To kick off the 2023 Southern California Poetry Festival, on November 17th Beyond Baroque celebrated the life, legacy and continued influence of Beyond Baroque fixture and L.Á.’s unofficial Poet Laureate, Wanda Coleman by naming their theatre “The Wanda Coleman Theatre.” Continue reading Renaming of Beyond Baroque’s Theatre
Mike Sonksen documents the history of L.Á. Poetry venues and the evolution of spoken word. Continue reading A Whole Ecosystem: Collective Effervescence in Los Angeles Poetry
In Wanda Coleman’s National Book Award Winning poetry, she code switches in over 1,000 poems, as she wrote about the real Los Ángeles, becoming the UNofficial Poet Laureate of Los Áangeles. Continue reading Literary History: American Sonnets: PolyVocality and Code Switching With Wanda Coleman and Terrance Hayes
A new volume of quintessential L.Á. poet Wanda Coleman’s poetry, “Wicked Enchantment” and eidted by poet Terrance Hayes, has brought the Watts born poet into the spotlight. Continue reading Literary History: The Fearless Invention of One of L.A.’s Greatest Poets
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