Mike Sonksen aka Mike the PoeT is a 3rd-generation Los Angeles native that teaches at Woodbury University. Poet, professor, journalist, historian and tour-guide, his latest book Letters to My City was just published by Writ Large Press.
Before discussing a bunch of poetry books I want to dedicate this essay to Lewis MacAdams, the poet and activist who started the Friends of the Los... Read more →
On Tuesday February 25th, Los Angeles lost one of its greatest community advocates, Levi L. Kingston, Jr. The 80-year old Kingston was a committed... Read more →
The William Grant Still Arts Center in West Adams stands in elite company with sites like the Watts Tower Arts Center, the World Stage and the... Read more →
A widely quoted axiom is that success is where opportunity meets preparation. The combination of hard work, living intentionally, and studying your... Read more →
A widely quoted axiom is that success is where opportunity meets preparation. The combination of hard work, living intentionally and studying your... Read more →
It’s no secret that Los Angeles is home to thousands of Koreans. L.A.’s Koreatown district is filled with Korean eateries, high-rise offices,... Read more →
Former Herald Examiner columnist and longtime literary Los Angeles chronicler Lionel Rolfe died in his sleep of a heart attack on November 6thin... Read more →
The National Endowment of the Arts recently reported that more Americans are reading poetry now than ever before. To many within the poetry world,... Read more →
Even though the city of Los Angeles was founded by 44 Black and Brown Spanish citizens in 1781, it remained one of the most segregated cities in... Read more →
The interdisciplinary, multicultural and extratextual nature of 21st Century culture is indisputable, and Los Angeles remains one of the epicenters... Read more →
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