Three Writers. Three Podcasts.
Three recent podcast interviews with poet Gustavo Hernandez, poet Peggy Dobreer and ficiton writers, poet and lawyer Daniel A. Olivas. Continue reading Three Writers. Three Podcasts.
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L.A. Libros Fest: Interview With Daniel Olivas
“Daniel A. Olivas will be one of the featured authors at the Los Angeles Libros Festival, a free bilingual book festival for the whole family,” on September 23rd at the Central Library. Check out his interview. Continue reading L.A. Libros Fest: Interview With Daniel Olivas
Redemption Through Literature
An interview with former Los Angeles Poet Laureate Luis J. Rodriguez. Continue reading Redemption Through Literature
Three Questions for Cherríe Moraga Regarding Her Memoir, “Native Country of the Heart”
By Daniel A. Olívas
FROM: LARB
Cherríe Moraga is an internationally recognized playwright, essayist, and poet who is best known as the co-editor of the groundbreaking feminist work This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color. Moraga is the author of several collections, including A Xicana Codex of Changing Consciousness and Loving in the War Years. Moraga has been recognized for her writing with the United States Artist Rockefeller Fellowship for Literature, the American Studies Association Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Lambda Foundation’s “Pioneer” award, among other honors.
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INTERVIEW: Daniel Olivas, Beckett’s Babies Podcast
A recent guest on Beckett’s Babies was L.Á. writer DANIEL OLIVAS! Daniel Olivas is the author of nine books of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
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Daniel A. Olivas: Our Stories Are Important
FROM: Roanoke Review
Daniel A. Olivas is the author of nine books and editor of two anthologies. His latest books are The King of Lighting Fixtures: Stories (University of Arizona Press, 2017) and Crossing the Border: Collected Poems (Pact Press, 2017). Widely anthologized, Olivas has written for many publications, including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Guardian, and BOMB. His writing has appeared in many literary journals, including PANK, Fairy Tale Review, MacGuffin, New Madrid, and The Prairie Schooner Blog. He shares blogging duties at La Bloga, which is dedicated to Chicanx and Latinx literature.
Continue reading “Daniel A. Olivas: Our Stories Are Important”Daniel A. Olivas “Crossing the Border” Book Launch at Avenue 50
By Brian Dunlap
When one attends a reading at Avenue 50 Studio in Highland Park, one can’t help but first be drawn to all the powerful Latinx art that adorn it’s four galleries/rooms. It’s a gallery space for visual arts first and foremost. This past Saturday was no different. However, as much as I liked the art from artists such as Sergio Teran, I was there for Daniel A. Olivas’ book release reading for his debut poetry collection Crossing the Border.
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