We’re running a book giveaway! Attendees of the WeHo Reads: Power and Progress During Black History Month event on February 26 will be chosen at random to receive a free book from one of the participating authors. We’re giving away one copy of each of the books marked with the book icon 📖 below to give away. See official sweepstakes rules for more information.
Angela M. Franklin
- Four poems by Angela M. Franklin on subjects people are too squeamish to discuss, involving race, mental health, domestic violence, and social injustice
Read now online at https://www.angelafranklin.com/poems.html
Jenise Miller
- The Blvd by Jenise Miller 📖 a debut poetry collection celebrating Compton and its people, who face hardship with grit, gratitude, and grace.
Available via Amazon resellers https://www.amazon.com/Blvd-Jenise-Miller/dp/1946081337
Pam Ward
- Between Good Men & No Man at All by Pam Ward 📖 a poetry collection of defiant lyricism, poignant remembrance, and politically charged eloquence | Available from World Stage Press or Los Angeles Public Library
- Want Some by Pam Ward 📖 a gritty, fast-paced drama about a woman seeking revenge in South Central L.A. | Available from Amazon, Bookshop.org (Want Some, Get Some compendium), Los Angeles Public Library (compendium), and West Hollywood/LA County Library (ebook)
- Get Some by Pam Ward 📖 an exhilarating sequel about a woman, the bank robbery she planned, and the dangers of double-crossing partners-in-crime | Available from Amazon, Bookshop.org (Want Some, Get Some compendium), Los Angeles Public Library (compendium), and West Hollywood/LA County Library (ebook)
Romaine Washington
- Sirens in Her Belly by Romaine Washington 📖 an engaging book of poetry that exposes how the modern world oppresses women | Available from Bookshop.org, West Hollywood/LA County Library, and Los Angeles Public Library
- Purgatory Has an Address by Romaine Washington 📖 a dreamlike poetry collection woven of origin myths, the search for birth parents, and the sober reality of living in a beautiful, pungent, red-lined neighborhood | Available from Bookshop.org, West Hollywood/LA County Library, and Los Angeles Public Library
Reggie Myles
Reggie Myles is a spoken word poetry artist and community organizer from Pasadena, CA. He has performed at local poetry slams and events throughout LA County and is currently writing his first poetry book. He centers his artistry in writing, exploring, and speaking to the Black experience. Specifically, through themes and concepts of joy, healing, resistance, identity, and love. Above all, Reggie is a wordsmith, invoking the radical imagination, change, and connections in his garden of poems.
