Unstoppable Women: A Poetry Contest
Los Angeles Literature Events 3/05/18 –3/11/18
Evening Book Club & How to Stop Time at Pages Bookstore
Please join us for our Evening Book Club Discussion of How to Stop Time, by Matt Haig. Tom Hazard has a dangerous secret. He may look like an ordinary 41-year-old, but owing to a rare condition, he’s been alive for centuries. He has lived history, with many famous people, but now he just wants an ordinary life. This book tells a love story across the ages, about a man lost in time who ties to find himself and try to find happiness.
Where: Pages Bookstore
Date: Monday the 5th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 904 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Website: http://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/evening-book-club-discussion
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Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo Reads“Antígona González” By Sara Uribe
From: THE SUNDRESS BLOG
Anna: Can you tell me a little bit about Antígona González?
Xochitl: Antígona González is a book of poetry from Mexican poet Sara Uribe and translated by John Pluecher that uses the classic Greek tragedy, Antigone by Sophocles, as a container to speak about the disappeared of Mexico. In the classic, Antigone is a princess that breaks her uncle’s edict in order to bury her brother Polynices after he has been declared a traitor and his dead body abandoned in the desert. In Antígona González, “Polynices is identified with the marginalized and disappeared,” while Antígona represents the sisters searching for their disappeared brothers: “I didn’t want to be Antigone / but it happened to me.”
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A Night In Conversation With Peter J. Harris
By Brian Dunlap
Laughter spilled from the crowd as stories and memories rose from the stage.
It was a Saturday night at the nearly full theater at Beyond Baroque. Peter J. Harris answered journalist Rex Weiner questions, recounting reading with Lucille Clifton as a young writer, writing The Black Man of Happiness as he faced foreclosure, his time spent attending the Anansi Writers Workshop at the World Stage after moving to L.A. in the early ‘90s. It was gripping, informative, accidently instructive, but most of all the talk revealed one versions of a writer’s life. It revealed a happy black man.
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Cynthia Guardado Interview Podcast with Ever Velasquez and Todd Taylor
From: razorcake.org
Cynthia Guardado is a fierce and unapologetically brown Salvadorian American female punk rockera, poeta, activista, y profe straight from Inglewooooood, California. Her poems have been published in PALABRA, A Magazine of Chicano & Latino Literary Art; The Packing House Review; and Razorcake’s very own Puro Pinche Poetry: Gritos Del Barrio.
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Santa Monica Review To Celebrate 30th Anniversary
by Grace Singh Smith
From: SMC In Focus
This year—fall 2018—marks the 30th anniversary of Santa Monica Review (SMR). The national literary arts journal published by Santa Monica College (SMC) showcases the work of established authors alongside emerging writers, with a focus on West Coast fiction and nonfiction; it happens to be the only nationally-distributed literary journal at a community college.
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Los Angeles Literature Events 2/26/18 –3/04/18
David Neiwert and Alt-America at Book Soup
We welcome author David Neiwert to present his new book, Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump, the story of the remarkable resurgence of right-wing extremists in the United States. These extremists have been growing steadily in number and influence since the 1990s, and found fresh life after 9/11. Author and journalist Neiwert provides a deeply researched, authoritative report on the growth of fascism and far-right terrorism in this crucial book.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Monday the 26th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
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LitFest Pasadena Comes to the Pasadena Playhouse District May 19 to 20, 2018
The Two Day Literary Festival Includes Dozens of Readings, Panels, and Literary Performances and Features Over 150 Authors at Venues Across the Pasadena Playhouse District
Pasadena, CA (February 21, 2018) –
Save the date for the 7th annual LitFest Pasadena coming up on May 19 and 20, 2018. LitFest Pasadena treats Southern California audiences to an exciting and thought provoking weekend full of diverse literary readings, panels, performances, and activities for all ages and interests. It’s held at venues and on sidewalks throughout the Pasadena Playhouse District.
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L.A. Poetry History – Mike the PoeT Sonksen
The World Stage and Literary Black Los Ángeles
It begins every Wednesday at 7:30 pm. Early arrivals step to the mic, sharing a poem in progress to receive much needed feedback. Then they provide feedback to others. V. Kali, author of Hymn (World Stage Press), sits next to the donation box and front entrance and welcomes attendees as they arrive. As host, V. has been a warm presence each week for years, her long beautiful natural hair a thing of legend. As the crowd grows, the list of open mic readers expands before the feature grabs everyone’s attention. Murmurs of “mmm hmm” and “that’s right” arise from the crowd. After, it’s the community-the open mic readers’-turn at the mic. It’s their chance to bring down the house.
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