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Literary Long Beach, Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Events: 02/22/21 – 02/28/21

Another busy week of literary events in L.Á. Workshops, open mics, book clubs, readings, a kids events or two. catch Tod Goldberg discusses his new book of short stories The Low Desert: Gangster Stories via Skylight or poet Kevin Young via USC Visions and Voices. Or read a poem or two at the Definitive Soapbox and other open mics this week. Get to your computer L.Á. and support your local literary community. #losangelesliterature Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 02/22/21 – 02/28/21

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Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Events: 02/08/21 – 02/14/21

Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS

Priyanka Chopra Jonas & Glennon Doyle & Unfinished via LiveTalks-LA – Online Event   

Join us for a virtual Live Talks Los Angeles event to hear Priyanka Chopra Jonas, in conversation with author Glennon Doyle (Love Warrior). discuss her memoir, Unfinished.

Award-winning actor and producer Priyanka Chopra Jonas, wife of musician Nick Jonas, offers a thoughtful and revealing memoir reflecting on her journey of self-discovery. This remarkable life story rooted in two different worlds covers her nomadic early years, her Miss World pageant, her 20-year career as an actor and producer, and her work as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, to her marriage and family life.

NOTE: This is a ticketed event, so check site ofr details.

Where:  LiveTalks-LA – Online event (see site)

Date: Monday the 8th                                                                          

Time: 6 pm                                                                               

Address:  Online event (see site)      

Website: https://livetalksla.org/events/priyanka-chopra-jonas/

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Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Events: 02/01/21 – 02/07/21

Behind the Book: Blake Hill-Saya via CalTechLive, Beckman Auditorium– Online Event     

Join author Blake Hill-Saya for a discussion of her biography of her great-great grandfather, Arron McDuffie Moore: An African American Physician, Educator and Founder of Durham’s Black Wall Street, in this new CalTech Behind the Book event. The author will be interviewed by Monique Thomas, Program Coordinator in the CalTech Center for Inclusion & Diversity.

Blake Hill-Saya is a classical musician and creative writer living in Los Angeles. Born the biracial child of two literature professors, she is the CEO of Tenacity Communications in Los Angeles.

This new series presents conversations with authors who explore the intersection of arts, science, and society through the lens of their family histories. Behind the Book events are free and open to the public. Vroman’s Bookstore is a partner for the series and has copies of the books available for purchase.

Where:  CalTechLive – Behind the Book – Online event (see site)

Date: Monday the 1st                                                                          

Time: 5 pm – 6 pm                                                                   

Address:  Online event (see site)      

Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/400571634378851

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Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Events: 01/18/21 – 01/24/21

Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS

2021 MLK Day Celebration via California African American Museum (CAAM) – Online    

Celebrate Marin Luther King Jr. Day immersed in music, culture, and community. This year’s virtual festival highlights MLK’s dedication to labor and workers’ rights, and these movements’ continued importance today.

See site for complete schedule, including a 2:30 pm event: Family Storytime and Poetry Workshop with author Alice Faye Duncan reading her children’s book, Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop, followed by a haiku writing workshop.

Where:  CAAM – Online Facebook event (see site)

Date: Monday the 18th                                                                        

Time: 10 am – 3:30 pm                                                            

Address:  CAAM – Online event     

Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/190941376010094/  

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Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Events: 01/11/21 – 01/17/21

Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS

Ficcion en Espanol Book Club via The Last  Bookstore– Virtual Zoom Event 

Ficcion en Espanol Book Club, hosted by Dan Lopez, reads fiction in Spanish, books by great contemporary writers in their native language, via Zoom.

This month’s selection is El libro de Eva, from Carmen Boullosa, a sweeping feminist reinterpretation of the book of Genesis.

NOTE: Details at event link. All bookstore events are ticketed.

Where: The Last Bookstore – Online Zoom Event  

Date: Monday the 11th                                                        

Time:  7:30 pm – 9 pm                      

Address: Online event (see site)       

Website: http://lastbookstorela.com/#events   or https://www.facebook.com/events/779943102595170   

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Literary Long Beach, Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Events: 01/04/21 – 01/10/21

Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS

Ask a Children’s Author: Nick Eliopulos via Newport Beach Public Library – Online Kids Facebook Live Event 

Join Ms. Liz in asking her fiend, Nick Eliopulos, all about writing fantasy books for kids! Nick has written several of the Spirit Animal books, the Minecraft Wordsworth Chronicles, and co-authors The Adventure Guild.

Log on starting at 10:00 am to watch Ms. Liz and Nick as they discuss writing and answer your questions. A recording of this even will be available for viewing on our Facebook page afterward. Check out our link if you want to submit a question before the event.

Where:  Newport Public Library, LAPL – Online Facebook event (see site)

Date: Monday the 4th                                                                          

Time: 10 am                                                                             

Address:  Newport PL – Online event                             

Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1704944309686314     

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Articles

Poetry Lives Here: The Sims Library of Poetry

By Mike Sonsken
FROM: KCET.org

Over the last three decades, the Los Angeles Poetry community has grown into one of the most diverse and active scenes in this city. Before the pandemic, dozens of readings were held weekly and usually at least four or five simultaneously on the same day in different corners of L.A. County. Nonetheless, in a gentrifying city, with the exception of a few long-term spaces like Beyond Baroque, Skylight Books, Stories or the World Stage, the poetry scene is transitory. Many readings only last a few years before the gallery or coffeehouse hosting it goes out of business or the folks who organize the reading find a demanding job that takes them away from poetry. This is where Hiram Sims comes in.

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Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Events: 12/21/20 – 12/26/20

Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS

Tweens Read Graphic Novels Book Club via Northridge Branch Library, LAPL – Online Tween Event   

Kids ages 9-12 are invited to a monthly graphic novel book club! Join in the fun as we explore popular graphic novels for tweens. The selection for discussion this month is the award-winning graphic novel, Pie in the Sky, by Remy Lai.

With your library card get free access to the book via OverDrive or the library catalog.

Where:  Northridge Branch Library, LAPL – Online event (see site)

Date: Monday the 21st                                                                        

Time: 4 pm                                                                               

Address:  LAPL – Online event       

Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/tweens-read-graphic-novels-book-club 

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Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Events: 12/14/20 – 12/20/20

Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS

LiveTalks Presents: Robert Putmam & Shaylyn Romney Garrett & The Upswing via LiveTalks LA – Online Event 

In their new book, The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again, Robert Putman & Shaylyn Romney Garrett, in conversation with Yancy Sritckler, will discuss how we have gone from an individualistic ”I” society (in the Guilded Age) to a more communitarian “We” society and then back again, and how we can learn from that experience to become a more unified, stronger nation.

NOTE: See site for costs and further details.

Where:  LiveTalks LA – Online Event (see site for link)     

Date: Monday the 14th                                                                        

Time: 6 pm                                                                               

Address:  LiveTalks LA – Online event                           

Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1644723775701803/   or https://livetalksla.org/events/robertputnam/

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