Literary Long Beach, Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Events: 05/29/23 – 06/04/23

Another busy week full of literary events: readings, open mics, book clubs and workshops and a few kids and YA events. Local writers reading this week include: Vickie Vértiz, Kristen Huizar, Marianne Wiggins, Luis J. Rodríguez, Nikolai Garcia and Ivan Salinas, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 05/29/23 – 06/04/23

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L.A.’s Independent Bookstores Reckon With Diversity (or the lack of it)

By Raksha Vasudevan

FROM: Los Angeles Times

On June 23, author Carmen Maria Machado announced she had canceled her virtual event with Tattered Cover, Denver’s oldest independent bookstore. “Unlike the owners,” she wrote, “I know that choosing neutrality in matters of oppression only reinforces structural violence.”