Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026 · 6:30–8:00 p.m. PT In person, West Hollywood Library Community Room, 625 N San Vicente Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069 Free, RSVP Requested Four Los Angeles writers return to the past, through fiction and poetry, to understand where we came from. Why do we keep returning to history? And what changes when we recover what was Read More ...
Double book launch for Henry Schipper's "The Ball Dreams of The Sky" and Teddy Tannenbaum's "The Dreamlife of Teddy Baseball" Join us for a celebration of two collections on the sport of baseball. Both memoir and homage in love of the game, the poets meditate on their experiences as baseball players in the field while navigating their own personal lives. Read More ...
Paul Vangelisti and Vincent Katzs read from their new collections Join us for an afternoon with poets Vincent Katz and Paul Vangelisti. Katz will present Daffodil, published by Alfred A. Knopf, as well as Accounts, his collaborative book with painter Richard Bosman, published by Karma Books. Vangelisti will read from his recent book Traveling, published by Shearsman Books in the Read More ...
Aatif Rashid debuts his new novel at Village Well. Join us for the launch of Aatif Rashid's new novel Grand Tour! Aatif will conduct a reading and Q&A and discuss the inspiration behind this probing work. About the author: Aatif Rashid is the author of the novels Portrait of Sebastian Khan (2019) and Grand Tour (forthcoming 2026). His short stories Read More ...
Poetry & The Archive: A Workshop on Creating Poetry from Photographs Poetry & The Archive: Creating Poetry from Photographs is a generative workshop on the use of photographs from historical (and personal) archives to create poetry. Participants will generate new work through a series of prompts and be invited to use their own photographs to create new (or revise existing) Read More ...
Join us for an evening with contributors of this newly anthology published by Inlandia Institute’s Blacklandia Beyond Baroque presents a poetry night highlighting resilience and mental health journeys within the Black community with contributors of 88 Unashamed Black Mental Health Stories. Published by Inlandia Institute’s Blacklandia, the evening features readings by anthology editor, Romaine Washington, and contributors: Brandon Allen, Akilah Read More ...
Authors Bitter Karella, Allison Mick, and Joshua Millican present their folk horror work focusing on environmental horror. Join us for a reading and conversation from The Dark Woods Project! The Dark Woods Project is a writers’ collective bound by explorations of Forest Horror (including Redwood Gothic and Eco-horror). The authors delve into the ominous complexities and primal fears of Forest Read More ...
Authors Sean Bernard, Paul Bergstraesser, and Dylan Bassett present their new work, published by What Books Press. Join us to celebrate this year's fiction slate from What Books Press! On October 11th, Sean Bernard, Paul Bergstraesser, and Dylan Bassett will gather to discuss and read from their new work. About the participants: Sean Bernard directs the BA Creative Writing Program Read More ...
Five queer authors open portals to spectacular new worlds and dare us to get lost in them. Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026 · 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. Online via Zoom and YouTube What can we discover in worlds that have never existed? And how does queer imagination remake the rules of magic, adventure, and belonging? On Oct. 14, five queer fantasy Read More ...
Poets published by What Books Press present their new work. Join us to celebrate this year's fiction slate from What Books Press! On October 25th, Amy Elisabeth Davis, James Cushing, Celeste Boyer, and Bill Mohr will read from and discuss their new work. About the participants: Amy Elisabeth Davis, a historian and poet who studied at Cornell and Columbia and Read More ...
Four local writers dare to break the rules, raise their voices, and refuse to compromise. What does a writer sacrifice when they soften their work to fit the mold? And what becomes possible when they refuse? On Nov. 4, four local writers confront subjects many books shy away from: race, desire, class, the messy moments when life stops making sense. Read More ...
A generative writing workshop with Truong Tran The Poet’s Memoir is a generative workshop that approaches the narratives of the self through short, non-narrative inquiries. A memoir does not have to tell a life from beginning to end. It can be made of moments, snippets, fragments—parts of a story that, when brought together, begin to make a whole. In this Read More ...
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