Los Angeles Literature Events 2/19/18 –2/25/18
William Glassley and A Wilder Time at the Last Bookstore
Join us as William Glassley presents his new book, A Wilder Time: Notes from a Geologist at the Edge of the Greenland Ice, and learn about the mysteries and lessons embedded in wilderness above the Arctic Circle. This book recounts the experiences of the author and two Danish colleagues while conducting research in one of the world’s most extensive wilderness terrains. It gives new perspective on our place in Nature, the value of wilderness, and how climate change is affecting that landscape.
William Glassley is a geologist at UC Davis, and an emeritus researcher at Aarhus University, Denmark. He is the author of over seventy research articles and a textbook on geothermal energy. This is his first book for a general audience.
Where: The Last Bookstore
Date: Monday the 19th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 453 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90013 (main entrance around the corner on 5th St.)
Website: http://lastbookstorela.com/#events or https://www.facebook.com/events/143760606278876/
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Los Angeles Literature Events 2/12/18 –2/18/18
41st Annual Writers Week Conference at UC Riverside
Join us for the 41st Annual Writers Week Conference, the longest-running FREE literary event in California, which attracts both seasoned authors and those just beginning their careers. This year’s event takes place from February 12-18, and is hosted by the UCR Department of Creative Writing and Tom Lutz, the Writers Week director.
On Monday, February 12th join us to hear:
Tess Taylor is a poet, an on-air poetry reviewer for NPR’s “All Things Considered,” and the chair of the poetry committee of the National Book Critics Circle. She is the author of the chapbook, Misremembered World, the book The Forage House, in which she explores her personal history as a descendant of Thomas Jefferson, and the author of Work and Days, which was named one of the Best Poetry Books of 2016 by The New York Times. (Reading at 2:30 pm)
Hadara Bar-Nadav is a poet and a Professor of English at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. She is the author of two chapbooks and three poetry collections. She also co-authored the bestselling textbook Writing Poems (8th edition) with Michelle Boisseau. Her latest book of poetry, The New Nudity was published in 2017. (Reading at 4 pm)
Books by Writers Week authors are available at the UCR Bookstore and at Cellar Door Books in nearby Canyon Crest Town Center.
Complimentary parking permits available at parking lot Kiosk.
Where: CHASS Interdisciplinary Bldg., South-Screening Room, 1128
Date: Monday the 12th
Time: 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm; and 4 pm – 5:30 pm on Monday the 12th
Address: 900 University Ave., Riverside, CA 92521
Website: http://www.writersweek.ucr.edu
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Untranslatable Voices: Vickie Vértiz Writes Los Ángeles in “Palm Frond with Its Throat Cut”
by Isabel Gómez
From: LARB
“IT’S THE BROKEN PARTS that matter” claims Vickie Vértiz, in a note to her poem “Nahuatl — A Revenge,” which features what she calls “imperfect” translations from the indigenous Nahuatl language into English. Vértiz’s imperfect translations recall what theorists Emily Apter and Jacques Lezra, following Walter Benjamin, call “untranslatables”: philosophical concepts that both invite and prevent transfer between languages, words that call out to be reinvented in their new language context precisely by resisting translation. In Vértiz’s poems, Latinxs living in California share “untranslatable” experiences that take place between English and Spanish. Her poems transform displacement and a polluted cityscape into sources of resistance and aesthetic restructuring. The visually and sonically rich setting of these poems may be polluted — by toxic air, water, and soil; toxic masculinity and white supremacy — but Vértiz celebrates what her community grows in this toxic ground and voices their untranslatable experiences.
Los Angeles Literature Events 2/05/18 –2/11/18
Gabriel Gale’s Ages of Oz at Flintridge Bookstore–Kids/YA Event
Join us for a special event for Gabriel Gale’s Ages of Oz: A Fiery Friendship, written by Lisa Fiedler and illustrated by Sebastian Giacobino. This book is for readers who wish to join Glinda on a magical quest in search of “Truth Above All” (Middle Grade and for anyone who loves the Wizard of Oz).
Where: Flintridge Bookstore
Date: Monday the 5th
Time: 4 pm – 5:30 pm
Address: 1010 Foothill Blvd., La Canada-Flintridge, CA 91011
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Local writer Lynell George wins Grammy for ‘Otis Redding Live at the Whisky A Go Go’
by RANDY LEWIS
From: L.A. Times
The L.A. connection is strong in the winner of the Grammy Award for album notes.
It was awarded to veteran music writer, and former Times staff writer, Lynell George, for her notes for the box set “Otis Redding Live at the Whisky A Go Go: The Complete Recordings,” documenting the soul singer’s incendiary performances at the West Hollywood nightclub in 1966.
Los Angeles Literature Events 1/29/18 –2/04/18
Yoga for Writers at Hyde Park-Mariam Matthews Branch Library, LAPL–YA Event
Yoga and writing go together as both are journeys into the self. Our Yoga for Seniors teacher is now teaching this free 8 session workshop of yoga for writers at the library. If you are a writer or just like to write, come and experience this class. Bring a mat, blanket or cushion to sit on and your writing tools. Space is limited. Sign up at the reference desk or call: 323-750-7241.
Where: Hyde Park-Miriam Matthews Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Monday the 29th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: 2205 W. Florence Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90043
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/yoga-writers-0
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There is a New Host for Avenue 50’s La Palabra’s Open Mic Poetry Reading Series
by Brian Dunlap
The last time La Palabra was held at Avenue 50 Studios in December, host Karineh Mahdessian couldn’t hold back tears that spoke to the deep connections she’s made during her time as host of the long running open mic reading series. Karineh’s time was coming to a close. The community she helped nurture packed the back room to help send her off.
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Sunday at The Table Reading Series
By Brian Dunlap
Sunday at the Hollywood Hotel was a time to build community. 13 writers and active participants in the Los Ángeles literary community came together to discuss creating, nurturing and sustaining the community that means so much to them. Also, they came together to remind everyone, they too are writers, by sharing their work.
This was another edition of “The Table Reading Series”, created by Los Ángeles novelist Natasha Deón. It began last year with “the goal to help raise up the next generation of writers and readers to be actively engaged in the writing community; to invest in them, give them a space to begin, to reach new or estranged writers in Los Angeles, and to provide fresh outlets for writers and fans to engage and contribute to the vibrancy of the Los Angeles literary community.”
Los Angeles Literature Events 1/22/18 –1/28/18
Conchas y Café at Baldwin Hills Branch Library, LAPL
Please join us for our weekly series as we create finished works of poetry and writing for “zines.” Coffee and sweet breads will be served.
Where: Baldwin Hills Branch Library, Meeting Room A
Date: Monday the 22nd
Time: 1 pm
Address: 904 Manhattan Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90016
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/conchas-y-café
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Los Angeles Literature Events 1/16/18 –1/21/18
WriTeens Workshop at 
, LAPL–Teen Event
Join us for our recurring WriTeens class/workshop throughout the year to work on a poetry book.
Where: Pacoima Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Tuesday the 16th
Time: 4 pm
Address: 13605 Van Nuys Blvd., Pacoima, CA 91331
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/writeens-and-poetry-books
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