Had some issues with this weeks list of weekly events, but it’s finally published.
Another busy week in Los Angeles Literature with literary events ranging from open mics, workshops, readings and book clubs. Local writers featuring this week include: soledad con carne, Sofia Aguilar, Tee, Micah Bournes, Brian Evenson and Viet Thanh Nguyen, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 9/29/25 – 10/05/25
Plenty of literary events this week: open mics, book clubs, readings, workshops, kids events and a Palestinian solidarity reading and discussion. Local writers reading this week include: Alysha Wise, David A. Romero, Mike Sonksen, Poet Laureate of Altadena Carla Sameth, Lilliam Rivera and Susan Hayden, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 09/23/24 – 09/29/2024
As usual, another busy week full of literary events: readings, open mics, book clubs, workshops, a few kids, teen, youth and LGBTQIA+ specific events. Many local writers reading this week include: Cynthia Guardado, Sofia Aguilar, Suzanne Lummis, Shonda Buchanan, Mary Camarillo, Christopher Soto and Rosalilia M. Mendoza, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 10/09/23 – 10/15/23
As usual, another busy week full of literary events: readings, open mics, book clubs, workshops, a few kids, teen and a couple of LGBTQIA+ specific events. Many local writers reading this week include: Lynne Bronstein, Jackie Chou, Richard Modiano, Aruni Wijesinghe, Jeremy Ra, Alexandra Umlas, Christian “Soul Suf” Perfas and Brian Dunlap, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 10/02/23 – 10/08/23
As usual, another busy week full of literary events: readings, open mics, book clubs, workshops, a few kids and teen events and a family event. Local writers reading this week include: Margaret Elysia Garcia, D.J. Waldie, Anastasia Fenald, jimmy vega, Alexandra Chang, Lory Bedikian, Brian Sonia-Wallace and Myriam Gurba, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 09/25/23 – 10/01/23
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: Nikolai Garcia, Ernie Delfin, Lisa See, Tresha Faye Haefner, Cynthia Guardado, Poet Astrid, Cynthia Dewi Oka and Taz Ahmed, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 06/05/23 – 06/11/23
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
A busy week full of literary events with another annual event: LitFest Pasadena Saturday 12:30pm – 7pm and Sunday 12:30pm – 6pm. A literary festival featuring local SoCal writers. There are also the usual events as well: readings, open mics, book clubs and workshops and a kids and YA event or two. Local writers reading this week include: Gerda Govine Ituarte, Mark Cid, Tod Goldberg, Nancy Lynée Woo, Julayne Lee, Terry Wolverton, Ernesto Cisneros, Angela Penaredondo, Anaheim Poet Laureate Wendy Van Camp and Donato Martinez, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 05/01/23 – 05/07/23
Another busy week full of literary events: readings, open mics, book clubs and workshops and a few kids and YA events and the 7th Annual L.A. Get Down Festival continues on the weekend in the Fairfax District. Local writers reading this week include: Justine Pucella Winans, Ed Mabrey, Maurene Goo, Hannah Pachman, Iris de Anda, Andy Sanchez, Brian Dunlap and Amy Shimshon-Santo, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 04/10/23 – 04/16/23
MOIRA First Press Reading Series & Chloe Martinez at Woodbury University – In-Person Event
The olive is among the oldest known cultivated trees in the world, grown before the written language was invented. In California, there are many isolated trees or fragments of old groves, such as the trees that still stand on the Woodbury campus. Traditionally, after harvest, oil was pressed in screw or hydraulic presses. The paste was subjected to increasingly high pressures with subsequent degradation in the flavor of the oil. Thus, the “first press” of oil was considered the most flavorful and desirable. ~ the Olive Oil Source, 2018.
Chloe Martinez will be the featured guest at this second event in this year’s series. is a poet and a scholar of South Asian religions. She is the author of the collection Ten Thousand Selves (The Word Works) and the chapbook Corner Shrine (Backbone Press). Her work has appeared in Ploughshares, POETRY, Prairie Schooner, Shenandoah, Beloit Poetry Journal and elsewhere. She works at Claremont McKenna College. See more at www.chloeAVmartinez.com.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines and details.
Where: Woodbury University
Date: Monday the 14th
Time: 4 pm – 6 pm
Address: 7500 N. Glenoaks Blvd., Burbank, CA 91504
Website: https://www.moriaonline.com/first-press-reading-series
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