Eso Won Books Writes Its Closing Chapter
L.Á.’s oldest Black-owned bookstore, Eso Won, is closing at the end of the year. The owners want to retire. Continue reading Eso Won Books Writes Its Closing Chapter
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Eso Won and Crockett Named PW’s Bookstore and Sales Rep of the Year
By Alex Green, with reporting by Eugene Holley Jr. and Claire Kirch
FROM: Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly has named the L.A.-based indie bookstore Eso Won Books its Bookstore of the Year. Simon & Schuster sales rep Toi Crockett has been named PW Sales Rep of the Year. The announcement was made the afternoon of May 25 during the inaugural U.S. Book Show.
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By Mike Sonksen
FROM: Entropy
Documenting literary Los Angeles is my lifelong project. It started early in my childhood. I grew up going to bookstores across Los Angeles. From the early 1980s, I remember my dad driving us to the Bodhi Tree on Melrose. I remember going to Acres of Books in Long Beach and many other Used Bookstores now long gone. Most of them have been gone so long that I cannot even remember their names. (I still go to the Iliad in North Hollywood.)
Los Angeles Literature Events 11/12/18 –11/18/18
Workshop: Humor Writing with Lydia Oxenham at 1888 Center for the Arts
Humor Writing: Where to Begin is a workshop that teaches you how to turn a funny idea, joke or experience into something others can read (and Laugh at!). You’ll leave with tips for finding inspiration, strategies for getting the most out of your idea, and the motivation to finally go home and write with humor. Instructor Lydia Oxenham is a writer and studied comedy writing at UCLA and the Upright Citizens Brigade.
NOTE: The cost is $10 for the workshop, and you may purchase tickets at website link.
Where: 1888 Center for the Arts
Date: Monday the 12th
Time: 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Address: 115 N. Orange St., Orange, CA 92866
Website: http://www.1888.center/calendar/workshop-humor-writing-where-to-begin/
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Los Angeles Literature Events 11/05/18 –11/11/18
Annie Leibovitz & Annie Leibovitz at Work at Book Soup
Join us to hear acclaimed photographer Annie Leibovitz discuss and sign her book, Annie Leibovitz At Work. Originally published in 2008, this revised and updated edition brings her bestselling book back into print. She will explain how her pictures are made and her process in developing one of the richest bodies of work in the photographic canon. Please check website for signing line guidelines and details.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Monday the 5th
Time: 1 pm – 2 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: http://www.booksoup.com/event/annie-leibovitz-signs-annie-leibovitz-work
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Los Angeles Literature Events 10/22/18 –10/28/18
30 Years of Homeboy Industries & Radical Kinship at Central Library, LAPL
Celebrate 30 Years of Homeboy Industries, which has provided hope, training and support to formerly gang-involved and previously incarcerated men and women, allowing them to redirect their lives and become contributing members of our community. This public panel will examine their work, and the evolution of Homeboy Industries, founded by Father Gregory Boyle, and recounted in his most recent book, Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship.
Where: Central Library, LAPL
Date: Monday the 22nd
Time: 6 pm – 8 pm
Address: 630 West 5th St., Los Angeles, CA 90071
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/radical-kinship-celebrating-30-years-homeboy-industries
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Los Angeles Literature Events 10/15/18 –10/21/18
“Listen to This” Open Mic Poetry Night at Pico Branch Library, SMPL
Share your own poems, or read from your favorite writer. “Listen to This” allows you to listen or to take turns at the microphone, reading, reciting, or performing one poem at a time.
Where: Pico Branch Library, SMPL
Date: Monday the 15th
Time: 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Address: 2201 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405
Website: http://calendar.smgov.net/library/eventsignup.asp?ID=27978 Continue reading “Los Angeles Literature Events 10/15/18 –10/21/18”
Los Angeles Literature Events 10/08/18 –10/14/18
The Displaced Children of Displaced Children at UCLA
Please join host Neelanjana Banerjee to welcome and hear writer and activist Tanzila Ahmed (Luskin MPP ’07) and award winning poet Faisal Mohyuddin, for a reading and conversation about writing, loss, politics, and more. Refreshments provided!
Faisal Mohyuddin’s poetry, fiction and visual art have appeared widely, and his poetry is also anthologized. His chapbook The Riddle of Longing of was published by Backbone Press in 2017, and his first full length collection, The Displaced Children of Displaced Children was the winner of the Sexton Prize and came out in 2018.
Tanzila “Taz” Ahmed plays at the intersection of pop and politics through a variety of mediums and actions. She is co-host of the Good Muslin Bad Muslim Podcast, among other pursuits.
Where: Powell Library, UCLA
Date: Monday the 8th
Time: 4:30 pm
Address: Powell Library, UCLA Campus, 405 Hilgard Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90024
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/581882458919768/?active_tab=about
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Los Angeles Literature Events 10/02/18 –10/07/18
Dennis Vaughn & The Longboat at Diesel Bookstore
Please join us to hear author Dennis Vaughn discuss and sign his novel, The Longboat.
This book is a family saga, spanning multiple generations and continents, focused on two Burmese boys who are brought to the U.S. and the challenges they face in adjusting to the Western world and to changes in their own relationship. Over the span of thirty years they go from inseparable best friends to antagonists, and ends with the Saffron Revolution of 2007.
Where: Diesel Bookstore, Brentwood
Date: Tuesday the 2nd
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: 225 26th St., Santa Monica, CA 90402
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Los Angeles Literature Events 9/17/18 –9/23/18
Courtenay Hameister & Okay Fine Whatever at Book Soup
Join us to hear Courtenay Hameister discuss and sign her book, Okay Fine Whatever: The Year I Went from Being Afraid of Everything to Only Being Afraid of Most Things.
In this book the author has written a refreshing, relatable, and funny account of her adventures of fighting chronic dread and anxiety. It’s possible to fight complacency and become bold, or at least bold-ish, a little at a time.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Monday the 17th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
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