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Literary Long Beach, Los Angeles Literary Events

This Week, No List of Weekly Events

Again there will be no list of weekly literary events. The list will return next Sunday. Along with the short list of literary events happening this week that Los Angeles Literature ran across on social media, mentioned is the short tribute storyteller and activist traci kato-kiriyama curated in memory of local poet and activist Amy Uyematsu, whom the literary community lost in June. It’s part of kato-kiriyama’s column “Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column.” Continue reading This Week, No List of Weekly Events

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Interviews

Not A Podcast: An Interview Series—Episode One: My Favorite L.Á. Goth, Ingrid M. Calderon-Collins

The first published submission to Los Angeles Literature is the debut of the monthly interview series Not A Podcast conducted by poet and co-host of Trenches Full of Poets, Nikolai Garcia. July’s interview is with Salvadorian American poet and host of Serpentine, a monthly open mic at North Figueroa Bookshop in Highland Park, Ingrid Calder Continue reading Not A Podcast: An Interview Series—Episode One: My Favorite L.Á. Goth, Ingrid M. Calderon-Collins

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Articles

New Poet Laureate of Pomona

At the stroke of midnight on January 1, 2023, Poet Ceasar K. Avelar became Pomona’s second Poet Laureate. He took over the reins from David “Judah 1” Oliver, a passionate poet who wears many hats—artist, poet, author, art advisor, and is the Co-Host and Founder of LionLike MindState Poetry and Art Series at the Pomona Fairplex. Avelar steps into the role of Poet Laureate, having become known in the Southern California poetry community for his proletariat-infused poetry and as the host of the monthly open mic “Obsidian Tongues” every second Saturday of the month at Café con Libros Press in Pomona’s Arts Colony. Plus, next year FlowerSong Press will publish his debut poetry collection.

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