Los Angeles Literature Events 3/18/19 –3/24/19

March 17, 2019 Brian L.A. Literary Happenings, Los Angeles Literary Events Altadena Main Library, Avenue 50 Studio, Barnsdall Park, Belmar Hotel, Beyond Baroque, Book Soup, Cal State Northridge, Chevalier's Bookstore, Da Poetry Lounge, Diesel Bookstore, Eastside Cafe, Influx Collectiv, LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, LibroMobile, Other Books, PEN Presents, Poets Jazz House, Queer Poetry Night, Recess Open Mic, Redondo Poets, Skylight Books, The World Stage, Tia Chucha's, Un::fade::able, USC, Vroman's

Poesia Narrativa: Write Narrative Poetry

Join California Poets in the Schools, teachers, Juan Cardenas and Jessica Wilson on a journey through narrative poetry. Write in your own voice and learn new ways to express yourself.

This 6 series workshop will include food, so get ready for some delicious learning, and connection building through creative writing.

Remember the smell of sizzling carne asada, the taste of calabasas con queso, the first time you made arroz, or papas.
Our senses deliver us into memory, and our memories will fuel our poems and our palates.

This workshop series is FREE and made possible by the Los Angeles Poet Society. www.lapoetsociety.org Register by emailing: losangelespoetsociety@gmail.com with your name, email, and phone number.

Where: Tía Chucha Central Cultural

Date: Monday the 18^th

Time: 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Address: 13197 Gladstone Ave, Unit A, Sylmar, California 91342

Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/788178538206800/

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Los Angeles Literature Events 3/04/19 –3/10/19

March 3, 2019March 4, 2019 Brian L.A. Literary Happenings, Los Angeles Literary Events ArtNight Pasadena, Beyond Baroque, Book Soup, Bridgette Bianca, Chevalier’s Books, Claremont, Da Poetry Lounge, Diesel Bookstore, Gatsby's Bookstore, Librecht Barker, Once Upon a Time, Pages Bookstore, Poets Jazz House, Recess Open Mic, Redondo Poets, Roar Shack, Saturday Afternoon Poetry, Scripps College, Shameka Cunningham, Skirball Cultural Center, Skylight Books, The Last Bookstore, USC, Vroman's, YA Events

An Evening with Carl Phillips at Claremont McKenna College

Join us for Readings and Reflections: An Evening with Carl Phillips.

Poet and author Carl Phillips is a professor of English and of African American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. He will read some of his award-winning poetry and share personal reflections.

Where: Marian Miner Cook Anthenaeum, Claremont McKenna College

Date: Monday the 4^th

Time: 5:30 pm

Address: 385 East 8^th St., Claremont, CA 91711

Website: http://events.cmc.edu/event/poetry_reading_and_reflections_with_carl_phillips#.XGyGpKJKjX4

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Los Angeles Literature Events 7/09/18 –7/15/18

July 8, 2018July 8, 2018 Brian L.A. Literary Happenings, Los Angeles Literary Events ALOUD Reading Series, Beyond Baroque, Book Soup, Children's Book World, Da Poetry Lounge, East Los Angeles Library, Gatsby's Bookstore, Kids Event, Last Bookstore, Pages Bookstore, Skylight Books, Soap Box Poets Open Reading, Teen Event, The World Stage, Tia Chucha's

Bilingual Poetry Workshops at Tia Chucha’s Bookstore

Join us for the second in a series of Bilingual Poetry Workshops, to be held on Mondays, July 2 to August 13, from 4 pm – 6pm, for ages 12 and up, with poet/teacher Juan Cardenas from CA Poets in the Schools, sponsored by Poets & Writers Magazine.

Explore your cultural narrative by allowing your sense to guide you and recall your past experiences. Food will play a big role in this class, and other topics include: Codeswitch, Voice and Diction, Stream of Consciousness, Narrative, Slam, and more.

Where: Tia Chucha’s Bookstore

Date: Monday the 9^th

Time: 4 pm – 6 pm

Address: 13197 Gladstone Ave., Unit A, Sylmar, CA 91342

Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/221723651771115/

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Los Angeles Literature Events 5/14/18 –5/20/18

May 13, 2018 Brian L.A. Literary Happenings, Los Angeles Literary Events Anansi Writers Workshop, Beyond Baroque, dA Center for the Arts, Da Poetry Lounge, Litfest Pasadena, Poetic Research Bureau, Saturday Afternoon Poetry, Say The Word, The Table

Restless Souls & The Concrete, Book Launch & Discussion at Book Soup

Restless Souls, by Dan Sheehan & The Concrete, by Daniel Abbott, will be presented and discussed in conversation with Melissa X. Golebiowski of Literary Hub.

Restless Souls is a moving and darkly funny meditation on friendship, the emotional ravages of war, and the way our memories simultaneously comfort and restrict us from growing and moving on.

The Concrete is a striking literary debut that grapples with the effects of childhood trauma, lost dreams, human sexuality, and the difficulties of marriage.

Where: Book Soup

Date: Monday the 14^th

Time: 7 pm

Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069

Website: http://www.booksoup.com/event/dan-sheehan-and-daniel-abbott-discuss-and-sign-restless-souls-and-concrete

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