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1 MARCH 2018 — thursday
NORTH:- EP Foster Library presents a poetry reading by Doug Knott, Small Dogs Bark Cartoons, at its weekly series hosted by Phil Taggart, Poet Laureate of Ventura County, open mic follows, share your own work, EP Foster Library in the Topping Room, 651 E. Main Street, Ventura, free and open to the public, 7:30-9:00 (805/648-2716, www.vencolibrary.org)
2 MARCH 2018 — friday
CENTRAL:- Elizabeth Flock discusses her book The Heart Is a Shifting Sea, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (www.skylightbooks.com/event)
3 MARCH 2018 — saturday
4 MARCH 2018 — sunday
CENTRAL:- Book talk and signing party with mystery and thriller author Steven Deeble on his new book Persistence of Vision, new members welcome, meet the author afterwards, Gatsby Books, 5535 East Spring Street, Long Beach, free, 3:00 (gatsbybooks.com/artists)
5 MARCH 2018 — monday
6 MARCH 2018 — tuesday
7 MARCH 2018 — wednesday
CENTRAL:- Ngugi Wa Thiong'o reads from and discusses his memoir Wrestling with the Devil: A Prison Memoir, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (www.skylightbooks.com/event)
8 MARCH 2018 — thursday
CENTRAL:- Mr. Fish discusses And Then the World Blew Up, cartoons and personal essays, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (www.skylightbooks.com/event)
NORTH:- EP Foster Library presents a poetry reading by author Anita S. Pulier, The Butcher's Diamond, at its weekly series hosted by Phil Taggart, Poet Laureate of Ventura County, open mic follows, share your own work, EP Foster Library in the Topping Room, 651 E. Main Street, Ventura, free and open to the public, 7:30-9:00 (805/648-2716, www.vencolibrary.org)
- EP Foster Library presents a poetry reading by Lois P. Jones, Night Ladder, at its weekly series hosted by Phil Taggart, Poet Laureate of Ventura County, open mic follows, share your own work, EP Foster Library in the Topping Room, 651 E. Main Street, Ventura, free and open to the public, 7:30-9:00 (805/648-2716, www.vencolibrary.org)
9 MARCH 2018 — friday
10 MARCH 2018 — saturday
11 MARCH 2018 — sunday
CENTRAL:- Gatsby's Pop-Up Bookstore at Westchester Farmers Market, with signed copies of Edward Valladao's Candice Can Go, Gatsby Books, 5535 East Spring Street, Long Beach, free, 9:00 a.m.-2:00 (gatsbybooks.com/artists)
12 MARCH 2018 — monday
13 MARCH 2018 — tuesday
14 MARCH 2018 — wednesday
15 MARCH 2018 — thursday
NORTH:- EP Foster Library presents a poetry reading by Ariel Fintushel at its weekly series hosted by Phil Taggart, Poet Laureate of Ventura County, open mic follows, share your own work, EP Foster Library in the Topping Room, 651 E. Main Street, Ventura, free and open to the public, 7:30-9:00 (805/648-2716, www.vencolibrary.org)
16 MARCH 2018 — friday
CENTRAL:- Ramona Ausubel reads from her story collection Awayland and Michael Andreasen reads from his story collection The Seabeast Takes a Lover, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (www.skylightbooks.com/event)
17 MARCH 2018 — saturday
CENTRAL:- Planaria Price discusses her book Claiming My Place: Coming of Age in the Shadow of the Holocaust, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 5:00 (www.skylightbooks.com/event)
18 MARCH 2018 — sunday
CENTRAL:- Book talk and signing party for Donna Darlene Brown's Divine Messages of Light: Principles of Spiritual Unfoldment, Gatsby Books, 5535 East Spring Street, Long Beach, free, 3:00 (gatsbybooks.com/artists)
- Lynell George discusses her literary collection, essays, reportage, and photographs, After/Image: Los Angeles Outside the Frame, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 5:00 (www.skylightbooks.com/event)
19 MARCH 2018 — monday
20 MARCH 2018 — tuesday
CENTRAL:- Junot Díaz presents his new children's book Islandborn, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 6:00 (www.skylightbooks.com/event)
21 MARCH 2018 — wednesday
CENTRAL:- Write Bloody presents the Gentlemen Boss poetry tour with Derrick C. Brown, Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, and Anis Mojgani, Gatsby Books, 5535 East Spring Street, Long Beach, free, 8:00 (gatsbybooks.com/artists)
- David Correia and Tyler Wall discuss their nonfiction book Police: A Field Guide, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 6:30 (www.skylightbooks.com/event)
22 MARCH 2018 — thursday
NORTH:- EP Foster Library presents a poetry reading by Susan Suntree at its weekly series hosted by Phil Taggart, Poet Laureate of Ventura County, open mic follows, share your own work, EP Foster Library in the Topping Room, 651 E. Main Street, Ventura, free and open to the public, 7:30-9:00 (805/648-2716, www.vencolibrary.org)
23 MARCH 2018 — friday
CENTRAL:- Novelists Bruce Ferber, David Kukoff, and David Rocklin, and poet Jim Natal read from their new work, Beyond Baroque, 681 N. Venice Boulevard, Venice, $10 admission, $6 students and seniors, members free, 8:00 (

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Aminatta Forna reads from her new novel Happiness with Laila Lalami, The Moor's Account, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (www.skylightbooks.com/event)24 MARCH 2018 — saturday
CENTRAL:- Mariano Zaro hosts a night of Spanish poetry sponsored by the Spanish Resource Center of the Consulate General of Spain, Beyond Baroque, 681 N. Venice Boulevard, Venice, free, 8:00-11:00 (

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NORTH:- The Jackson Wheeler Series 2018 presents a reading by poets William Mohr and Vincent Mowrey, Carnegie Art Museum, 424 South C Street, Oxnard, $4/members free/$2 seniors/$3 students and children, 6:00 (www.carnegieam.org)
25 MARCH 2018 — sunday
CENTRAL:- The Nebraska Girl open reading hosted by Wyatt Underwood, Beyond Baroque, 681 N. Venice Boulevard, Venice, free, sign up 1:30, reading 2:00-5:00 (

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A night of the history of the black life and community of Venice, with Laddie Williams, Mike Bravo, Margaret Molly, and Venice elders, Beyond Baroque, 681 N. Venice Boulevard, Venice, free, 7:00-10:00 (
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27 MARCH 2018 — tuesday
28 MARCH 2018 — wednesday
CENTRAL:- Bruce Holbert reads from his new novel Whiskey, with novelist Elizabeth McCracken, The Giant's House, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (www.skylightbooks.com/event)
29 MARCH 2018 — thursday
NORTH:- EP Foster Library presents a poetry reading by Michael C Ford, Demented Chauffeur: & Other Mysteries, at its weekly series hosted by Phil Taggart, Poet Laureate of Ventura County, open mic follows, share your own work, EP Foster Library in the Topping Room, 651 E. Main Street, Ventura, free and open to the public, 7:30-9:00 (805/648-2716, www.vencolibrary.org)
30 MARCH 2018 — friday
31 MARCH 2018 — saturday
CENTRAL:- Madelyn Gardner reads from Hum of Our Blood, a meditation on the loss of her son from AIDS, poet and The Chronicles author Ramon Garcia also reads; after the reading, poet Karen Kevorkian moderates a discussion about the representation of the body in poetry and photography, Beyond Baroque, 681 N. Venice Boulevard, Venice, free, 8:30-10:30 (

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