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Interviews

“Together We Rise”: The Editors Behind Daxson Publishing’s New Anthology Shine a Light on Immigrant Stories

Poet and writer Maria D. Duarte interviews the editors—Cherice Cameron, Peter Lechuga and Erica Castro—of the new Daxson Publishing anthology “Together We Rise: Vocies from the Front Lines of Freedom,” about the vision behind the collection, the urgency of documenting lived experience, and how collective storytelling becomes a tool for liberation. Continue reading “Together We Rise”: The Editors Behind Daxson Publishing’s New Anthology Shine a Light on Immigrant Stories

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L.A. Literary History

Voices From Leimert Park and Voices From Leimert Park Redux

By Brian Dunlap

downloadNOTE: This is the third book in Los Angeles Literature’s Black History Month series highlighting the L.A. literature written by black authors.

There are two poetry anthologies that capture the black literary talent from the headquarters of black creativity in Los Ángeles, The World Stage in Leimert Park. The anthologies, Voices from Leimert Park and Voices from Leimert Park Redux, were published 11 years apart in 2006 and in 2017. They both capture the stories, ideas and perspectives of black Los Ángeles and beyond in a myriad of poetic forms and angles.

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