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January 25, 2013
GuerrillaReads No. 67: MIKE the PoeT
MIKE the PoeT is ALIVE in Los Angeles!
Mike Sonksen has been doing guerrilla poetry readings for fifteen years. “On the subway, out on the street, even in the middle of literary events when I wasn’t invited.” His love for the city is rooted in honesty about its beauties and its shortcomings.
I’m alive in Los Angeles
Where there are more angles than isosceles
City topography’s undulating across massive landscapes
We move from chain link to palatial gates in separate economic states
We’ll feature another video from Sonksen next week on GuerrillaReads.
Tagged: author, guerrilla, literature, Los Angeles, Mike the Poet, poet, poetry, reading, writing
October 1, 2012
One book from every country in the world
I've decided to find out the answer.
You can track my progress here on GoodReads and on Pinterest.
I'm calling this the WorldReads Challenge. You can even join along, if you'd like.
I periodically blog about what I'm learning, starting with the surprising fact that it's not so easy to define "every country in the world."
So far, I've visited 9 countries on the WorldReads Challenge. Only 184 (or so) to go!
September 14, 2012
GuerrillaReads No. 66: Santino J. Rivera
¡Ban this! Santino J. Rivera double dog dares you.
Rivera reads his poem “Librarian’s Creed,” which appears in his new book, ¡Ban This! The BSP Anthology of Xican@ Literature.
I must read better than my enemy
Who is trying to ban my books
I must read, write and educate minds everywhere
Before he succeeds.
He did this guerrilla reading at LA’s own Cypress Park Library, just before An Evening of Mass Education. More than twenty contributors to the anthology read from their work, live at the library. More about the event and the book at the Broken Sword Publications website.
As Rivera says, “You can our books but you can’t ban our minds.”
Tagged: author, Ban This, guerrilla, Latina, Latino, librarian, library, literature, reading, writing
April 21, 2012
GuerrillaReads No. 65: Cheryl Klein
Highland Park’s own Cheryl Klein is the author of Lilac Mines and The Commuters, and a bunch of other great stuff. She also keeps the carbo-healthy Bread and Bread blog.
Klein joined us on the GuerrillaReads Video Walk on March 24, and read these three lovely poems.
Tagged: author, Cheryl Klein, guerrilla, Highland Park, literature, poetry, reading, video walk
March 25, 2012
GuerrillaReads No. 64: Barbara Andrade DuBransky
We had a fabulous time on the GuerrillaReads video walk! Among the readers who joined us was Barbara Andrade DuBransky. We shot her video in front of an amazing mural showing the history of Highland Park.
Here she is, reading about meditation and grace.
Tagged: Barbara Andrade DuBransky, guerrilla, Highland Park, literature, reading, video walk, writing
March 16, 2012
Gorilla guerrilla
I've just ordered a bunch of Gorilla guerrilla stickers that look like this.
Hope to see you on March 24 for the GuerrillaReads video walk!
Tagged: gorilla, guerrilla, literature, video walk, writing
February 4, 2012
Join GuerrillaReads on Feb 21 for an evening of “99% Guerrilla Lit”
It’s going to be a great evening! Click to watch the video invitation.
Live readings from Lucy Wang, Mathew Timmons and Bronwyn Mauldin
Photos by Robert Stuart Lowden
GuerrillaReads videos by Cecil Castellucci and more, from Occupy LA.
Download the flyer and share it widely!
Feb 21 at 7:30
at The Brickbat Review in the Brewery Art Colony
2020 N Main St. #242
Los Angeles 90031
Click for a map
Tagged: 99%, books, guerrilla, guerrilla lit, literature, reading
Join GuerrillaReads on Feb 21 for an evening of "99% Guerrilla Lit"
It's going to be a great evening! Click to watch the video invitation.
Live readings from Lucy Wang, Mathew Timmons and Bronwyn Mauldin
Photos by Robert Stuart Lowden
GuerrillaReads videos by Cecil Castellucci and more, from Occupy LA.
Download the flyer and share it widely!
Feb 21 at 7:30
at The Brickbat Review in the Brewery Art Colony
2020 N Main St. #242
Los Angeles 90031
Click for a map
Tagged: 99%, books, guerrilla, guerrilla lit, literature, reading
January 29, 2012
GuerrillaReads No. 63: Lynne Bronstein
Lynne Bronstein is a Santa Monica writer, journalist and poet. A New York native, she's proudly maintained her New York state of mind despite many years in Southern California.
Here she does a guerrilla reading of her poem, "Born." You can read and learn more about Bronstein on her website or buy her most recent book of poems, Border Crossings.
Tagged: author, born, guerrilla, life cycles, literature, poetry, reading, West Hollywood Book Fair, writing
January 14, 2012
GuerrillaReads No. 62: Tom Schabarum
Tom Schabarum is a Seattle-area poet and novelist. While he's published his novels to the Kindle, he still loves the feel of a book in his hands. He put it this way in a blog post,
In Seattle we have the beautiful Olympic Sculpture Park, which contains a huge sculpture of a typewriter eraser complete with circular rubber wheel and feather brush top. When I have young people in my car under thirty years old, I always ask them to identify it and none of them know what it is. Hearing their answers keeps my mind pointing to the future and embracing it.
Read more about Schabarum on his website and his blog.
Tagged: author, guerrilla, LGBT, Newark, poet, poetry, reading, taxi, West Hollywood Book Fair, writing
