Saturday 6/8: PEN center USA presents the Literary Stage at the Jubilee Muisc Fest. Saturday’s schedule: 6 p.m. READINGS, created by Saturday Rumpus Editor Zoë Ruiz, hosted by Rumpus Contributor Sara Finnerty and features Rumpus Managing Editor Lisa Dusenbery, among others! 7 p.m. Dirty Laundry Lit hosted by Rumpus Contributor Natashia Deón. 8 p.m. Poetry & Storytelling Showcase hosted by PEN Center USA. Tickets and informoation at the Jubilee Music Fest website.
Sunday 6/9: David Rocklin’s Roar Shack presents: Rims and Borders. Saturday Rumpus Editor Zoë Ruiz, Thaisa Frank, Aisha Sloan, and Julia Ingalls all read from their works. Plus, a LiveWrite! 4 p.m. at 826LA in Echo Park.
Monday 6/10: WRITE CLUB Los Angeles presents: School’s Out, bitches! Janelle Wilson, Ruben Jökull Maldonado, Lauren Kincheloe, Justin Welborn, Yasamin Safarzadeh, and Michael Dunn compete in literary bloodsport for your charity dollars. 7 p.m. at the Bootleg Theater. $8 tickets go to charity.
Tuesday 6/11: Red Hen Press hosts readers B.H. James, Andrew Winer, and Goldberry Long, along with moderator Nicelle Davis. 6:30 p.m. at the Annenberg Beach House. The event is free.
Wednesday 6/12: Ru Freeman reads from On Sal Mal Lane. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Thursday 6/13: Marc Weingareten, Tyson Cornell, & More discuss Yes Is The Answer: And Other Prog Rock Tales. Joining them will be Rumpus Contributor Matthew Specktor, John Albert, Margaret Wappler, and James Greer. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Friday 6/14: Doug Knott: Some People Never Go Crazy celebrates Charles Bukowski by embodying him and reading his prose, poetry, and ramblings. 8 p.m. at Beyond Baroque.