Tory DiPietro Sees the Light at the End of the Tunnel
Between the lingering Covid-19 pandemic, unresolved political turmoil and months of social unrest, it’s safe to say that 2020 and the first part of... Read more →
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Long Live Lewis MacAdams & A Few Books for National Poetry Month
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 →
Los Angeles Loves Levi Kingston
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 →
Artistic Legacy: Rocking the Nation at the William Grant Still Arts Center
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 →
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Self Construction: Bibliomancy, AWP in Portland & Nipsey, Part 2
A widely quoted axiom is that success is where opportunity meets preparation. The combination of hard work, living intentionally, and studying your... Read more →
Self Construction: Bibliomancy, AWP in Portland & Nipsey, Part 1
A widely quoted axiom is that success is where opportunity meets preparation. The combination of hard work, living intentionally and studying your... Read more →
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Translation as Creation: Seoul to Los Angeles with Tanya Ko Hong
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 →
The Last Bohemian: Lionel Rolfe
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 →
A Slice of Summer Poetry
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 →
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Val Verde: The Black Palm Springs
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 →
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