Ryka Aoki, Aimee Bender, Natashia Deón, Deborah A. Lott, more

15 MAY 2021 — saturday

LitFest Pasadena presents "Our SoCal DNA," featuring Southern California writers Ryka Aoki, Aimee Bender, Natashia Deón, Deborah A. Lott, Luis J. Rodriguez, and Michael Torres, discussing how location influences how and what they write, moderated by Monica Fernandez, followed by a ten-minute interlude poetry reading, featuring poets Raundi Moore-Kondo, "My California Roots," Arminé Iknadossian, "California Love," Ron Koertge, "An Uneasy Trance Will Never Break," Kim Dower, "Thanking My Breasts," and Alene Terzian-Zeitounian, "Insurrection Snapshot #1," free, online, 1:00-2:00 pm PDT (RVSP to attend: litfestpasadena.org/schedule)