Book Bans and Artificial Intelligence: Why Being a Literary Educator in Southern California is Both Easier and Harder Than Ever Before
Crossroads student Liv Amiri wrote this article about being a literary educator in Southern California amid the book banning, educational censorship and the rise of AI that has exploded across the country since the pandemic. Continue reading Book Bans and Artificial Intelligence: Why Being a Literary Educator in Southern California is Both Easier and Harder Than Ever Before
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Helena María Viramontes, English, brings people and places erased from history to life again. For years, she has focused her lens on the Latino experience in the United States, writing award-winning fiction that draws from her own heritage as a Chicana from Los Angeles. In her latest novel-in-progress, The Cemetery Boys, she explores the experiences of three generations of East Los Angelenos mired in three different wars. During this exploration, she highlights the mix of ethnicities and marginalized communities that flourished and then faded away in the California of the early-to-mid twentieth century.
Los Angeles Literature 