Book News From Natashia Deón
by Brian Dunlap
Recently, L.A. novelist Natashia Deón announced she sold her second book “The Perishing,” to Counterpoint Press. She reacted to the news on Facebook by saying, “So doggone grateful. Glory!”
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Sarah Thursday Announces Her New Poetry Collection “Conversations with Gravel”
By Brian Dunlap
Long Beach Poet Sarah Thursday announced Sunday that her newest full-length collection of poems, Conversations with Gravel, will be released early in October. As she said on Facebook, “This collection was 5 years in the making based on love, heartbreak, and coping with loss.” Conversations with Gravel is Thursday’s second full-length collection of poetry, after All the Tiny Anchors, which was published in 2014.
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More Book News
By Brian Dunlap
There is more good news to report from the Los Ángeles literary community. Novelist Alex Espinoza, author of Still Water Saints (Random House, 2007) and The Five Acts of Diego Leon (Random House, 2013), and Professor and Director MFA Program in Creative Writing and Literary Arts at Cal State L.A., posted the following on Facebook the other day:
Publishing News From The L.A. Literary Community
Erica Ayón and liz gonzález have book news to celebrate. Continue reading Publishing News From The L.A. Literary Community
Los Ángeles Writers Publish in 2017
As 2017 comes to a close, a lot of local writers have published in literary journals and magazines. They even published plenty of books. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, mystery novels, literary noveles, poetry of place, among others, It was definitely a year of publishing success in the Los Ángeles literary community. Here is what and where they published. Continue reading Los Ángeles Writers Publish in 2017
Even More Good Publishing News From the Los Angeles Literary Community
Publication news from the community. Continue reading Even More Good Publishing News From the Los Angeles Literary Community
More Publishing News From the Los Angeles Literary Community
Los Angeles poet F. Douglas Brown recently announced the publisher for his next poetry collection. Continue reading More Publishing News From the Los Angeles Literary Community
Los Angeles Literature Publishing News
Los Angeles poet Kelly Grace Thomas announced today that her manuscript BOAT/BURNED has been accepted by YesYes Books.
As she said in her face book post, “My DREAM press!!!! So excited for this new chapter.” Los Angeles Literature couldn’t be happier either.” She is the 2017 Neil Postman Award for Metaphor from Rattle and a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee. Kelly also works to bring poetry to unserved youth as the Manager of Education and Pedagogy for Get Lit: Words Ignite. She is the co-author of Words Ignite: How to Explore, Write, and Perform Classic and Spoken Word Poetry and helped develop Get Lit’s UC approved year-long curriculum.
Los Ángeles Writers Publish in 2016
As 2016 comes to a close, local writers have found publishing success. Some have published in journals and magazines, others publshed books and even others published both short pieces along with books. There is a richness in the diversity of their narratives. Congratulations to all the hardworking writers in the Los Angeles literary community. Continue reading Los Ángeles Writers Publish in 2016
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