series, and to hear Anthony Sacre discuss and read A Mango in the Hand. He uses stories, folktales and myths from his Cuban-American upbringing, as well as his many visits to Mexico, to encourage all listeners to find their own stories through the magic of books!
Cool off this summer by meeting and connecting with authors at your local library. Check LAPL website for events at various branch libraries and locations. Refreshments are provided, and lucky winners will receive a free copy of the author’s book.
Where: Mar Vista Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Monday the 11th
Time: 3 pm – 4 pm
Address: 12006 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90066
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/summer-author-meet-antonio-sacre
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Los Angeles Literature Events 6/04/18 –6/10/18
Stephen Gee & Los Angeles City Hall at Vroman’s Bookstore
Author Stephen Gee joins us to present, discuss and sign his new book from Angel City Press, Los Angeles City Hall: An American Icon, one of our most enduring local landmarks. When it opened its doors in 1928, the new Los Angeles City hall was the tallest building in the city and more than half a million people lined the streets to celebrate its dedication. It was a bold symbol of the ambition of America and its people. This book also contains a forward by Eric Garcetti and photographs by Sandra Stojanovi.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Monday the 4th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
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Lynell George Sings Los Angeles
Lynell George writes about Los Ángeles, its changing landscape, rooted in personal experience.
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Behind The Editor’s Desk: Vanessa Angélica Villarreal
by Women Who Submit
From: Women Who Submit
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal just signed on as nonfiction editor at LA’s own Gold Line Press. She’s an innovative poet who isn’t constrained by genre; her work is electrifying, form-melting, challenging. I asked her about Gold Line’s upcoming chapbook contest and her work as an editor.
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Matt Sedillo, Creative Writing Workshops, LitFest Pasadena and Teaching Artists
by Brian Dunlap
A lot has happened in Los Ángeles Literature in May. Writers were running workshops for the community and they all came together on the 19th and 20th in Pasadena’s Theater District for the 7th Annual LitFest Pasadena, celebrating local writers and presses. Plus, as many L.A. writers teach at local high schools, community colleges and universities and as the school year ends, they’ve been reflecting on the impact they’ve had on their students. One has been recognized for his teaching with an award.
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Los Angeles Literature Events 5/28/18 –6/03/18
Free Memorial Holiday Monday at LACMA
Visitors and families of all ages are invited to a FREE day at the museum, with bilingual tours, campus-wide exhibits, including Hidden Narratives exhibit and others, all open to the public, and live music with Soft Streak.
Where: Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Date: Monday the 28th
Time: 11 am – 5 pm
Address: 5905 Wilshire Blvd., West Los Angeles, CA 90036
Website: http://www.lacma.org/event/target-free-holiday-monday-10
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Los Angeles Literature Events 5/21/18 –5/27/18
Tony Abbott & Mordicai Gerstein at Children’s Book World–Children’s Event
Please join us to meet and hear from two authors receiving the Horace Mann Upstander Awards, given yearly to celebrate authors who publish fictional stories that encourage activism on the part of the protagonist. The authors will discuss their work, receive their awards from Antioch University Los Angeles, and the presentation will be followed by a Q&A and book signing. For ages: 10-adult.
The Summer of Owen Todd, by Tony Abbott is the winner of the Annual Book Award. Mordicai Gerstein is the Lifetime Achievement Award winner for his commitment to activism, and particularly for his latest book, The Boy and the Whale.
Where: Children’s Book World
Date: Monday the 21st
Time: 6 pm
Address: 10580 ½ W. Pico Blvd., West Los Angeles, CA 90064
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My 12-Year Love Affair
by Erika Ayón
From: Women Who Submit
It began 12 years ago, the concept for my poetry collection Orange Lady. It was 2006, that summer I had gone to VONA (Voices of Our Nation Arts Foundation) in San Francisco, where I had taken a writing workshop with Chris Abani. At VONA, I connected with writers who also lived in Los Angeles, and upon my return, through them, I learned about Ruth Forman’s poetry workshops. It was in these workshops held at Ruth’s home in Los Angeles surrounded by willow trees and included Tai Chi lessons taught by her that the poetry collection came to me. Ruth always showed immense compassion toward our writing process and lovingly gave us permission to just write. That permission to just write sparked this emotional surge in me, and I wrote without care or judgment, with pure reckless abandonment. It was in these workshops that I began compiling the poems that would ultimately become part of my first poetry collection Orange Lady.
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