Covington, Ron
Ron Covington Beyond Borders: Readings and Conversations with African American, LGBTQ and other marginalized writers, Saturday, May 4, 3:30-4:30pm Writer/Producer/Partner in the Production Company, The Cre8ive Consortium Grew up in San Diego and studied theatre under Dr. Floyd Gaffney, James Avery, and Brian Stokes Mitchell. Was mentored in playwrighting under Tony Award Winner, Joseph A. […]
Washington, Romaine
Romaine Washington Poetry of Preservation: Other Californias and Beyond, Sunday, May 5, 3:30 – 4:30pm Romaine Washington is a twice-nominated Pushcart Prize poet whose work has also been nominated for Best of the Net. Washington is an Inland Empire native, and the author of Purgatory Has an Address, a poetry mini-memoir centered in San Bernardino […]
Brittan Rosado, Michelle
Michelle Brittan Rosado Poetry of Preservation: Other Californias and Beyond, Sunday, May 5, 3:30 – 4:30pm Michelle Brittan Rosado is the author of Why Can’t It Be Tenderness, which won the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry and was published by University of Wisconsin Press. Her chapbook, Theory on Falling into a Reef, was the winner […]
Nolan, Ruth
Ruth Nolan Poetry of Preservation: Other Californias and Beyond, Sunday, May 5, 3:30 – 4:30pm Ruth Nolan writes stories and poems about and based in the Mojave Desert. A former wildland firefighter, her writing has been published in Writing the Golden State: The New Literary Terrain of California Press; Campfire Books, Joshua Tree: Where Two […]
Fernandez, Emily
Emily Fernandez Poetry of Preservation: Other Californias and Beyond, Sunday, May 5, 3:30 – 4:30pm Emily Fernandez, author of two poetry chapbooks, Pliny and Other Problems (Bamboo Dart Press 2023) and Procession of Martyrs (Finishing Line Press 2018), is an Assistant Professor of English at Pasadena City College where she teaches composition and creative writing. […]
O’Neil, Patrick
Patrick O’Neil Punks from Music to Literature: The New Writers, Sunday, May 5, 3:30 – 4:30pm, Mt. View Mausoleum Patrick O’Neil was a former roadie and road manager for the punk bands Dead Kennedys, Flipper, T.S.O.L., and Subhumans; and is the author of the memoirs Anarchy At The Circle K, Gun, Needle, Spoon, and Hold-Up. […]
Berry, Iris
Iris Berry Punks from Music to Literature: The New Writers, Sunday, May 5, 3:30 – 4:30pm, Mt. View Mausoleum Iris Berry is the author of; Two Blocks East of Vine, The Underground Guide to Los Angeles (2nd Edition), The Daughters of Bastards, The Trouble with Palm Trees, Gas Station Etiquette, and All That Shines Under […]
Morris, Keith
Keith Morris Punks from Music to Literature: The New Writers, Sunday, May 5, 3:30 – 4:30pm, Mt. View Mausoleum Keith Morris is an American singer and songwriter known for his role as front man of the hardcore punk bands Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Off and Flag! His Autobiography My Damage is more than a book […]
Ruland, Jim
Jim Ruland Punks from Music to Literature: The New Writers, Sunday, May 5, 3:30 – 4:30pm, Mt. View Mausoleum Jim Ruland is the LA Times bestselling author of Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise & Fall of SST Records, which was named a best book of 2022 by Pitchfork, Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair. He is […]
Williams, Mary
Mary Williams Bookstores that Make the Neighborhood, Sunday, May 5, 3:30-4:30pm, Mountain View Mausoleum Mary Williams is the general manager of Skylight Books, a general interest independent bookstore in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Moran Reed, Stephanie
Stephanie Moran Reed Bookstores that Make the Neighborhood, Sunday, May 5, 3:30-4:30pm, Mountain View Mausoleum Stephanie Moran Reed is a native Angeleno and the owner of MiJa Books. Co-founded with her husband in 2020, MiJa Books is a multicultural children’s bookstore and online resource for diverse and inclusive books. She currently hosts multicultural and multilingual […]
Padilla, Viva
Viva Padilla Bookstores that Make the Neighborhood, Sunday, May 5, 3:30-4:30pm, Mountain View Mausoleum Viva Padilla, a first-generation Chicana daughter of immigrants from Colima, Mexico, is a bilingual poet, translator, writer, editor, and publisher, art curator, and bookstore, and print shop owner. Born and raised in South Central Los Angeles, she is the Founder/Editor-in-Chief of […]
