More Publishing News From the Los Angeles Literary Community
Los Angeles poet F. Douglas Brown recently announced the publisher for his next poetry collection. Continue reading More Publishing News From the Los Angeles Literary Community
Tag: Poetry
Voices of the City: Robin Coste Lewis’ Fierce and Arresting Poetry has its Roots in Compton
The white fence is new but the tree she planted as a child still stands in front of the wood house, now stucco, pale yellow and cracked, forgotten Christmas lights hanging from its eaves. She laughs.
Time sucks her back, the way it does, and she talks about backyard camping, cockfights and how men dressed up in suits after dinner and strolled through Compton until way after dark, imagining what they might have become if they were another color. Not black.
“There’s a Nazi in the White House”- Chiwan Choi
An interview with one of America’s greatest living poets, Chiwan Choi.
By By Ed Lin
From: Giant Robot Media
Chiwan Choi is a one of our country’s greatest living poets.
I’m not saying this lightly. His work has an immediacy of a cereal jingle and also the permanence of haunted childhood memories.
Don’t take my word for it. The New York Times recently featured a poem from Choi’s third book, The Yellow House (2017, Civil Coping Mechanisms). His other books include Abductions (2012, Writ Large Press) and The Flood (2010, Tia Chuca Press).
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H&S Faculty Rocío Carlos: Poet, Teacher, Camp Counselor
by Anna Macaulay
From: ArtCenter College of Design
This Summer, poet, girls’ rock band camp counselor and Humanities and Sciences faculty member Rocío Carlos participated in a panel, Poetry as Witness, at the Allied Media Conferencein Detroit. We caught up with Carlos shortly after her trip to find out a little more about her role at ArtCenter, her work as a poet and teacher, and her experience presenting at the conference.
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Los Ángeles Writers Publish in 2016
As 2016 comes to a close, local writers have found publishing success. Some have published in journals and magazines, others publshed books and even others published both short pieces along with books. There is a richness in the diversity of their narratives. Congratulations to all the hardworking writers in the Los Angeles literary community. Continue reading Los Ángeles Writers Publish in 2016
NEW EVENT: Southern California Poetry Festival
A new poetry festival debuts in Southern California. Continue reading NEW EVENT: Southern California Poetry Festival
Book Review: Antidote For Night by Marsha De La O
“No one knows what terror or delights the next dreamscape will offer, and part of the charm of de la O’s poems is their utter unpredictability.” Continue reading Book Review: Antidote For Night by Marsha De La O
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