News:
  • Portola Valley First Graders: "Woodland Poem"
  • Abigale Wee: "Growing Home"
  • Hailee Smalley: "Vibrant Petals"
  • Itzel Sanchez: "Untitled"
  • Kaia Glafkides: "America Today"
  • Ana Johnston: "Safer"
  • Contact us
  • About
    • What is Cultural Weekly?
    • Advertise
    • Contributors
    • Masthead
    • Subscribe
    • Submissions: Write for us
    • Cultural Weekly Style & Formatting Guide
  • Contact us
  • About
    • What is Cultural Weekly?
    • Advertise
    • Contributors
    • Masthead
    • Subscribe
    • Submissions: Write for us
    • Cultural Weekly Style & Formatting Guide
Cultural Weekly logo
  • Film
  • TV + Web
  • Poetry
  • Art
  • Architecture
  • Literature
  • Theatre
  • Music
  • Dance
  • Tech
  • Lifestyle
  • Food
  • Film
  • TV + Web
  • Poetry
  • Art
  • Architecture
  • Literature
  • Theatre
  • Music
  • Dance
  • Tech
  • Lifestyle
  • Food
Mike Sonksen

Mike Sonksen

Twitter Website

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.

Latest

Poetry

Long Live Lewis MacAdams & A Few Books for National Poetry Month

By Mike Sonksen on April 22, 2020

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 →
OUR WORLD

Los Angeles Loves Levi Kingston

By Mike Sonksen on March 4, 2020

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 →
Art

Artistic Legacy: Rocking the Nation at the William Grant Still Arts Center

By Mike Sonksen on October 24, 2019

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 →
OUR WORLD

1

Self Construction: Bibliomancy, AWP in Portland & Nipsey, Part 2

By Mike Sonksen on July 31, 2019

A widely quoted axiom is that success is where opportunity meets preparation. The combination of hard work, living intentionally, and studying your... Read more →
POPULAR

Self Construction: Bibliomancy, AWP in Portland & Nipsey, Part 1

By Mike Sonksen on July 24, 2019

A widely quoted axiom is that success is where opportunity meets preparation. The combination of hard work, living intentionally and studying your... Read more →
Poetry

1

Translation as Creation: Seoul to Los Angeles with Tanya Ko Hong

By Mike Sonksen on February 27, 2019

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 →
LiteratureOUR WORLD

The Last Bohemian: Lionel Rolfe

By Mike Sonksen on November 21, 2018

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 →
Poetry

A Slice of Summer Poetry

By Mike Sonksen on July 25, 2018

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 →
MusicOUR WORLD

3

Val Verde: The Black Palm Springs

By Mike Sonksen on May 23, 2018

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 →
MusicPhotography

1

GhostNotes: The Everyday Magnificence of the Ordinary

By Mike Sonksen on April 11, 2018

The interdisciplinary, multicultural and extratextual nature of 21st Century culture is indisputable, and Los Angeles remains one of the epicenters... Read more →
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. →

Support Our Friends

Follow Us

Join Our Mailing List

Latest Tweets

Tweets by @CulturalWeekly

Comments

  • maurice amiel maurice amiel
    Jack Reads “Pronto, Professore“
    In my last architectural history paper, back in...
    1/22/2021
  • Bambi Here Bambi Here
    Support the Jack Grapes Poetry Prize
    Yes – poetry! Thank you, Jack.
    1/21/2021
  • Bambi Here Bambi Here
    Jack Reads “Pronto, Professore“
    Wow! That poem and reading was extraordinary - the...
    1/21/2021

New

  • World Cyber Games 2020
  • What mental attributes do you need to be successful playing casino games and how can you boost them?
  • Web Design That Makes Your “About Us” Page Pop
  • Ways to Find Out Which City is the Most Disabled-Friendly
  • New Year, New Love: Dating Tips for a Fresh Start

Tags

art dance film Los Angeles music photography poem poems poetry tomorrow's voices today

Like us

Please Help

Donate

Who are we?

Cultural Weekly is a place to talk about our creative culture with passion, perspective and analysis – and more words than “thumbs up” or “thumbs down.” Our mission is to draw attention to our cultural environment, illuminate it, and make it ... read more

Site map

  • About
  • Advertise
  • Contact us
  • Contributors
  • Cultural Weekly Style & Formatting Guide
  • Food
  • Home
  • Masthead
  • Privacy Policy/Do Not Sell My Personal Information
  • Submission Form
  • Submissions: Write for us
  • Subscribe
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Thank You

Links

Adam Leipzig
Entertainment Media Partners
This Is Crowd
CreativeFuture
Plastic Oceans Foundation
Arts & Letters Daily
Alltop
Alexis Rhone Fancher
Jack Grapes
Ethan Bearman
Writ Large Press

Mailing List

* indicates required


  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy/Do Not Sell My Personal Information
  • Contact us
Cultural Weekly is the digital magazine and public platform of Next Echo Foundation. DONATE HERE.
Copyright © 2010-2020 by Adam Leipzig. All Rights Reserved.