Da Poetry Lounge is Moving
Da Poetry Lounge has been a cornerstone of L.Á.’s spoken word scene since 1998. And now, they’re entering a new chapter in Leimert Park. Continue reading Da Poetry Lounge is Moving
Tag: Spoken Word
The Influencers: Writers Talk About Who Shaped Their Work — Marc J Cid
The eighth installment of Los Angeles Literature’s interview series “The Influencers: Writers Talk About Who Shaped Their Work” features spoken word poet Marc J Cid. Continue reading The Influencers: Writers Talk About Who Shaped Their Work — Marc J Cid
7th Annual L.A. Get Down Festival
The 7th Annual L.A. Get Down Festival begins today, April 1, at the Greenway Court Theatre in the Fairfax District. It’s a literary performance festival that features rap, poetry and spoken word poetry. Continue reading 7th Annual L.A. Get Down Festival
bridgette bianca on The Poet Speaks Podcast
Recently Poet and Professor bridgette bianca was featured on The Poet Speaks Podcast. Continue reading bridgette bianca on The Poet Speaks Podcast
Glendale Recruits for First Poet Laureate
“The selected Poet Laureate will serve as an ambassador for Glendale’s rich culture and diversity, promoting the art of poetry. ” Continue reading Glendale Recruits for First Poet Laureate
Los Angeles Literature Events: 10/17/22 – 10/23/22
Book Club Bonanza: Frightening Reads! & White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson via Central Library, LAPL – Online Teen Event
The Book Club Bonanza Book Club for Teens will host read-alikes and an activity for this month’s selection, White Smoke, by Tiffany D. Jackson.
In this chilling psychological thriller, Marigold is running from ghosts. The phantoms of her old life keep haunting her, but a move with her newly blended family from their small California beach town to the embattled Midwestern city of Cedarville might be the fresh start she needs. Her mom has accepted a new job with the Sterling Foundation that comes with a free house, one that Mari now has to share with her bratty ten-year-old stepsister, Piper.
The renovated picture-perfect home on Maple Street, sitting between dilapidated houses, surrounded by wary neighbors has its…secrets. That’s only half the problem. Cedarville has secrets too.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, link, and details.
Where: Central Library, LAPL
Date: Monday the 17th
Time: 4:30 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/book-club-bonanza-frightening-reads
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How This Chicano Poet From Diamond Bar Got Into 50 Bookstores Without A Major Publisher
“Now jobless, and finally in possession of a car after years of calling up rideshares and riding the bus), I decided it was time to bring the hustle I had brought towards building up my resume and touring across the country towards hustling books.” Continue reading How This Chicano Poet From Diamond Bar Got Into 50 Bookstores Without A Major Publisher
Meet Malibu’s Newest Poet Laureate: Ann Buxie
By Jimy Tallal
FROM: Malibu Times
Ann Buxie has been bringing creative written and spoken words to the Malibu community for more than 25 years through her free Poetry by the Sea and Tales by the Sea programs, so it seemed only fitting that she should be the city’s next poet laureate, serving a two-year term from 2021-23 as Malibu’s “official consultant in poetry.”
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By Falling James
FROM: L.A. Weekly
“It is the distillation of articulate animals calling to each other across a great gulf.”
—Lawrence Ferlinghetti, “Poetry as Insurgent Art”
Spoken word is more popular than ever these days, with a seemingly endless array of live performances that pop up in a wide variety of formats and settings in the Los Angeles area. But what used to be a mainly underground pursuit — in which obsessive wordsmiths parsed and divined the arcane properties, hidden meanings and cryptic allusions buried in each loaded syllable of oblique poetry before a small crowd of like-minded true believers — has long since turned into a fairly mainstream spectator sport.
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