Mike Sonksen’s list of the best Los Ángeles literature of the past year. 27 books from the likes of poet WIll Alexander, and mystery writers Naomi Hirahara and Gary Phillips and more. Continue reading The 27 Best Books About Los Angeles in 2022
In UC Riverside Professor Susan Straight’s 10th novel, “Mecca,” it “has fictional characters — but all are inspired by true stories or events that have occurred in the Inland Empire.” Continue reading Susan Straight Releases New Novel, ‘Mecca’
Burbank native Arthur Kayzakian says about his forthcoming book “The Book of Redacted Paintings”: “It is a combination of wishing I could paint the pieces I see in my head and the feeling of something torn out from within me due to a traumatic upbringing.” Continue reading Inaugural Black Lawrence Immigrant Writing Series Selection
Los Angeles Literature’s annual list of “Los Ángeles Writers Publish” is here. Over the past year Los Angeles writers and the community have been busy producing or announcing the forthcoming publication of powerful literature and getting recognized for it. The list attempts to be comprehensive, but if a publication has been missed, Los Angeles Literature apologizes. Continue reading Los Ángeles Writers Publish in 2021
Earlier this year Arte Publico published Estella Gonzalez’s debut story collection Chole Salvation. These stories center the lives of Mexican Americans, mostly in East Los Ángeles, by complicating common tropes and conceptions.
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L.A. Weather by María Amparo Escandón is due out September 7th from Flatiron Books.
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Poet and Professor Cynthia Guardado announces acceptance of latest poetry collection. Continue reading Publication News: Cynthia Guardado
Mark Lipman’s latest book, “Dear Culver City,” is about the challenges facing a modern day Mayberry, like Culver City. Continue reading Mark Lipman to Release Latest Book. It’s About Culver City.
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Author Heather Haldeman’s debut memoir Kids & Cocktails Don’t Mix (Apprentice House Press, June 2021) explores machinations of gender and power dynamics in the 1960s and ’70s as Heather comes of age and must decide how she wants her own life to look.
Continue reading “Former Governor of CA’s Granddaughter Writes Memoir of Riches to Rags”
Los Ángeles writer Cassandra Lane has been a writer since she turned 11 and told her mother. Since, she’s been studying and honing her craft as a journalist and editor, teaching others how to write and read deeply and crafting her own stories. Growing up poor and Black in the South—the land, the dialects, the people, the stories, the spirituality—influenced her deeply and shaped her as a writer.
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