Douglas Manuel, Tommy Pico, Prageeta Sharma, Lynne Thompson, more
20 NOVEMBER 2022 — sunday
The Southern California Poetry Festival continues with workshops led by poets Douglas Manuel and Sarah Maclay, and "Indigenous Poets Across the Americas," a reading featuring Tommy Pico, Kinsale Drake, Jessa Calderon, and Moncho Ollin Alvarado, a showcase of independent presses, featuring "The Offing" with Michael Reyes, Jose Hernandez Diaz, and Gabrielle Civil; What Books Press with Mariano Zaro, Elena Karina Byrne, and Carolie Parker; and LA Review of Books with Elizabeth Metzger, Allison Hedge Coke, and Anna Journey; a reading to celebrate the release of Best American Poetry 2022, featuring Prageeta Sharma, Alexis Sears, Amy Gerstler, and Matthew Zapruder, and lastly a reading featuring Poet Laureate of Los Angeles Lynne Thompson and Poet Laureate of San Francisco Tongo Eisen-Martin, joined by poets Shonda Buchanan, bridgette bianca, and Conney Williams, co-presented by Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center and the Poetry Foundation, Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, free, 10:00 am-8:00 pm PST (RSVP to attend: www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html)
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21 JANUARY 2025 — tuesday
22 JANUARY 2025 — wednesday
23 JANUARY 2025 — thursday
24 JANUARY 2025 — friday
- Fiction author Nancy Miller Gomez, Inconsolable Objects, poet Lynne V.E. Crawford, Washing Water, and 2021-2022 Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson, Blue on a Blue Palette, read from and celebrate their latest books, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, 8:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/nancy-miller-gomez-lynda-ve-crawford-lynne-thompson-tickets-1118331051279?aff=oddtdtcreator)
25 JANUARY 2025 — saturday
- Mobile Data Mag, a literary journal released exclusively on Substack, will feature five Los Angeles-based poets for an in-person reading: Pam Concepcion, Daryl Gussin, Jennifer "Miss B' Baptiste, Mauricio "Soul on Fire" Moreno, and Laura Sermeño, hosted by lead editor and author, Jesse Tovar, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, 1:30 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/mobile-data-mag-a-reading-with-la-authors-tickets-1104979145369?aff=oddtdtcreator)
26 JANUARY 2025 — sunday
- The Laminations: An Experimental Fiction Workshop, will occur over four Sundays (January 26, February 9, 23, March 9), exploring how to manage layers of formal complexity with plot complexity, and when these laminations overload and opacify the truth, led by Angie Sijun Lou, fiction editor at FENCE, Virtual on Zoom, sliding scale $60-200, 1:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.smallpresstraffic.org/event/laminations-experimental-fiction-workshop)
27 JANUARY 2025 — monday
28 JANUARY 2025 — tuesday
29 JANUARY 2025 — wednesday
30 JANUARY 2025 — thursday
- Former City Poet Laureate of West Hollywood Kim Dower will read from and discuss her latest poetry collection, What She Wants: Poems on Obsession, Desire, Despair, Euphoria, with poet Blas Falconer, Rara Avis, Warwick's, 7812 Girard Avenue, La Jolla, free, 7:30 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.warwicks.com/event/dower-2025)
- Writers Read Ukiah presents a reading by Chris Olander, Nevada County Poet Laureate emeritus, Open Mic follows the featured poet with six-minute slots for each participant, Grace Hudson Museum, 431 South Main Street, Ukiah, free, 7:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.gracehudsonmuseum.org/new-events)
31 JANUARY 2025 — friday
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