tatiana de la tierra, who died in Long Beach in 2012, “Wrote fierce, bawdy, politically outspoken literature,” but “never broke into the literary mainstream anywhere.” Continue reading A Decade After Her Death, This Bawdy Latina Lesbian Rebel Poet is Overdue For Recognition
By John Penner
FROM: Los Angeles Times
A Cal State Long Beach classroom, 1985 or so. Gerald Locklin looks every bit his nickname “Bear,” with bushy salt-and-pepper hair and beard, thick glasses, rumpled polo shirt, jeans and Birkenstocks with socks. He leans heavily on the lectern, and opens class the way he always did, asking in his Rochester accent, “What’s haaappening?”
Continue reading “Long Beach State’s Gerald Locklin, Bukowski’s Drinking Pal, Left A Lasting Mark On Writing — and Writers”
by Kristen Farrah Naeem
FROM: Signal Tribune
Jhoanna Belfer, owner of Bel Canto Books, has lined its shelves with the stories she didn’t see as a young reader, featuring main characters of color that the children of Long Beach can see themselves in.
Continue reading “Bel Canto Books in Long Beach Has Stories For Everyone”
Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Bilingual Storytime via Robert Louis Stevenson Branch Library, LAPL Instagram Online – Kids Event
Join the Robert Louis Stevenson Branch Library’s Instagram online link for the Bilingual Storytime event, to enjoy stories, rhymes and songs in Spanish and English.
Where: Robert Louis Stevenson Branch Library, LAPL Zoom online
Date: Monday the 31st
Time: 3 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/bilingual-storytimela-hora-de-cuentos-bilingüe
Continue reading “Los Angeles Literature Events: 8/31/20 – 9/06/20”
By Nancy Lynée Woo
FROM: Long Beach Post
As we adjust to our new reality, poets, writers and arts organizations have quickly risen to the occasion, creating virtual opportunities for people to connect while isolated at home.
Continue reading “Creative Closeness In A Time of Social Distance”
By Nancy Lynée Woo
FROM: Long Beach Post
If you haven’t caught it yet, there’s a storytelling wave barreling through our city, one that’s been surging and swelling for more than a decade. Though I’m a poet and tend to be too distracted by shiny metaphors to bother with linear narrative, the storytelling scene in Long Beach is definitely worth caring about.
Continue reading “Elinor’s ‘Riveted’ Joins Long Beach Storytelling Wave Waiting For You To Drop In”
By Staff Report
FROM: Signal Tribune
The new Long Beach Youth Poet Laureate (LBYPL) program is being formed by The Long Beach Public Library and the Arts Council for Long Beach in order to provide local kids with literary arts, civic engagement and performance opportunities.
Continue reading “Applications Starting For New Long Beach Youth Poet Laureate Program”
by Asia Morris
FROM: Long Beach Post
Don’t be surprised if love is in the air when you’re traveling via Long Beach Airport on Valentine’s Day. Poet Brian Sonia-Wallace will be writing love poems—with the satisfying clack-clack-clack of an antique Remington typewriter—for Friday jet setters willing to share their love stories.
Continue reading “Love Is In The Air At Long Beach Airport Eith Customized Poems For Travelers”
Mietek Boduszynski & US Democracy Promotion in the Arab World at LMU
Author Mietek Bosduszynski will discuss and sign his book, US Democracy Promotion in the Arab World. Should the US offer more support to the Middle East and Northern Africa to democratize? Join us in a discussion with an expert on the Balkans and the modern Middle East and North Africa, especially Iraq, Libya and Egypt.
The author teaches U.S. Foreign Policy at Pomona College, and was a diplomat with the U.S. Department of State at postings in Albania, Kosovo, Japan, Egypt, Libya and Iraq.
Where: LMU, McIntosh Center, University Hall, 3999
Date: Monday the 27th
Time: 5 pm
Address: 1 LMU Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90045
Website: https://cal.lmu.edu/event/mietek_boduszynski_us_democracy_promotion_in_the_arab_world
Continue reading “Los Angeles Literature Events 1/27/20 – 2/02/20”
Docent Tour of Central Library at Downtown LA Central Library
Visit Los Angeles Public Library’s historic Central Library. Enjoy the art and architecture of the 1926 Bertram Goodhue Building with its distinctive sphinxes and rooftop pyramid. Wander through the 1993 Tom Bradley Wing, designed by architect Norman Pfeiffer, and gaze at the 8–story atrium with its whimsical chandeliers. Learn about the library’s comprehensive collections. All tours are FREE. Start the year by getting to know your LAPL central library!
Where: Central Library, LAPL
Date: Monday the 6th
Time: 12:30 pm
Address: 630 W. 5th St., Los Angeles, CA 90071
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/docent-tours-central-library
Continue reading “Los Angeles Literature Events 1/06/19 – 1/12/20”
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