Literature
Jessica Ceballos & Poesia Para La Gente
by Chiwan Choi
We have a big trip coming up at the end of the month. Our first show in New York City. Actually, our first show anywhere outside of Los Angeles. A two-day event exploring the idea of underground publishing.
But for now, I only want to talk about one of the most awesome people in our city, Jessica Ceballos, and the great work she is doing.
We More...
Blame It on the Rain
by Chiwan Choi
I don’t know why anybody would write a weekly column. Before I know it, Sunday is coming to a close and I’m thinking that I need to write a new post. But about what? I think to myself. I mean, does anybody really (I mean really) care what we are doing at little old Writ Large Press? Anybody? Time for sleep!
And then it’s Monday morning More...
History of Typography in 5 Minutes
If you're design junkies like we are, you know that choosing the right font can be a make or break decision. That's one reason we love typography, and we especially love this delightful animated video that goes back to the very beginning. More...Location, Location, Location!
by Chiwan Choi
This week we have a sad bit of news and a couple of exciting bits of news.
First, the sad. Our friend Conrad Romo, the terrific curator and host of one of our favorite literary venues in the city, Tongue & Groove, will no longer be part of Writ Large Press. However, we hope to continue partnering up and collaborating in projects together in the More...
Finding Direction
by Chiwan Choi
The LA Times Festival of Books has come and gone. Writ Large Press took part in the Smokin’ Hot Lit Lounge put together by Kaya Press. And we debuted our new mobile bookstore!
I had to miss all the fun down here, because I was up in Seattle for a few days to take part in readings I’d committed to a while back. The readings were great fun More...
Animated Short: Pablo Neruda’s ‘The Me Bird’
Courtesy of Brazilian motion graphics and design group 18bis, here is a gorgeous free interpretation of Pablo Neruda's short poem. More...Literary Hucksters
by Chiwan Choi
So. Freakin’. Excited.
About what? Well, about our new thing. A new toy. A symbol of certain directions we are heading.
As Judeth stated when she saw the photo—we are bona fide hucksters.
Ever since the Grand Park BookFest (actually, even before that), we’ve been thinking of various forms of mobile bookstores. And with a new idea More...
Drunk Juggling
by Chiwan Choi
Right now it’s 11AM and I’m drinking Bushmills neat and the dog is whining behind me for food she won’t be getting for another hour.
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is what a small press office in downtown Los Angeles looks like!
And I’m juggling! Not literally, of course. But trying to get a few things done that are time essentia More...
Put Watson and Holmes Into Print
This one is just plain cool.
Watson and Holmes, by Karl Bollers and Rick Leonardi, is a re-envisioning of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson as African Americans living in New York City's famous Harlem district. Watson, an Afghanistan war vet, works in an inner-city clinic; Holmes is a local P.I. who takes unusual ca More...
