Donnell Alexander, Rachel Harper, Keenan Norris, Kia Penso, more

15 MAY 2021 — saturday

LitFest Pasadena presents "Writing While Black," featuring journalist Donnell Alexander, An Oregon County, a short film, novelist Rachel Harper, This Side of Providence, novelist Keenan Norris, The Confession of Copeland Cane, writer and editor Kia Penso, novelist and artist Lisa Teasley, Heat Signature, and poet and novelist Jervey Tervalon, Dead Above Ground, followed by a ten-minute interlude poetry reading, featuring Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson, "Once, We Were Rivers," and Tim Stiles, winner of the 2021 Jonathan Gold Award, free, online, 3:00-4:00 pm PDT (RVSP to attend: litfestpasadena.org/schedule)