Tales from Two Cities
Feb 19, 2014
From the gritty drama of noir to the free-spirited poetry of the Beats, how does the literature of California tell us who we are? This Thursday, February 20, ALOUD kicks […]
Tag: Poetry
Wanda Coleman’s Muse Was Los Angeles
Jan 09, 2014
Wanda Coleman’s poetry was all music. All street. All wild. She was one of the most authentic people I have ever met. She was entirely herself and if you didn’t […]
Louise Steinman Straightens Out the Past in “The Crooked Mirror”
Nov 05, 2013
“I hope this speaks to reconciliation of all kinds,” says Louise Steinman about her new book, The Crooked Mirror: A Memoir of Polish-Jewish Reconciliation. “I don’t think it’s restricted to […]
Bookmark This! #12
Jul 26, 2013
In the heat of the summer, we’ve got some reading recommendations that really sizzle! From books of poetry to French colonial Vietnam to Buddhist wisdom to inspirational letters, I hope […]
We’ve Had Enough/Estamos Hasta la Madre
May 07, 2012
When the 24-year-old Juan Francisco was killed last year—another innocent victim of the some 50,000* that have been killed by acts of violence related to the “drug war” in Mexico—his […]
The Simple Truth: Philip Levine Speaks about Life, Libraries, and Poetry
Mar 13, 2012
“I’m learning about the power of poetry,” said Philip Levine about his time thus far as the 18th U.S. Poet Laureate, a position he was elected to earlier this fall. […]