Martinez, John
John Martinez Altadena Poetry Review, Sunday, May 5, 3:30-4:30pm, Mountain View Mausoleum John Martinez is a poet and musician. He attended Fresno State University, where he studied poetry under Philip Levine in the late 1970s and early 80s. He has published sporadically in various anthologies over the years, and regularly performs his poetry (most recently, […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Myerson, Joan
Joan Myerson All World-Building Is Local, Sunday, May 5, 2:00-3:00pm, Mt. View Mausoleum Joan Meyerson is an award-winning writer/director/producer of documentaries and television programs, including the PBS National Memorial Day Concert, for which she won two Writers Guild of America awards. The dramatic accounts she wrote about vets and military families reconfirmed her belief that […]
Neil, Zenobia
Zenobia Neil All World-Building Is Local, Sunday, May 5, 2:00-3:00pm, Mt. View Mausoleum Zenobia Neil was named after an ancient warrior queen who fought against the Romans. A lifelong lover of Greco-Roman mythology, she writes about the ancient world and Greek god erotica. An English teacher by day, Zenobia spends her time imagining interesting people […]
Pacheco Bell, Jonathan
Jonathan Pacheco Bell Excavating the Future in Los Angeles: A Discussion of Mike Davis’s City of Quartz, Sunday, May 5, 2:00-3:00pm, Mountain View Mausoleum Jonathan Pacheco Bell is a Senior Embedded Planner at 4LEAF, Inc. and Adjunct Professor of Urban Planning at Cal Poly Pomona. Born in Boyle Heights and raised in East LA and […]
Maggs, Sam
Sam Maggs Writing Heroes for all Ages: Comic Book Authors, Sunday, May 5, 12:30-1:30pm, Mountain View Mausoleum Sam Maggs is a New York Times Best Selling author of books, comics, and video games. By day, she’s a storyteller for Critical Role. Her novels include Star Wars Jedi: Battle Scars and The Unstoppable Wasp: Built on […]
Mejia, Derek
Derek Mejia Libraries That Make the Neighborhood, May 5th, 12:30 – 1:30pm, Mt. View Mausoleum Derek Mejia (He/Him) is a bookseller at North Figueroa Bookshop, and a library assistant at Libros Schmibros where he co-founded, and co-organizes the EastSide CineClub film series, among other projects.
Olivarez, Kristin
Kristin Olivarez Libraries That Make the Neighborhood, May 5th, 12:30 – 1:30pm, Mt. View Mausoleum Kristin Olivarez is the City Librarian at the Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library where she has worked for seven years, previously as Senior Children’s Librarian and Children’s Librarian. She was born and raised in the San Gabriel Valley and has worked […]
