Building Community Through Workshops and Writing
“I find myself helping writers improve their metaphors, identify their narrative arc, and helping them organize their manuscript.” Continue reading Building Community Through Workshops and Writing
Tag: writing
Being a Writer is Not Just About the Work, Sometimes it’s About Everything Else
By Jo Scott-Coe
FROM: Riverside Press-Enterprise
There’s a common myth that “real” writers feel like writing all the time. Sometimes we feed the myth by over-explaining gaps in our creative activities or output. Sharing how writing works or doesn’t work can be fascinating. For me, this can also be a counterpart to anxious impulses: Addressing anticipated critics — real or imagined — or playing out arguments on an internal loop after someone has voluntold me what they think I should be creating.
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Words Are Free, But Poets Are Cashing In
“There is a poetry renaissance,” said Hiram Sims, the executive director at Community Literature Initiative (CLI) a nonprofit organization that offers courses on writing. Continue reading Words Are Free, But Poets Are Cashing In
Meet Ron L. Dowell Author/Activist
FROM: Soutout LA
We had the good fortune of connecting with Ron L. Dowell and we’ve shared our conversation below.
Hi Ron L., what was your thought process behind starting your own business?
I have an undergraduate business degree in accounting from CSUDH. I passed the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination in the mid-80s. At the time, I worked in public service as a program auditor and wanted to mesh the best of public and private business approaches while preparing to leave public service for the private sector. Working for the public sector was viewed by the private sector as a disadvantage during the 80s. I was never employed by private, public accounting firms that could offer the experience I needed. I experimented with private sector business strategies while working for L.A. County healthcare and later public safety (law enforcement), such as performance measurement, specific goal attainment, best practices, and team building successfully.
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Interview with Tim Mackey
Interview with budding local poet and Community Literature Initiative student, Tim Mackey. Continue reading Interview with Tim Mackey
Words On A Wire—David Romero
Hosted by Tim. Z. Hernandez FROM: KTEP—El Paso, Texas
In this episode of Words on a Wire host, Tim Z. Hernandez interviews poet David A. Romero.
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Reflections on Publishing My Twelfth Book, “How to Date a Flying Mexican: New and Collected Stories”
Los Ángeles writer, Daniel A. Olivas, reflects on his literary career as his twelfth book is set to release early next year. Continue reading Reflections on Publishing My Twelfth Book, “How to Date a Flying Mexican: New and Collected Stories”
Amanda Gorman Talks Writing, the Power of Change and Her Own Presidential Aspirations
L.Á. poet Amanda Gorman talks about her development as a poet and activist and how she plans to use these two roles to make change going into the future. Continue reading Amanda Gorman Talks Writing, the Power of Change and Her Own Presidential Aspirations
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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L.Á. Native To Be Presidential Inaugural Poet
By Brian Dunlap
Poet and L.Á. native Amanda Gorman will be President Elect Joe Biden’s Inaugural poet Wednesday. She made history by being named the first ever Youth Poet Laureate of Los Ángeles, then became the first-ever Youth Poet Laureate of the United States.
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