Tag: Poetry

Literary Long Beach, Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Events: 08/09/21 – 08/15/21

Many/Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS

Maggie Smith, with Victoria Chan, & Goldenrod via Skylight Bookstore – Online Event

Join us to hear author Maggie Smith, in conversation with award-winning poet Victoria Chang (Obit), discuss her new poetry book, Goldenrod.  

Award-winning poet Maggie Smith returns with a powerful collection that looks at parenthood, solitude, love and memory by taking unique looks at modern life to explore with empathy and honestly.

NOTE: See Site for details and registration.

Where: Skylight Bookstore

Date: Monday the 9th             

Time: 5:30 pm

Address: See Site

Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/live-crowdcast-maggie-smith-discusses-goldenrod-victoria-chang   

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Literary Long Beach, Los Angeles Literary Events

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

Many/Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS

Monday Art Block Writing Workshop via DSTL Arts –Contact DSTL for details

Join DSTL Arts for a new Monday Art Block Writing Workshop. This long-running series of writing workshops is about to resume, and details and registration will be available at site. Submissions are also underway for new publications.

NOTE: See Site for details and registration.

Where: DSTL Arts

Date: Monday the 2nd              

Time: 6:30 pm

Address: Registration available at site.

Website: https://www.dstlarts.org/calendar

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Interviews

Writers and Fighters: A Podcast Ft. Jose Hernandez-Díaz

FROM: Writers and Fighters Podcast

In episode 29 of Writers and Fighters, A.J. Ortega recaps UFC 264 and interviews Jose Hernandez-Díaz, a writer, poet, and author of The Fire Eater. We talk about how he got into writing and why he chose to focus on prose poetry for The Fire Eater. He reads a couple of poems for us and we finish up with some fight talk. Follow him on Twitter @JoseHernandezDz and Instagram @jose_hdz_dz. Pick up a copy of the book here: https://www.tamupress.com/book/9781680032086/the-fire-eater/

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Interviews

Brooklyn Poets: Poet Of The Week Chiwan Choi

FROM: Brooklyn Poets

Chiwan Choi is a poet, writer, publisher and lifelong seer of ghosts. He is the author of four full-length books of poetry: The Flood (Tia Chucha Press, 2010) and the Daughter Trilogy, three books that explore his lost daughter as ghost: Abductions (Writ Large Press, 2012), The Yellow House (CCM, 2017) and the forthcoming my name is wolf (summer 2021).

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Literary Long Beach, Los Angeles Literary Events

Los Angeles Literature Events: 05/10/21 – 05/16/21

Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS

Raakhee Mirchandani & Holly Hataam: Hair Twins Storytime & Book Signing via Children’s Book World – Online Kids Event   

Author Raakhee Mirchandani and illustrator Holly Hatam, will read and discuss their new book, Hair Twins.

Hair Twins is the story of a Sikh father and daughter with a special bond. They proudly celebrate and share a family tradition concerning how they care for their hair and their choices of hairstyles they select from each morning. In this charming picture book we learn that the daughter’s favorite style is the tight bun on the top of her head, which is like the joora her father wears ev3ery day under his turban. They call this their hair twin look!

You may sign up as an individual or as a class or school to attend with a book pre-purchase.

NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this free event.     

Where: Children’s Book World – Online event

Date: Monday the 10th    

Time: 9:30 am 

Address: Online event

Website:  https://www.childrensbookworld.com/event/exclusive-hair-twins-storytime-and-book-signing

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Articles

Announcing the Beyond Baroque Poetry Coalition Fellowship Position!

FROM: Beyond Baroque

The #PoetryCoalition is pleased to announce the 2021–2022 Poetry Coalition Fellowships, which are paid fellowship positions hosted by founding members Asian American Writers’ Workshop, Beyond Baroque, In-Na-Po (Indigenous Nations Poets), Lambda Literary, and Zoeglossia. The fellowship program is made possible by the support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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Articles

L.Á. Poet and Teacher Nurtures Young Artists

By Brian Dunlap

L.Á. native, high school English teacher and poet Alex Hohmann is passionate about her students. She’s always looking for ways to turn them into natural critical thinkers, citizens who evaluate and sort through the barrage of info society overwhelms them with, to understand the topic or issues at hand, to make informed decisions. To be able to understand themselves better.

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