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Guess who's heading to #ALAAC24? If you've ever wondered how #nonfiction authors pull it together (or tear it apart), want ways to teach information literacy, or just great stories to share with your patrons and students, join us! #ala2024 #librarians #teachers #research

We celebrated what would have been Octavia E. Butler’s 77th birthday today at Central Library with a panel and a visit to the LAPL’s Octavia Lab where a silk-screening event was underway. Auntie Nikki is a Virgo💛 🐝 of Octavia’s Bookshelf displays hers. First stop a full Butler itinerary.

Join us in #NewOrleans Jan 29-Feb 2, 2025, for our #WritingWorkshop with celebrated authors Karen E. Bender & Robert Anthony Siegel. 🌿📚 Secure your spot and apply now! ✍️✨ #WritingWorkshop #NewOrleans #WritersRetreat Learn More here👉: writingworkshops.com/pages/a-writin…

This week's Submission Sunday has calls and contests from Dzanc Books, Pleiades: Literature in Context, The Lascaux Review, Contrapuntos, Granum Foundation, Raising Mothers, The Gravity of the Thing, and Betsy Amster Literary Enterprises. submissionsunday.substack.com/p/062324

Chris Daley uses an idea about aesthetics originally shared by Jorge Luis Borges to inspire a series of questions that can make writing a memoir more approachable. coauthored.co/p/mirror-or-pr…

This week's Submission Sunday has calls and contests from Virginia Quarterly Review, The Sun, Sewanee Review, Scottish Arts Trust, Broadkill Review, Publishing Laboratory at the University of New Orleans, Roi Fainéant Press, and Loghaven Artist Residency. submissionsunday.substack.com/p/070724

I spoke with LA’s most recent poet laureate, Lynne Thompson (Lynne Thompson) about her wide-ranging collection, “Blue on a Blue Palette” for Alta Journal. Her work explores people, place and perception from unexpected angles. preview.mailerlite.com/u1y5r6m4d4

Dr. Ruth AND Richard Simmons on the same day? My god. RIP to two completely original human beings.

"Music is History" is our theme this year for my Poetry night at Grand Performances on July 26th. We got a stacked lineup. OUR DJ Marjorie Light aka Gingee will be sharing some of her own music too. Big thx to Lynell George for this photo she took at the Getty.

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This week’s Submission Sunday post for paid subscribers is the fifth entry in the Rejection Interview series with our first poet, Jennifer R. Edwards! submissionsunday.substack.com/p/082524-rejec…

"'Writing the Golden State' creates a new cartography of California through literature & language that is as much about marking & representing space, as it is about storytelling." angelcitypress.com/products/wtgs Congrats to all the #CAwriters in this new book "Writing the Golden State"!

The PEARL party continues at BelCantoBooks! Join me 9/8 for an afternoon of storytelling and conversation. Bel Canto's original location was gorgeous. I can't wait to visit the new digs! #indiebookstore #graphicnovel #kidlit #middlegrade #wwii #historicalfiction #booksigning

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