Tyehimba Jess

LA Times Festival of Books: Tyehimba Jess, Amy Uyematsu, Ed Hirsch, more

23 APRIL 2022 — saturday

Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Poetry Stage presents Carlos López Estrada and Spoken Word Poets, Summertime Odes Project; Christopher Merrill, Flares; Phil Taggart, Walking the Dog in a Time of Rage; Adriana E. Ramirez, In the Shadow of the Mic; Mai Der Vang, Yellow Rain; Cyrus Cassells, The World That the Shooter Left Us; Amy Uyematsu, That Blue Trickster Time; Michael Waters, Caw; Mihaela Moscaliuc, Cemetery Ink; Tyehimba Jess, Olio; CM Burroughs, Master Suffering; Edward Hirsch, The Heart of American Poetry; Victoria Redel, Paradise; Reginald Dwayne Betts, Felon; Kim Dower, I Wore this Dress Today for You, Mom; Forrest Gander, Twice Alive, Morgan Parker, Other People's Comfort Keeps Me Up at Night; Anna Journey, The Judas Ear; Nicky Beer, Real Phonies and Genuine Fakes; Roberto Tejada, Why the Assembly Disbanded; Jennifer Militello, The Pact; Ra Malika Imhotep, gossypiin; Katharine Coles, (Solve for) X; and WriteGirl Presents Sofía Aguilar reading from her work; Elena Karina Byrne emcees the Poetry Stage, University of Southern California campus, Los Angeles, free, 10:00 am-6:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks)