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Join NOW!The PEN Center USA’s Emerging Voices Fellowship is open for applications through August 1. The fellowship is “a literary mentorship that aims to provide new writers, who are isolated from the literary establishment, with the tools, skills, and knowledge they need to launch a professional writing career.” PEN is seeking underrepresented writers without MFAs for this opportunity. […]
...moreMonday 1/27: Anna David presents and signs True Tales of Lust and Love. Cindy Chupack, Samantha Dunn, Jillian Lauren, and Rachel Shukert will be reading their essays from the book. 7 p.m. at Book Soup. Tuesday 1/28: Abby Chew presents Discontinued Township Roads. 7:30 p.m. at Stories Books and Cafe. Wednesday 1/29: Launch Event for […]
...moreMonday 1/20: It’s MLK day. Help inspire the next generation of great minds, sign up to volunteer through 826LA. Tuesday 1/21: Joe Nelms discusses and signs The Last Time I Died. 7:00 p.m. at Book Soup. Wednesday 1/22: Poetry reading by Michael Palmer and Joyelle McSweeney. 7:30 p.m. at Otis College of Art and Design.
...moreMonday 1/13: Write Club Los Angeles presents Chapter 21: Shit Ain’t Real? 3 rounds, 2 opposing writers, and this one features a special SF vs. LA rivalry as the producers of Write Club SF come down to do battle! Mikhail Blokh, Casey Childers, Pogo Saito, Kristina Wong, Steven Westdahl, and Sean Sweeney engage in “literature […]
...moreIt’s that time again. Time to round up all the Rumpus weekends. Or the weekend Rumpuses. Or something. This weekend, we featured two super-cool interviews. Saturday’s was a lively discussion with Michelle Meyering, director of programs and events at PEN Center USA, about her lit-mag The Rattling Wall, which “isn’t necessarily a journal about LA, but a journal that’s influenced […]
...moreThat’s (part of) the title of this piece on the PEN Center website by Rumpus Poetry Book Club Board member Gabrielle Calvocoressi. It’s absolutely beautiful. Here’s a short sample: “I’m really glad I had that lousy job because I know what it is to make someone copies at the last minute and to be told […]
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