Rolling the R’s: Literary Revolutions in the Asian Pacific Diaspora
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Playwright and USC professor Luis Alfaro will guide a discussion with authors Jessica Hagedorn (Dogeaters), Lois-Ann Yamanaka(Blu’s Hanging), and R. Zamora Linmark (Rolling the R’s) about writing books that exploded the static, prescribed ideas of 1990s multiculturalism and ultimately became staples of American literature courses. Post event reception and book signing will follow. RSVP required!
Contact: Kaya Press
Contact Email: neela@kaya.com
Organization: USC Visions & Voices
Organization URL: website

Writers in Context: Four Poets on Aesthetics, Collaboration and Community.
Cost: Free
How does one’s “Aesthetic Point of View” develop over time, and how does community contribute to that? How will collaboration change one’s POV? Four writers from Southern California assemble at Laguna College of Art + Design to read from their work, offer their insights, and lead an open discussion with attendees. Grant Hier, Collier Nogues, Allison Benis White, and Lorene Delany-Ullman.
Contact: Grant Hier
Contact Email: ghier@lcad.edu
Organization: Laguna College of Art + Design
Organization URL: website

Celebrating #LitinColor at the Japanese American National Museum
Cost: Free with museum admission
Event URL: website
#LITinCOLOR will celebrate the invention and imagination of writers of color who seek to represent realities that lie outside of the mainstream imagination, be it the lasting impact of American concentration camps or the navigation of racially profiled notions of sexuality. April Naoko Heck, Naomi Hirahara, Traci Kato-Kiriyama, and more will join in discussion.
Contact: Kaya Press
Contact Email: kaya@kaya.com

Conference Pre-Combustion--The Whittier Writers Fest!
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Patricia Smith, author of six acclaimed books of poetry, in addition to two other books, will read her own work and has also curated a night of amazing poetry, featuring: Saeed Jones, Angel Nafis, Shira Erichman, and Sam Sax. In addition, there will be a craft talk with Patricia Smith at 4:30 p.m., open to all.
Contact: Tony Barnstone
Contact Email: tbarnstone@whittier.edu
Organization: Whittier College
Organization URL: website

The French Connection—Alenier & Carter Brown
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Karren Alenier & Andrea Carter Brown: these poets with French themes in their work read from new poems. Alenier launches her 7th collection of poetry: The Anima of Paul Bowles. She was a student of Paul Bowles in Tangier, Morocco. Carter Brown, author of two poetry collections & recipient of multiple awards, reads from new unpublished work.
Contact: Richard Modiano
Contact Email: karren@alenier.com
Organization: Beyond Baroque
Organization URL: website

#LitInColor Write-A-Thon
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Decolonize your writing! Kaya Press and The (Great) Indian Poetry Collective invite you to drop in—or spend the whole day—with amazing Writers of Color who will be leading generative mini-writing workshops every half hour. Just 2 miles from the convention center, easy access by transit. Workshops by: Samiya Bashir, Tananarive Due, Paul Hlava, Douglas Manuel, Erika Wurth & more.
Contact: Minal Hajratwala & Neelanjana Banerjee
Contact Email: hajratwala@gmail.com
Organization: Kaya Press & The (Great) Indian Poetry Collective
Organization URL: website

Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center Open House
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center has been keeping free speech alive in Venice Beach, California for almost 50 years. Come visit us and tour the art gallery, theater and bookstore. Drinks and snacks provided. Presentation and Q&A at 2:00PM. Walk ins welcome or RSVP to carlye@beyondbaroque.org
Contact: Carlye Archibeque
Contact Email: carlye@beyondbaroque.org
Organization: Beyond Baroque Foundation
Organization URL: website

Hello Los Angeles Kickoff Party
Cost: $10 donations encouraged
Event URL: website
A benefit for 826LA. All are welcomed. Cash Bar. Complimentary Hors D'oeuvres. An LA Literary Event hosted by Litfolks (Melissa Chadburn, Antonia Crane, Anna March, Ashley Perez, Laura Warrell) Guests: Luis Alberto Urrea, Michael White. Featured Authors: Robin Black, Desiree Cooper, Fabienne Josaphat, Bethanne Patrick. LA Guests: Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo, Teka Lark, Dan Smetanka, J Ryan Stradal.
Contact: Anna March
Contact Email: annaleighshort@gmail.com
Organization: Litfolks

Arktoi Books Turns 10! Let's Party!
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Arktoi Books, an imprint of Red Hen Press established by esteemed poet and educator Eloise Klein Healy, marks it's 10th year of publishing high quality literary works by lesbians. Come celebrate with readings by Arktoi authors Elizabeth Bradfield, Ching-In Chen, Catherine Kirkwood, Rita Mae Reese, Kelly Barth, Amy Schutzer, Verónica Reyes, and Celeste Gainey. Great Music. Cash Bar. Surprise Guests!
Contact: Celeste Gainey
Contact Email: gothamlp@earthlink.net
Organization: Arktoi Books
Organization URL: website

Coiled Serpent Publication, hosted by Luis Rodriguez
Cost: Free, donation suggested
Event URL: website
Registration Required. Registration opens January 1, 2016 on Eventbrite. Beyond Baroque Books and Tia Chucha Press present Coiled Serpent: Poets arising from the cultural quakes and shifts of Los Angeles, edited by Los Angeles Poet Laureate, Luis Rodriguez Sponsored by Ace Hotel Downtown LA, Special Thanks to Jim Zukin. Hosted by Luis Rodriguez 6PM Doors, 7:30 Show
Contact: Beyond Baroque & Tia Chucha
Contact Email: carlye@beyondbaroque.org
Organization: Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles
Organization URL: website

Coast to Coast Poetry Press Collective - Poetry Reading
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Poetry reading by various poets published by the small presses in the Coast to Coast Poetry Press Collective: FootHills Publishing (Wheeler Hill, New York), Hummingbird Press (Madison, Wisconsin & Seattle, Washington), Many Voices Press (Kalispell, Montana) and Shabda Press (Pasadena, California). Special guest press: Bear Star Press (Chico, California)
Contact: Teresa Mei Chuc
Contact Email: teresameichuc@gmail.com
Organization: Coast to Coast Poetry Press Collective
Organization URL: website

Cave Canem Benefit Reception and Fellows Reading
Cost: $10 for reading; $100 for VIP reception
Event URL: website
Twenty talented Cave Canem fellows read original verse at four-minute intervals: come experience what all the cheering is about! Arrive early for a VIP reception hosted by Robin Coste Lewis and Claudia Rankine. Reserve your ticket here: http://cavecanempoets.org/benefit
Contact: Nicole Sealey
Contact Email: nsealey@ccpoets.org
Organization: Cave Canem Foundation
Organization URL: website

Exposition Review Launch Party and Reading
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Celebrate the launch of Exposition Review with readings from Vol. I: "XI Lives"! This launch party and reading features free words, free drinks, and free food, with more literature and libations for sale. IDs will be checked at the door; each celebrant will receive a ticket for one (1) complimentary alcoholic beverage at the cash bar.
Contact: Brianna Smyk
Contact Email: brianna.smyk@gmail.com
Organization: Exposition Review
Organization URL: website

Knockout Release Party
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Book release party for John Jodzio's new short story collection, Knockout, w/special guests Catie Disabato, Amy Silverberg and Kara Vernor.
Contact: Soft Skull Press
Contact Email: johnjodzio@yahoo.com

Passion: An LGBTQ Caucus Reading
Cost: $5 Suggested Donation
Event URL: website
Passion, an LGBTQ Caucus Literary Reading celebrates the passion to create, to love, and to transform lives. Performance takes place at Avenue 50 Studio, a beacon of community artistic expression. Open reading after eleven featured readers present from around the country. Bring your own beverages and snacks. Cost: donation, no one turned away for lack of funds Featuring: Miguel M. Morales, Tara S. Burke, Donna Minkowitz, Tobey Kaplan, Fernando Castro, Seth Fischer, Lori Horvitz, Everett Daniel Maroon, Elliot DeLine, Yana Calou, Max Wolf Valerio
Contact: FERNANDO D. CASTRO
Contact Email: fdcastro@att.net
Organization: TA'YER and LGBTQ CAUCUS MEMBERS
Organization URL: website

Shipwreck SF Presents: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, a Literary Erotic Fanfiction Competition
Cost: $12.00
Event URL: website
Shipwreck, the San Francisco-based literary erotic fanfiction competition, is coming to LA for the first time, and we're taking on Sherlock—yep, the whole f*cking canon. Featured writers: Carmiel Banasky, Nina Bargiel, Lauren Eggert-Crowe, Myriam Gurba, Zoë Ruiz, and Matt Young.
Contact: Shipwreck SF
Contact Email: amy@booksmith.com
Organization: The Booksmith SF
Organization URL: website

An Evening with Pleiades, 32 Poems & Tupelo Quarterly
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Please join us for a reading of poetry and fiction by our contributors, including Jaswinder Bolina, Jennifer Givhan, Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi, Bianca Stone, John Gallaher, Erica Dawson, Sophie Klahr, Joanna Howard Tomas Morin, Katy Didden, Dan Albergotti, and Melissa Stein.
Contact: Chris Kondrich
Contact Email: christopher.kondrich@gmail.com

Reading: Tuesday; An Art Project & Tavern Books
Cost: Free
Please join Tuesday; An Art Project and Tavern Books' 'The Honest Pint' for an evening of poetry and selections from 'Honest Pint' essays. Readers will include Jay Ponteri, Piotr Florczyk, Katie Peterson, Ben Loory, and more!
Contact: MRB Chelko
Contact Email: tuesdayanartproject@gmail.com
Organization: Tuesday; An Art Project
Organization URL: website

Plume Poetry Reading
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Plume Poetry Journal, MadHat Press and White Pine Press invite you to join us for a Plume Poetry Reading at LACE gallery in Hollywood. With Arthur Vogelsang, Susan Rich, Phillis Levin, Marilyn Kallet, Lynn Emanuel, Cornelius Eady, Andrea Cohen, Patricia Clark, Hélène Cardona, Ralph Angel, Daniel Lawless and Dennis Maloney. Refreshments and snacks will be served. Co-hosted by Lace Gallery
Contact: Marc Vincenz, Daniel Lawless and Dennis Maloney
Contact Email: helenecardona@gmail.com
Organization: MadHat Press, White Pine Press and Plume Poetry Journal
Organization URL: website

Writ Large Press presents "Always in Translation: Trans Pacific Poetry and Prose"
Cost: Free
A night of prose and poetry with Kim Yi-Deum (trans. Jiyoon Lee), Eunsong Kim, Kim Kyung Ju (trans. Jake Levine), Chiwan Choi, Hannah Sanghee Park, Janice Lee
Contact: Chiwan Choi / Jake Levine
Contact Email: jake.mb.levine@gmail.com
Organization: Writ Large Press
Organization URL: website

La La Landia / After Hours Lit Mayhem
Cost: $10 at door
Event URL: website
Join University of Hell Press, Moved By Words, and Nailed Magazine as we present a rocking showcase featuring some of our finest authors. Added bonus: Bergerette entertains with Frenchie sex kitten pop from the 12th-17th centuries at halftime! Door at 7:00pm. Showcase at 7:30pm. No-host bar to benefit Art Share-LA. Plenty of time for making new connections after the readings!
Contact: Eve Connell & Skyler Reed
Contact Email: eve.connell@gmail.com
Organization: University of Hell Press / Moved By Words / Nailed Magazine
Organization URL: website

Small Beer 15th Annive-Reading-sary Party
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Come celebrate 15 years of Small Beer @LastBookstoreLA with fantastic fiction from fantastic people, a few actual small beers, and short readings from:Kelly Link (Get in Trouble)
Maureen F. McHugh (After the Apocalypse)
Ayize Jama-Everett (The Entropy of Bones)
and Sofia Samatar (The Winged Histories).And come visit us in the Bookfair at table 1331!
Contact: Gavin J. Grant
Contact Email: gavin@smallbeerpress.com
Organization: Small Beer Press
Organization URL: website

SUPERHEROIC
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
It's a bird, it's a plane--it's a pen! A night of fiction and nonfiction about ordinary (and not-so-ordinary) heroism. Join us for a reading by students and mentors of the low-residency MFA in Creative Writing program at Antioch LA. Readings by Francesca Lia Block, Lorinda Toledo, Peter Selgin, Noelle Falcis, Kristin McCandless, Eva Mejia-Shantharam, & Heather Hewson.
Contact: Erin Anadkat
Contact Email: erin@kissd.com
Organization URL: website

Joint Book Launch with Christine Bacareza Balance and Patrick Rosal
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Please join us for this exciting co-launch of two brand new books: Christine Bacareza Balance's Tropical Renditions: Making Musical Scenes in Filipino America and Patrick Rosal's fourth full-length collection, Brooklyn Antediluvian.
Contact: Patrick Rosal
Contact Email: patrick.rosal@rutgers.edu

Women's Caucus Reading
Cost: Free
Natalie Diaz, Margaret Rozga, and Natashia Deón and Dana Johnson read from their work at the Women's Caucus annual reading. Hosted by the MorYork Gallery in one of the coolest Los Angeles neighborhoods. Wednesday, March 30 at 8 pm at MorYork Gallery, 4959 York Blvd, Los Angeles. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. Network with other writers and get your conference off to a great start.
Contact: Margaret Rozga
Contact Email: margaret.rozga@uwc.edu
Organization: Women's Caucus

Saturnalia Books Celebration Reading featuring Amy Gerstler
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Join Kingsley Tufts finalist Amy Gerstler and Saturnalia Books authors Robert Ostrom, Jason Zuzga, Sandra Simonds, Natalie Shapero, Martha Silano, Sarah Vap, Hadara Bar-Nadav, and Derek Mong at Malo Cantina Suavecita Restaurant (4326 West Sunset Blvd.) for a Reading Celebration! Free! Great food, drinks, and poetry!
Contact: Henry Israeli
Contact Email: hisraeli@aol.com
Organization: Saturnalia Books
Organization URL: website

A Poolside Reading with The Iowa Review
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Join us for a poolside, rooftop reading featuring writers John Freeman, Jessica Laser, Mark Levine, Monica McLure, Dora Malech, Kiki Petrosino, Robyn Schiff, Amber Tamblyn, Wendy Walters, Joshua Wheeler, and Elizabeth Willis. Cash bar.
Contact: The Iowa Review
Contact Email: iowa-review@uiowa.edu
Organization: The Iowa Review
Organization URL: website

Say Their Names
Cost: Free (Donations accepted)
Event URL: website
The purpose of this event is to remember both the losses that have been suffered in our communities and the role of art in confronting these injustices. In keeping with the name of this event, we will pass the hat to raise money for the BLMLA 7. Featuring local artist, founder of the ovarian psychos, Cihuatl Ce. Also featuring readings from Victorio Reyes, Andrea Beltran, and others.
Contact: Victorio Reyes
Contact Email: victorio@sunstillrising.com
Organization: La Concha Community Center
Organization URL: website

Tejanas on the Loose: Reading & Book-signing
Cost: Free ($12 campus parking)
Event URL: website
Come celebrate the long-awaited publication of ENTRE GUADALUPE Y MALINCHE: TEJANAS IN LITERATURE AND ART, edited by Inés Hernández-Avila and Norma Cantú (UT Press, 2016). Featuring: Inés Hernández-Avila, Norma Cantú, Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Maria Herrera-Sobek, Emmy Perez, Anel Flores, and Juanita Luna-Lawhn. Books available for sale during the event. Catering by Casa Blanca Restaurant.
Contact: Alicia Gaspar de Alba
Contact Email: agdealba@g.ucla.edu
Organization: UCLA LGBT Studies Program, the Chicano Studies Research Center, and the Cesar Chavez Department of Chicana/o Studies

Les Femmes D'un Certain Age
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Big attitudes and brief readings of poetry and prose in downtown Los Angeles by Alice Anderson, Sherrie Flick, Constance Ford, Sonya Huber, Stacey Parshall Jensen, Laura Orem, Sophfronia Scott, and Zoe Zolbrod. Wine and other delectables provided.
Contact: Constance Ford
Contact Email: constanceford@gmail.com

George Mason University Creative Writing Program and Stillhouse Press Reading
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
George Mason University's Creative Writing Program and Stillhouse Press invite you to join us for a multi-genre showcase of upcoming work by our exciting writers: Mark Polanzak (prose), Tim Denevi (nonfiction), Tara Laskowski (fiction), Brandon Wicks (fiction) and Caitlin Mohney (poetry).
Contact: Ben Brezner
Contact Email: bbrezner@gmu.edu
Organization: George Mason University Creative Writing Program and Stillhouse Press
Organization URL: website

States of Terror presents: Creature Feature!
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
In a celebration of the States of Terror anthology books, Book Show & Ayahuasca Publishing are hosting a reading of stories from the upcoming third volume! Featuring: Kevin Maloney, Lauren Becker, J David Osbourne, Andrea Kneeland, Adrian Van Young, Thomas Martin, Rios De La Luz, David James Keaton, Robert Vaughan & Justin Hudnall. There will also be copies of volume one & two for sale!
Contact: Matt Lewis
Contact Email: ayahuascapublishing@gmail.com
Organization: Book Show/Ayahuasca Publishing
Organization URL: website

ELJ Publications & Orange Monkey Publishing Literary Showcase
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
East meets West in this event featuring 13 authors of prose and poetry with new works out in 2015 or 2016 from either ELJ Publications (NY) or Orange Monkey Publishing (CA). Readers include: Steve Westbrook, Amy Pickworth, S. Marie Clay, Aaron Reeder, Ruben Rodriguez, Cindy Rinne, Michael Cooper, Zack Bean, Katie Cortese, E. Kristin Anderson, Allie Marini, Lawrence Eby, and Jessica Walsh.
Contact: Katie Cortese
Contact Email: catherine.cortese@gmail.com
Organization: ELJ Publications & Orange Monkey Publishing
Organization URL: website

Free Verse Editions Reading
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Poetry reading at the lovely Crepes San Frontieres in the Spring Arcade Building (which is a very short distance from the L.A. Convention Center) with some of Free Verse Editions' finest writers--Molly Bendall, Adam Clay, Matthew Cooperman, Lew Klatt, Christopher Kondrich, Siobhan Scarry, Jon Thompson and Daniel Tiffany. More on this elegant creperie at http://www.crepessansfrontieres.com
Contact: Jon Thompson
Contact Email: jon_thompson@ncsu.edu
Organization: Free Verse Editions
Organization URL: website

Coast to Coast Poetry Press Collective - Poetry Reading
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Poetry reading by various poets published by the small presses in the Coast to Coast Poetry Press Collective: FootHills Publishing (Wheeler Hill, New York), Hummingbird Press (Madison, Wisconsin & Seattle, Washington), Many Voices Press (Kalispell, Montana) and Shabda Press (Pasadena, California). Special guest press: Bear Star Press (Chico, California)
Contact: Teresa Mei Chuc
Contact Email: teresa.meichuc@goddard.edu
Organization: Coast to Coast Poetry Press Collective
Organization URL: website

Word Tech Poets Reading
Cost: Free
Poets published by WordTech read their work -- in many forms and many moods. The setting is relaxed and the food is delicious! Come and taste.
Contact: Abby Chew
Contact Email: possumchew@gmail.com
Organization: WordTech Communications

Parent Fortification Hour with Pen Parentis and Sustainable Arts Foundation
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Pen Parentis and the Sustainable Arts Foundation invite all writers who are parents to meet and mingle with the directors of these two nonprofits that provide resources to encourage people with kids to keep writing. No cover. No minimums. Cash bar. Lobby of the JW Marriott, steps from the convention center. Stop by to have a drink or just say hi between 5:30 -7pm. Look for our signs!
Contact: Pen Parentis and Sustainable Arts Foundation
Contact Email: mm@penparentis.org
Organization: co-sponsored by Sustainable Arts Foundation and Pen Parentis
Organization URL: website

The Lulu Awards
Cost: $10
Event URL: website
Ashley Ford and Anna March, Co-founders of The Lulu Fund: Supporting Gender & Racial Justice, invite you to their first annual awards ceremony, The Lulus, in recognition of writers & organizations who actively support gender & racial justice. Only 110 tickets will be sold. Lavish Silent Auction. Special Guests.
Contact: The Lulu Fund
Contact Email: info@thelulufund.org

Happy Hour Mingle with The Common, Los Angeles Review of Books, Young Literati, Santa Monica Review and Ecotone/Lookout Books
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Join us for drinks at the Argentine-inspired restaurant Barcito on Thursday night from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Mingle with The Common and our friends Los Angeles Review of Books (LARB), the Library Foundation of Los Angeles' Young Literati, Santa Monica Review, and Ecotone/Lookout Books. We'll have drink tickets for early attendees!
Contact: Steven Tagle
Contact Email: media@thecommononline.org
Organization: The Common, Los Angeles Review of Books, Young Literati, Santa Moncia Review, Ecotone/Lookout Books
Organization URL: website

Con Tinta 2016 Pachanga & Award Ceremony
Cost: Free
Con Tinta is a collective of Chican@/Latin@ activist writers. La Pachanga and Award Ceremony is a time for us to come together and celebrate the wonderful achievements of our Chican@/Latin@ community. This year we honor Francisco X. Alarcón RIP, Odilia Galván Rodríguez, Lucha Corpi, Luis Javier Rodriguez, and Juan Felipe Herrera. Let us stand together and be proud of the superb accomplishments.
Contact: Con Tinta
Contact Email: jessicaceballos@me.com
Organization: Avenue 50 Studio, Mouthfeel Press
Organization URL: website

Don Chente DTLA Rooftop Pachanga Huizache
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
A downtown LA rooftop party for Huizache Magazine, the "Paris Review," (LA Times) of literature from the American West. Ever more vital Latino novelist Héctor Tobar, journalist/poet Rubén Martínez, Cave Canem's Tameka Cage Conley & acclaimed poet Lorna Dee Cervantes, all past contributors, will read. East LA indie-alt-rocker Lysa Flores shares new music after a 7-yr. self-exile. Best bet!
Contact: Abel Salas
Contact Email: brooklynandboyle@gmail.com
Organization: University of Houston-Victoria, CentroVictoria: Center for Mexican American Literature & Culture
Organization URL: website

The American Literary Review Reading
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
The American Literary Review is hosting a one hour event at Seven Grand Whiskey Bar, featuring recent contributors Rachel Hanson (Creative Nonfiction), Rebecca Foust (Fiction), and Derek Mong (Poetry). Come out for what promises to be a great event!
Contact: Conor Burke
Contact Email: americanliteraryreview@gmail.com
Organization: American Literary Review
Organization URL: website

Outpost19 Authors + Drinks
Cost: Free
A happy hour celebration of Outpost19 authors, including Gabriel Blackwell, David Winner, Fred Leebron, Gisele Fimino, Terese Brasen, Michelle Herman, Micah Perks, Ben Nickol, Josh MacIvor-Andersen, Lawrence Lenhart, Eric Freeze, Erin Fitzgerald, Dave Housley and others.
Contact: Jon Roemer
Contact Email: jon@outpost19.com
Organization: Outpost19
Organization URL: website

The Word Works' New Authors Reading!
Cost: Free
Our six new poets read: Jenny Barber, Carrie Bennett, Cheryl Clarke, Barbara Duffey, Marilyn McCabe, & Ayaz Pirani. We'll kick off with a poem from our new translation of Kajal Ahmad, renowned Kurdish feminist poet. Enjoy an easy walk, rejuvenate with wild new poems, have some free wine and munchies before the big Rankine reading at 8:30. Meet the editors and ask how to publish with us too!
Contact: Nancy White
Contact Email: editor@wordworksbooks.org
Organization: The Word Works

Salvadoran Women Poets in the US. Two Countries. Two Languages.
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Claudia Castro Luna, Seattle's Civic Poet, Karina Oliva-Alvarado, UCLA Latin American Institute and Rossana Perez author of "Flight to Freedom," read in English and Spanish from their latest work then discuss writing in the Salvadoran diaspora. Topics include: transnationalism, thematic and linguistic choices, activism in letters.
Contact: Claudia Castro Luna
Contact Email: luna.heron@gmail.com

Word of Mouth
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Readings by Tom Bligh, Susan Browne, Tammy Delatorre, Dave Essinger, Tom Hunley, Brendan Kiely, CC Perry, David James Poissant, Cindy Rinne, Tania Runyan, Ron Salutsky, Leona Sevick, Martha Silano, Scott Starbuck, and others.
Contact: Leona Sevick
Contact Email: sevick@msmary.edu

An Arina Films Documentary, "Flowers and Roots: James Ragan, An Ambassador of the Arts"
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Screening of the 2015 Arina Films Documentary "Flowers and Roots: James Ragan, Ambassador of the Arts" followed by Q&A with panelists: David Hartman, ABC's "Good Morning America", David Bianculli, NPR Host "Fresh Air", Al Young, Poet Laureate Emeritus, CA, Cathy Lee Crosby, Actor, Author, CEO, CLC Studios, Alan Fox, NY Times Best Seller, People Tools, Moderator: Michael Khandelwal, The Muse
Contact: Carlye Archibeque
Contact Email: teravragan@gmail.com
Organization: Beyond Baroque
Organization URL: website

Poets Out Loud and What Books Press Poetry Reading
Cost: Free
Please join us for an evening of poetry with Amy Catanzano, Gregory Mahrer, Sara Michas-Martin & Nancy K. Pearson from Poets Out Loud (Fordham University) & Elena Karina Byrne, Ramon Garcia, Karen Kevorkian, Patty Seyburn, Judith Taylor & Gail Wronsky from What Books Press. DTLA 1548 is a spacious artist's loft 5 minutes away from the Staples Center. Wine and sparkling cider will be served.
Contact: Elisabeth Frost & Karen Kevorkian
Contact Email: pol@fordham.edu
Organization: What Books Press and Poets Out Loud
Organization URL: website

Black Earth Institute Fellows' Reading: Addressing Earth, Spirit and Society in Poetry and Prose
Cost: Free
The Black Earth Institute is an organization of artists and scholars dedicated to having art address the issues of spirit, protecting the earth and social justice. Present and past fellows of BEI will read from their work. Presenters include Taylor Brorby, Lauren Camp, Marcella Durand, Allison Hedge Coke, Patricia Spears Jones, Melissa Tuckey and Ann Fisher-Wirth, Annie Finch.
Contact: Michael McDermott
Contact Email: mmcdermott7862@sbcglobal.net
Organization: Black Earth Institute
Organization URL: website

Reyna Grande: Crossing Borders
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Come hear celebrated author Reyna Grande read from her award-winning books. She will share her own personal experiences as a native of Iguala, Guerrero--the Mexican city where the 43 students disappeared in 2014--and her journey from undocumented immigrant to award-winning author. What does it mean to be American? What price do immigrants pay for a shot at the American Dream?
Contact: Reyna Grande
Contact Email: REYNAGRANDE@GMAIL.COM
Organization: East Los Angeles Library

Pacifica Literary Review, the Los Angeles Review, and Cutbank: "Best of the West" Reading
Cost: Free! (one drink minimum)
Event URL: website
Join Pacifica Literary Review, The Los Angeles Review, and Cutbank for a Best of the West reading, featuring literary minds from all over the nation published by journals of the West. Held at the renowned local favorite watering hole, Villains Tavern. Featuring Catherine Pond, William Camponovo, Siel Ju, Magdalawit Makonnen, Jeff Walt, Daniel Riddle Rodriguez, and Caleb Tankersley.
Contact: Alisa Trager
Contact Email: lareview.trager.editor@gmail.com

Sugar, Salt, and Spark Poetry Reading
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Join Spark Wheel Press, Sugar House Review, and Saltfront in Los Angeles for a night of poetry. Featuring Brandon Courtney, Heather Derr-Smith, F. Douglas Brown, Lisa Fay Coutley, Danielle Dubrasky, and Kylan Rice.
Contact: Jen Lambert, Liz Kay, Natalie Young, Nano Taggart,
Contact Email: jencunningham@yahoo.com
Organization: Spark Wheel Press, Sugar House Review, and Saltfront

High Plains Collective
Cost: Free
Join us Thursday evening for a multi-genre reading, featuring poetry by Brock Jones, Ginger Ko, and Keenan Montgomery, prose by LuLing Osofsky, Lam Pham, and Sofi Thanhauser, with music by The Bins. Located at the Game Room @ PE Lofts
Contact: Ryan Ikeda
Contact Email: ryan.ikeda@berkeley.edu
Organization: High Plains Collective. Pedestrian Coffee.

Four Way Books & Friends Offsite (Short) Readings
Cost: $20 cover gets you two drinks. More libations available.
From Four Way Books: Cynthia Cruz, Stephanie Ford, Mark Levine, Daniel Tobin & friends of the press Sarah Freligh, Owen Lewis, Jennifer Litt & Victoria McCoy. From Bull City Press: Michael Martone, Anna Ross, Anders Carlson-Wee & Emilia Phillips. From Persea Books: Elizabeth Bradfield, Laura Cronk, Mitchell L. H. Douglas, Kimberly Grey, Patrick Rosal & Gabrielle Calvocoressi.
Contact: Four Way Books
Contact Email: publicity@fourwaybooks.com

New Herring, DoubleCross, Projective Industries, Elis Press
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Wendy's Subway and the Los Angeles Contemporary Archive are pleased to announce a reading. Featuring: New Herring Press, DoubleCross Press, Projective Industries, and elis press With readings by: Leora Fridman, Katie Fuller, E. Tracie Grinnell, Angela Hume, Matt Longabucco, Jamie Townsend, Maya Weeks, and more tba from New Herring's Weird Fucks Marathon
Contact: Wendy's Subway
Contact Email: info@wendyssubway.com

Short Flights Aphorism Anthology Event
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Join us for short readings by poets Nadia de Vries, Natalie N. Caro, Joe Pan, Laura Hinton, and Jason Koo -- and a short aphorism talk by James Lough, editor of the anthology SHORT FLIGHTS: Thirty-Two Modern Writers Share Aphorisms of Insight, Inspiration, and Wit (Schaffner Press).
Contact: Abigail Welhouse
Contact Email: abigail@scottmanningpr.com

White Space
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Please join esteemed poets Tonya Foster, John Keene and Tyehimba Jess as they read from their recent work.
Contact: Kima Jones
Contact Email: kimajones@gmail.com

The Rockstar Storytellers Do LA
Cost: $12.00
Event URL: website
The Rockstar Storytellers are a Minneapolis collective of best-selling solo performers from a variety of disciplines: spoken word, stand-up, slam poetry, improv, creative non-fiction, sketch comedy, playwriting (hell, they've even got a mime. Seriously). After eight seasons , they’re looking to bring their own unique style of literary entertainment to the City of Angels.
Contact: The Rockstar Storytellers
Contact Email: maximumverbosityonline@gmail.com
Organization: The Rockstar Storytellers
Organization URL: website

Etruscan Press Poets Read
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Etruscan Press poets Diane Raptosh (American Amnesiac, 2013) and David Lazar (Helen of Troy, 2016) come together to dish up some verse. Enjoy a novella in remixed ghazals as well as some truly luminous prose poems!
Contact: Diane Raptosh
Contact Email: draptosh@collegeofidaho.edu
Organization: Gatsby Books
Organization URL: website

Diane Raptosh and David Lazar reading at Gatsby Books
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Poetry Reading with Diane Raptosh and David Lazar Diane Raptosh's fourth book of poems, American Amnesiac (Etruscan,2013) was longlisted for the 2013 National Book Award. She is Idaho Writer in Residence (2013-2016). David Lazar's new book of prose poems from Etruscan Press is Who's Afraid of Helen of Troy. He is a Guggenheim Fellow for 2015-16.
Contact: Etruscan Press
Contact Email: davidalazar@gmail.com

Black Radish, Tinfish, eohippus labs, Staging Ground
Cost: Free
A reading at the Poetic Research Bureau with: Black Radish Books, Tinfish Press, eohippus labs and Staging Ground, Featuring: Carrie Hunter, Sarah Mangold, Valerie Witte, David James Miller, Brittany Billmeyer-Finn, Eireene Nealand, Janice Lee, Michelle Detorie, Allison Carter, Tim Dyke, Deborah Meadows, Julia Wieting, Daniel Tiffany and Will Alexander.
Contact: Joseph Mosconi
Contact Email: mosconi@gmail.com
Organization: Small Press Distribution and Poetic Research Bureau
Organization URL: website

Drinks and Stories with Vandalia Press at Barcito
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Join Vandalia Press (the creative imprint of West Virginia University Press) authors Jonathan Corcoran (The Rope Swing), Kristin FitzPatrick (My Pulse Is an Earthquake), and Jessie van Eerden (My Radio Radio) at Barcito for a night of stories, drinks, and small plates. Come early! First twenty guests receive two free drinks. Limited samples of Barcito’s Argentine-inspired cuisine also available.
Contact: Abby Freeland
Contact Email: abby.freeland@mail.wvu.edu
Organization: Vandalia Press, creative imprint of West Virginia University Press
Organization URL: website

Dos Madres Poets Reading
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Readings, refreshments,and bonhomie offered by these authors of Dos Madres Press. Come join us! David M. Katz (Moderator & Reader), Dennis Daly, Gerry Grubbs, Jennifer Arin, Michael McDermott, W. Nick Hill, Jill Koren, Burt Kimmelman
Contact: David M. Katz
Contact Email: davidmkatz59@gmail.com
Organization: Dos Madres Press
Organization URL: website

Calling Artists Teaching in Communities Open Mic
Cost: $5 Suggested Donation
Event URL: website
TA’YER, CPITS & LAPS welcome poets/playwrights teaching in communities in arts collaborations that include music, drama and visual arts Event invites artists to mingle and share samples of their work. Open mic format operates after featured readers on a first come first serve basis limited to 5 min/reader. Please contact Tobey Kaplan amuse113@sbcglobal.net or Fernando D Castro fdcastro@att.net
Contact: FERNANDO D. CASTRO and TOBEY KAPLAN
Contact Email: fdcastro@att.net; amuse113@sbcglobal.net
Organization: TA'YER
Organization URL: website

Writers of Color, LGBTQ, and Disabled Writers Respond to White Privilege in Writing Programs and Publishing
Cost: Free
Khadija Anderson & Poets & Allies for Resistance Reading Series present Writers of Color, LGBTQ, and Disabled Writers Respond! 15 nationally published poets: Jericho Brown, Ava Chin, Regie Cabico, Bao Phi, Xavier Cavazos,Teka Lark, Neelanjana Banerje, Dan Vera,Taz Ahmed, Linda Rodriguez, Hieu Minh Nguyen, Jessica Ceballos, Orlando White, Armine Iknadossian, Arash Saedinia+
Contact: Khadija Anderson
Contact Email: haikujunky@gmail.com
Organization: Poets & Allies for Resistance Reading Series
Organization URL: website

Why There Are Words visits LA
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Sponsored by Why There Are Words. Readings by: Stacy Bierlein, Carmiel Banasky, Jan Ellison, Meg Howrey, Gallagher Lawson, Patrick O’Neil, Marisa Silver, J Ryan Stradel Hosted by Peg Alford Pursell
Contact: Peg Alford Pursell
Contact Email: pegalford.pursell@gmail.com
Organization: Why There Are Words
Organization URL: website

Best Words: Reading by Yellow Flag Press, Gigantic Sequins, & U of Louisiana at Lafayette CW Grad Program
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Join Yellow Flag Press, Gigantic Sequins, and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Creative Writing Graduate Program for art, wine, and a sampling of our very best words. Eastside International (ESXLA), "an artist-run contemporary art exhibition space and international artist residency," is the perfect backdrop for this selection of brief readings. Wine provided.
Contact: Leigh Camacho Rourks
Contact Email: lrourks@gmail.com
Organization: University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Yellow Flag Press, Gigantic Sequins
Organization URL: website

A conversation with Phillip Lopate and Gregory Pardio
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Chevalier's Books is honored to host the celebrated essayist, poet, novelist, film critic and anthologist, Phillip Lopate, and the 2015 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Poetry, Gregory Pardlo on Thursday, March 31 at 7pm. Event attendees with a conference badge can receive a 10% discount off book-purchases at the bookstore.
Contact: Chevaliers Books
Contact Email: lnewstat@ca.rr.com
Organization: Chevaliers Books
Organization URL: website

FC2 Flash Reading
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Please join us at the gorgeous PYO Gallery (http://www.pyogalleryla.com/) for flash readings by recent FC2 authors and refreshments. Readings include Lucy Corin, Luke Goebel, Stanley Crawford, Jessica Lee Richardson, Steve Tomasula, Matt Kirpatrick, Angela Woodward, Michael Martone, and Karen Brennan, among others.
Contact: Rachel Levy
Contact Email: rjennifer.levy@gmail.com
Organization: Fiction Collective 2
Organization URL: website

Across, Beyond, and Through: A Reading by TAYO Literary Magazine + The Feminist Press
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
TAYO Literary Magazine & The Feminist Press proudly present "Across, Beyond, and Through," an off-site reading at the 49th annual AWP Conference & Bookfair in Los Angeles. Featuring: Rajiv Mohabir, Kenji C. Liu, Angela Peñaredondo, Ana Castillo More: http://www.tayoliterarymag.com/events/2016/2/16/across-beyond-through-a-reading-by-tayo-literary-magazine-the-feminist-press
Contact: TAYO Literary Magazine and The Feminist Press
Contact Email: melissa.sipin@gmail.com
Organization: TAYO Literary Magazine and The Feminist Press
Organization URL: website

Crossing the Line: Genre-Curious Readings
Cost: Free
The Cupboard Pamphlet joins with Rose Metal Press & DIAGRAM/New Michigan Press for an evening of hybrid literature, featuring readings from Lily Hoang, Maya Sonenberg, Theodora Ziolkowski, Courtney Maum, Nicelle Davis, Rosie Forrest, Anthony Michael Morena, Colleen O'Brien, Nik De Dominic & Nicole Walker.
Contact: The Cupboard Pamphlet, Rose Metal Press, DIAGRAM/N
Contact Email: cupboard@thecupboardpamphlet.org

University of Georgia Creative Writing Program Cocktail Reception and Reading
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Cool down, rev up! Hop our free shuttle (running nonstop from the LA Convention Center to The Unique Space) and join the UGA Creative Writing Program for a cocktail reception and alumni, faculty, and student reading. Our readers include: Ed Pavlić, Johannes Göransson, Lily Brown, Danielle Pafunda, and Lindsay Tigue. Refreshments will be free with alcoholic beverages available for purchase.
Contact: Christine Lasek-White
Contact Email: cmlwhite@uga.edu
Organization: University of Georgia Creative Writing Program
Organization URL: website

Textual Healing 2016, The CalArts Alumni Performance
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
CalArts alumni present work that blurs boundaries and screams from the edges. Join us for an interdisciplinary happening that ends in the textual healing of bodies equal in dance. Are you ready for some textual healing? Follow the reveal on Twitter! @txtualhealing
Contact: Kristin Cerda
Contact Email: textualhealing2016@gmail.com

Foglifter: A Queer Journal
Cost: Free ($15/book)
Event URL: website
Join us for the inaugural launch party for Foglifter, a new queer literary arts journal, part of Foglifter Press! Followed by Redline's weekly queer girl dance party: She. Readings by: Jezebel Delilah X, Cheryl Klein, Baruch Porras Hernandez, Liz Green, Juliana Delgado Lopera, Yana Calou, and Natasha Dennerstein. Full list of contributors here: http://www.foglifterjournal.com/#!issue-one/qfrld
Contact: Miah Jeffra
Contact Email: foglifter.journal@gmail.com
Organization: Foglifter Press

Tender Buttons Omnibus Celebration
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Celebrate the Tender Omnibus with readings by Harryette Mullen, Dodie Bellamy, Laynie Browne, India Radfar, Katy Bohinc, Julie Patton, Lee Ann Brown The Tender Omnibus is the collection of 25 years of Tender Buttons Books in one volume. Reserve free tickets here: http://www.lacma.org/event/tender-omnibus
Contact: Katy Bohinc
Contact Email: kbohinc@gmail.com
Organization: Tender Buttons Press
Organization URL: website

Ping-Pong Free Press/Poetry International
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Ping-Pong Free Press and Poetry International are hosting a catered reading at the Coagula Curatorial Gallery in Chinatown. Featured readers include: Ilya Kaminsky, Katie Farris, Jenny MInniti-Shippi, Maria Garcia Teutsch and River Atwood Tabor among others TBA Wine and cheese reception.
Contact: Ping-Pong Free Press/Poetry International
Contact Email: maria@henrymiller.org
Organization: Henry Miller Memorial Library
Organization URL: website

Bennington Writing Seminars Reading and Happy Hour
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Please join us for a Bennington Writing Seminars gathering featuring readings by TJ Jarrett (poetry) and Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney (fiction). Event registration is limited to Bennington alumni, students, faculty, and their guests. If you plan to attend, please register by March 25. Questions can be directed to Molly Thomas (703-254-4684).
Contact: Molly Thomas
Contact Email: mollyt@bennington.edu
Organization: Bennington Writing Seminars
Organization URL: website

Prufrock Party
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Poetry Foundation & Poetry Magazine host the premier “Prufrock Party” at the historic Regent Theater, featuring Melissa Broder, Douglas Kearney, Safiya Sinclair, and Eileen Myles with musical guests Bouquet and Tülips. Roll your trousers for worthwhile deals from the Regent’s Prufrock Pizzeria, signature cocktails, and draft specials from the bar.
Contact: Fred Sasaki
Contact Email: sdodson@poetryfoundation.org
Organization: Poetry Foundation & Poetry Magazine
Organization URL: website

Publishing: A Conversation
Cost: Free
Desiree Cooper will moderate a discussion among Laila Lalami, Angela Flournoy, Naomi Jackson, Martha Southgate, Ravi Howard and Sanderia Smith on the subject of "Publishing." These acclaimed authors have a wide range of experiences with the world of literary publishing and this conversation will provide insight into the state of the art. Free and open to the public. Refreshments to follow.
Contact: Kima Jones
Contact Email: kimajones@gmail.com
Organization: Kimbilio Fiction
Organization URL: website

LA Confidential - Cultural Weekly Welcomes Dorianne Laux, Richard Garcia, Joseph Millar & Friends
Cost: $5 suggested donation
Dorianne Laux, Richard Garcia & Joseph Millar will be joined at Beyond Baroque by Cynthia Atkins, Francesca Bell, Michelle Bitting, J. Scott Brownlee, Alexis Rhone Fancher & David Tomas Martinez for a poetry reading that is sure to make you a little hot and a bit bothered. Love, irreverence, delectable poems and refreshments.
Contact: Alexis Rhone Fancher
Contact Email: francescabell2@gmail.com
Organization: Cultural Weekly
Organization URL: website

Punk Goes to Hell
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Punk Hostage Press & University of Hell Press team up to bring you an evening of readings by: Jack Grisham, Pleasant Gehman, Dennis Cruz, Hollie Hardy, Greg Gerding, Alexandra Naughton, Michael Marcus, Christine Rice, A.M. O'Malley
Contact: Iris Berry
Contact Email: irisberry@gmail.com
Organization: Punk Hostage Press
Organization URL: website

The Poetry Brothel
Cost: $20 AWP Badge-Holders; $30 General Admission; $75 VIP Tickets
Event URL: website
The Poetry Brothel is an interactive poetry experience set up as a decadent fin de siècle brothel. Poets performing under pseudonyms offer private, one-on-one poetry readings of their original work in candlelit back rooms. The LA cast of characters will include featured poet Matthew Siegel, musical maestros, The Sour Mash Hug Band, dancing diva, Olivia Bellafontaine, and a slew of peddling poets!
Contact: The Madame
Contact Email: thepoetrybrothel@gmail.com
Organization: The Poetry Society of New York
Organization URL: website

Mad Feathered Tree: A Poetry Reading
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
MadHat Press, White Pine Press & Plume Poetry Journal invite you to join us for Mad Feathered Tree: A Poetry Reading. With Elena Karina Byrne, Sally Bliumis-Dunn, Jennifer Kwon Dobbs, Jeffrey Ethan Lee, Julie Bruck, John Hennessy, Larissa Shmailo, John FitzGerald, Elizabeth Hodges, Helene Cardona, Bill Yarrow, Alexis Levitin and Salgrado Maranhao, Dennis Maloney, Daniel Lawless, and Marc Vincenz.
Contact: Marc Vincenz, Daniel Lawless and Dennis Maloney
Contact Email: helenecardona@mail.com
Organization: MadHat Press, White Pine Press and Plume Poetry Journal
Organization URL: website

“ledge it glow”: A Celebration of Clark Coolidge’s Selected Poems: 1962-1985
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
This group reading celebrates the publication of Clark Coolidge’s Selected Poems: 1962-1985, published (fall 2016 release) by Station Hill Press. Copies will be available at the reading. The readers will include, among others, Bill Berkson, Brandon Downing, Joanna Drucher, Andrew Maxwell, Michael Palmer, Marthe Reed, Jerome Rothenberg, Michael Ruby, Sam Truitt and Diane Ward.
Contact: Station Hill Press
Contact Email: samtruitt@stationhill.org
Organization: Poetic Research Bureau

Late Night with Red Hen Press
Cost: Free (one drink minimum)
Event URL: website
Join Red Hen Press at the famed Crocker Club in Downtown Los Angeles for a celebration of literature in the West at this AWP keynote after-party. Featuring Ron Koertge.
Contact: Alisa Trager
Contact Email: marketing@redhen.org
Organization: Red Hen Press

Scarlet Tanager Books and Cervena Barva Press Reading
Cost: Free (Food and drink available for purchase)
Event URL: website
Scarlet Tanager Books, Cervena Barva Press, and Small Press Distribution present a reading of poetry and fiction. STB: Judy Bebelaar, Carol Dorf, Tobey Kaplan, Sharmagne Leland-St. John, Kim Shuck, and Andrena Zawinski. CBP: Dennis Daly, Lucille Lang Day, T.M. De Vos, Joan Gelfand, JP Reese, and Bill Yarrow. Triple 8 is a great Chinese restaurant in walking distance from the LA Convention Center.
Contact: Lucille Lang Day and T.M. De Vos
Contact Email: lucyday@scarlettanager.com
Organization: Scarlet Tanager Books, Cervena Barva Press, and Small Press Distribution
Organization URL: website

Mo' Joe Anthology Poetry Reading / Coast to Coast Poetry Press Collective: Poetry Reading
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Mo' Joe Anthology Poetry Reading (Beatlick Press, New Mexico). Featuring publisher Pamela Hirst (of Beatlick Press), editors John Roche and Jules Nyquist and contributors Michael C. Ford, Teresa Mei Chuc, Michael Czarnecki, and Gayle Lauradunn, with special guests Adam Francis Cornford and Sandra Mendez Rosenbaum. Plus open mics from c2p2.
Contact: Teresa Mei Chuc
Contact Email: teresameichuc@gmail.com
Organization: Mo' Joe Anthology Poetry Reading / Coast to Coast Poetry Press Collective
Organization URL: website

Naugatuck River Review and Blue Lyra Press Poets Reading
Cost: Free, Food and Drink Available for Purchase
Event URL: website
Naugatuck River Review and Blue Lyra Press present a joint reading of poetry and fiction. NRR: Cheryl Buchanan, M.B. Mclatchey, Jeanetta Calhoun Mish, Paul Lobo Portuges and Betsy Fogelman Tighe Blue Lyra Press: Joy Ladin, Jennifer Litt, Tasha Cotter, Robert Perry Ivey and Fabienne Josaphat Triple 8 is a great Chinese restaurant, walking distance from the Convention Center.
Contact: Lori Desrosiers
Contact Email: lori@thepoetrynews.com
Organization: Naugatuck River Review
Organization URL: website

Is Editors Necessary? A London Review of Books Panel
Cost: Free
Panelists will discuss the constantly transforming but age-old and highly traditional art of editing. Moderated by LRB editor at large Christian Lorentzen With: Uzoamaka Maduka (American Reader) Michael Miller (Bookforum) Joanna Yas (Open City) James Yeh (Vice) *Free food and drinks*
Contact: Maryam Benganga
Contact Email: mbenganga@lrbusa.com
Organization: London Review of Books
Organization URL: website

Anniversary Reading Bash
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
The Last Bookstore is excited to present readings from Saint Mary’s MFA, celebrating 20th anniversary; Pool, celebrating 15th anniversary; and Wave Books, celebrating 10th anniversary. Featuring readings by Molly Bendall, Candace Eros Díaz, Brenda Hillman, Tyehimba Jess, Matthew Rohrer, Juan Alvarado Valdivia, Valerie Wallace, and Matthew Zapruder. https://www.facebook.com/events/15253
Contact: Sara Mumolo
Contact Email: sm13@stmarys-ca.edu
Organization: Saint Mary's MFA Creative Writing
Organization URL: website

Sabor y Cultura: A Cambridge Writers' Workshop Reading
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
The Cambridge Writers' Workshop is holding our annual reading at Sabor y Cultura. Our featured readers include Rita Banerjee, Jessica Burnquist, Ariana Kelly, Ellaraine Lockie, Heather Aimee O'Neill, Brenda Peynado, Jessica Piazza, Jonathan Shapiro, Ian Singleton, Emily Smith, Natalya Sukhonos, and more. Visit cww.nyc for more information.
Contact: Rita Banerjee
Contact Email: directors@cambridgewritersworkshop.org
Organization: Cambridge Writers' Workshop
Organization URL: website

North/South Short-Shorts Reading
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Passages North and New South team up for a short-short reading featuring badass contributors Zach Doss, Kathy Fish, Megan Giddings, Kelly Magee, and Michael Martone.
Contact: Passages North and New South
Contact Email: passages@nmu.edu
Organization: Passages North and New South
Organization URL: website

Literary Fools Reception
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
A happy hour co-hosted by Solstice Literary Magazine, Talking Writing, Juked, and Santa Monica Review. Come meet the editors, writers, and other April fools from these four great literary magazines. You’ll find tasty free appetizers, a cash bar, and foolishly inventive conversation. The D'Vine Wine Cellar is conveniently located downtown, near the Marriott Hotel and the 7th Street/Metro stop.
Contact: Lee Hope and Martha Nichols
Contact Email: martha@talkingwriting.com
Organization: Solstice Literary Magazine
Organization URL: website

Northwestern University Press TriQuarterly/Curbstone Books Reading
Cost: Free
Join us for a wonderful evening and hear our authors Luis Rodriguez, Brian Roley, Paula Whyman, Carla Trujillo, and Vievee Francis read from their new works of fiction and poetry from our Curbstone/TriQuarterly Books imprints. Wine will be served. Free and open to the public. Hosted by Northwestern University Press.
Contact: Northwestern University Press
Contact Email: g-bennion@northwestern.edu
Organization: Northwestern University Press
Organization URL: website

Words & Wine with the Napa Valley Writers' Conference
Cost: Free
Friends of the Napa Valley Writers’ Conference are invited to sample Napa Valley wines paired with readings from conference faculty, staff, and alumni: Lan Samantha Chang, Brian Teare, Angela Pneuman, Iris Dunkle, Jan Ellison, Van Khanna, Catherine Hodges, and more. We’ll also draw the winner of a case of Napa Valley wine; must be present to win! Visit bookfair space 105 for further party details.
Contact: Catherine Thorpe
Contact Email: media@napawritersconference.org
Organization: Napa Valley Writers' Conference
Organization URL: website

C&R Press
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Come for drinks, stay for a reading! Featured C&R Press authors for the evening are: Michelle Bitting, Chris Campanioni, Elizabeth Kadetsky, Martin Ott Mingle with your fellow writers, enjoy some good food, and be treated to some great reading. Free drinks for C&R authors. Directions from LA Convention Center: https://goo.gl/maps/rsYMaAZwehT2
Contact: C&R Press
Contact Email: jgosslee@fjordsreview.com
Organization: C&R Press
Organization URL: website

Kore Press Book Release and Poetry Reading
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Join us for Happy Hour at Bar9 in the LA Hotel Downtown. Six poets will read from their works published by Kore Press. Some hot off the press! The poets: Tracie Morris, Amaranth Borsuk, Sarah Mangold, Allison Campbell, Cori Winrock & Laynie Browne. Book signing. Mingling. Platters for snacking. No-host bar with Happy Hour prices!
Contact: Lisa Bowden & Ann Dernier
Contact Email: ann@korepress.org
Organization: Kore Press
Organization URL: website

University of Michigan/Helen Zell Writers' Program Reception
Cost: Free
Join us in LA for our Annual University of Michigan/Helen Zell Writers' Program Reunion/Reception. Current students, alumni, and current and former faculty are invited. We will mix and mingle and enjoy a flash reading from recent graduates with new or forthcoming first books. Light fare and drinks will be served.
Contact: Airea D. Matthews
Contact Email: aireadm@umich.edu
Organization: University of Michigan
Organization URL: website

Far Out: Poems of the 60's Book Launch
Cost: Free (Drinks available for purchase)
Readings by poets included in the anthology, Far Out: Poems of the 60's, edited by Wendy Barker and Dave Parsons. Some of the poets that will read are, Judy Kronenfeld, Beverly Matherne, Kathleen Winter, Stanley Plumly,Lucille Lang Day, Diane Wakoski, Romero, Danny, Kevin J. Clark, Aliki Barnstone, Kathleen Winter, Martha Serpas, Judith Arcana, Alicia Ostriker, Barbra Hamby, Wendy Barker, Dave Parsons, Bryce Milligan,Robert Alexander and more.
Contact: WINGS PRESS/WENDY BARKER/DAVE PARSONS
Contact Email: david.m.parsons@lonestar.edu
Organization: Wings Press/Wendy Baker/Dave Parsons
Organization URL: website

VCCA Fellows Reunion
Cost: Free
"Take Five" from your busy schedule and join your fellow VCCA Fellows in The Mixing Room of the JW Marriott. Sandra Beasley, Andrea Carter Brown, Angie Chuang and Alan Michael Parker look forward to welcoming you! From all of us at VCCA on Mt. San Angelo, enjoy the evening and "take $5" with our compliments.
Contact: VCCA
Contact Email: cobrien@vcca.com
Organization: Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
Organization URL: website

Under the Gum Tree & Fourth Genre Joint Reading
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Join Under the Gum Tree and Fourth Genre for a rooftop garden happy hour of telling true stories. Grab your drink of choice from the cash bar and toast some true stories -- featuring readings from Under the Gum Tree contributors Penny Guisinger, Ira Sukrungruang, Camille Griep, & James M. Chesbro and Fourth Genre Kathryn Winograd, TaraShea Nesbit, Kate Carroll de Gutes, & Katherine E. Standefer.
Contact: Janna Marlies Maron
Contact Email: jms@jannamarlies.com
Organization: Under the Gum Tree & Fourth Genre
Organization URL: website

Red Hen Press/Los Angeles Review Poetry Reading
Cost: Free
Join Red Hen Press and The Los Angeles Review in a celebration of poetry at LA's famed Velaslavasay Panorama! Featuring Dana Gioia, David Mason, Adrienne Kalfopoulou, Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, Katharine Coles, Ramon Garcia, Ron Koertge, Gary Lemons, Andrea Scarpino, Jason Schneiderman, Peggy Shumaker, William Trowbridge, and more.
Contact: Kate Gale
Contact Email: marketing@redhen.org
Organization: Red Hen Press
Organization URL: website

Animals, Aliens, & Other Creatures from the Postworld
Cost: Free (food and drink available for purchase)
LA's What Books Press features a diverse list of poetry and prose, a serendipitous cluster of literary science fiction, and a visual imprint defined by the SF-influenced work of renowned Latino artist, Gronk. Now that the future is here, please join us in celebrating it with an evening of readings by WB authors Rebbecca Brown, Katharine Haake, Rod Moore, Mona Houghton, and Chuck Rosenthal.
Contact: Katharine Haake
Contact Email: kate.haake@csun.edu
Organization: What Books Press
Organization URL: website

Curbside Splendor and 826 National Present: Schooled
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Join us Friday for an early evening of free drinks and mortifying high school memories! A suggested $5 donation will benefit 826LA & the Time Travel Mart. Full lineup coming soon! Featuring readings by Mairead Case, Chris L. Terry, T. Sean Steele, and Zoe Zolbrod.
Contact: Catherine Eves
Contact Email: catherine@curbsidesplendor.com
Organization: Curbside Splendor and 826 National
Organization URL: website

Bennington Review & Black Warrior Review Launch Party and Reading
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Join Black Warrior Review and the newly-resurrected Bennington Review for drinks & a reading in Koreatown! Featuring: Kaveh Akbar, Rick Barot, Mark Baumer, Jericho Brown, MRB Chelko, Ansley Clark, Cynthia Cruz, Patty Yumi Cottrell, Kendra Fortmeyer, Shamala Gallagher, Dorothea Lasky, Michael Martone, Megan Milks, Sandra Simonds, Safiya Sinclair, Ursula Villarreal-Moura.
Contact: Jeva Lange
Contact Email: JevaLange@bennington.edu
Organization: Bennington Review
Organization URL: website

A Gathering of Social Justice Poets & Writers
Cost: Free (Food and drink available for purchase)
Event URL: website
Social justice poets & writers gather for a reception & reading from 6 pm--8 pm on Friday, April 1, 2016. Food/drink available for purchase in the Bottle Room (first floor/back) in Tom's Urban restaurant at LA Live 1011 S. Figueroa. Just a five minute walk from the convention center. Hosted by the Tule Review, the reading includes Lee Herrick, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Allison Joseph and many more!
Contact: Frank Dixon Graham
Contact Email: FrankDixonGraham@gmail.com
Organization: Social Justice Poets & Writers and The Tule Review
Organization URL: website

PUBLIC POOL Launch Reading
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
PUBLIC POOL is finally making the plunge into existence. Join us and help us celebrate! We'll have a beer & wine bar, DJ dropping dope beats, & giveaways and prizes. And these amazing poets: Reading (so far): Timothy Donnelly, BLUNT RESEARCH GROUP, Aleshea Harris, Emily Hunt, Jason Koo, Dorothea Lasky, Timothy Liu, Justin Marks, Sara Renee Marshall, Lynn Melnick, Camille Rankine, Mathias Svalina.
Contact: John Ebersole
Contact Email: john.ebersole@publicpool.org
Organization: Writ Large Press
Organization URL: website

The New Short Fiction Series 20th Anniversary Celebration
Cost: Free to AWP attendees with badge
Event URL: website
The New Short Fiction Series, L.A.'s longest running spoken word series, celebrates its 20th season with a spoken word Awesome Hour with stories by AWP panelists and series alums Tara Ison, Mary Rechner, Andrew Roe and Terry Wolverton. The performance stars spoken word artist Sally Shore, with guest cast Nadine Bedrossian, Karen Praxel and Wilson Wong.
Contact: Sally Shore
Contact Email: bbprods@newshortfictionseries.com
Organization: The New Short Fiction Series
Organization URL: website

Two Hats: A Reading by Writers Who Are Editors
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Editorial staff from the Bellevue Literary Review, Black Hill Press, Los Angeles Lawyer, Southwest Review, the museum of americana, and Zoetrope read from their recent and prizewinning work. Reading is followed by an informal Q&A on the publication process and the author-editor relationship. Featuring Suzanne McConnell, Keith Kopka, Lilliam Rivera, Thaïs Miller, Eric Howard, and Lauren Alwan.
Contact: Suzanne McConnell
Contact Email: lauren@there.net

Noemi/Ricochet/Shearsman/Tarpaulin Sky/Drunken Boat/Anomalous/Gold Line
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Come for poetry, prose, wine, & vittles with authors from these six presses! [Brent Armendinger•Chloe Garcia-Roberts•Nathan Parker] [Cameron Awkward-Rich•Elisabeth Frost] [Maxine Chernoff•Shira Dentz•Carrie Etter•Deborah Meadows] [Dana Green•Elizabeth Hall•Kim Parko] [Kirstin Chen•TimTomlinson][Scott Esposito• A. Kendra Greene•Temim Fruchter•Grace Shuyi Lie] [drea brown•Sandra Hunt]
Contact: Diana Arterian
Contact Email: Diana Arterian

PSU + UC Davis MFA Reading
Cost: Free
Join us for a night of readings featuring Portland State University MFA faculty members Leni Zumas and John Beer as well as UC Davis MFA faculty members Pam Houston and Katie Peterson. Alumni and current students from both MFA programs will also be reading their work. Free beer provided by Goose Island.
Contact: Stephanie Wong Ken
Contact Email: swongken@pdx.edu

University of Central Florida Reunion/Reception
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Join us in LA for our Fourth Annual Reunion/Reception. Current students, alumni, and future students, as well as current and former faculty will be there. Please bring any and all friends with you. We will have the entire patio roped off. Dress "nicely" since we'll be taking over the front of the establishment. Looking forward to seeing all of you.
Contact: Terry Ann Thaxton
Contact Email: terry.thaxton@ucf.edu
Organization: University of Central Florida
Organization URL: website

Tule Review Reading
Cost: Free (food and drink available for purchase)
Event URL: website
Tule Review staff and contributing writers read recent work from the journal. TR is one hundred pages of poems published annually out of California's capital city. The poems are diverse, and the authors are from across the United States, but this reading will have a political focus (human rights and social justice) that is representative of Sacramento itself.
Contact: Frank Dixon Graham
Contact Email: FrankDixonGraham@gmail.com
Organization: Sacramento Poetry Center
Organization URL: website

Amnesiacs and Stetson Hats
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Please join esteemed poets Diane Raptosh, whose American Amnesiac (Etruscan Press, 2013) was long-listed for the National Book Award, and Rob Carney (88 Maps, Lost Horse Press, 2016). They will read about the places and times, the kindness and wildness we all should say yes to. Snacks available to boot!
Contact: Diane Raptosh
Contact Email: draptosh@collegeofidaho.edu
Organization: Flintridge Bookstore and Coffeehouse
Organization URL: website

Celebrating Camino del Sol
Cost: Free
Celebrate Latin@ literature and the legacy and promise of the Camino del Sol Series with the University of Arizona Press and La Plaza de Cultura y Artes. Hosted by Rigoberto González and featuring readings from Odilia Galván Rodríguez, Lorraine M. López, and Urayoán Noel. Free and open to the public. H'orderves & Cash bar.
Contact: University of Arizona Press
Contact Email: rbrandt@uapress.arizona.edu
Organization: La Plaza de Cultura y Artes
Organization URL: website

Daring to Write: Contemporary Narratives by Dominican Women, A Reading
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
A reading from, Daring to Write: Contemporary Narratives by Dominican Women, an anthology edited by Erika M. Martínez, offering a wide array of works on a range of topics, including love and family, identity and belonging, immigration and the meaning of home. The editor will be joined by contributors, Angie Cruz, Yalitza Ferreras, Juleyka Lantigua-Williams, and Jina Oritz.
Contact: Erika M. Martinez
Contact Email: contact@erikammartinez.com
Organization: University of Georgia Press
Organization URL: website

Nightboat, Wonder, Krupskaya
Cost: Free
A reading at the Poetic Research Bureau featuring three presses: Nightboat Books, Krupskaya and Wonder. With: Kate Durbin, Brenda Iijima, Syd Staiti, Orlando White, Mathew Timmons, Josef Kaplan, Vi Khi Nao, Melissa Buzzeo and Eric Sneathen.
Contact: Joseph Mosconi
Contact Email: mosconi@gmail.com
Organization: Small Press Distribution and Poetic Research Bureau
Organization URL: website

Foreverland Press Reading Party
Cost: Free
High spirits, great friends, beer, wine, a bite to eat, and brief readings: Lorie Adair (Spider Woman's Loom), Duff Brenna (Murdering the Mom), Elizabeth A. Havey (A Mother's Time Capsule), William Luvaas (Going Under), Kerry Madden-Lunsford (Offsides), Bernadette Murphy (Zen and the Art of Knitting), Diana Wagman (Bump).
Contact: Susan Taylor Chehak
Contact Email: stchehak@gmail.com
Organization: Foreverland Press
Organization URL: website

The Rumpus and Rare Bird Present "Pick Your Poison"
Cost: $5
Event URL: website
The Rumpus and Rare Bird proudly present PICK YOUR POISON. With readings from Cornelius Eady, Rich Ferguson, Ashley C. Ford, Erika Krause, Anna March, and J. Ryan Stradal. Doors open at 7 p.m., and readings will begin at 7:30 p.m. The evening will be emceed by Antonia Crane.
Contact: The Rumpus and Rare Bird
Contact Email: marisa@therumpus.net
Organization: The Rumpus and Rare Bird
Organization URL: website

Reading at Opulen Studio by Authors of Marsh Hawk Press
Cost: Free
Readings by Sharon Dolin, Tana Jean Welch, Sandy McIntosh, Jane Augustine, Mary Mackey, George Quasha, Christina Olivares, Paul Pines; moderated by Burt Kimmelman. In memory of Claudia Carlson.
Contact: Burt Kimmelman
Contact Email: kimmelman@njit.edu
Organization: Marsh Hawk Press
Organization URL: website

The Midwest Goes West: A Mixtape for LA / CSU Poetry Center, Akron Press, & Rescue Press
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Join the CSU Poetry Center, University of Akron Press, & Rescue Press for a night of literature and drinks in the warehouse-turned-recording-studio of Seahorse Sound Studios. Readers include: Sara Deniz Akant, Erik Anderson, Bridgette Bates, Jonathan Blum, Brittany Cavallaro, Leora Fridman, Lily Hoang, Lo Kwa Mei-en, Philip Metres, Jennifer Moore, Emilia Phillips, Martin Rock, & Vinnie Wilhelm.
Contact: Rescue Press
Contact Email: rescuepress@gmail.com

Red Dirt Reading
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
The Red Earth MFA sponsors its third offsite reading featuring writers from Oklahoma and those with Oklahoma connections. Our readings feature writers such as Dean Rader, Constance Squires, Allison Hedge Coke, Brian K. Hudson, Carl Swart, Timothy Bradford, Cheryl Pallant, Kim Shuck, Stacy Kidd, Chad Sweeney, Chris Haven, Daniel Simon, and students, grads, and friends of The Red Earth MFA.
Contact: Jeanetta Calhoun Mish
Contact Email: jcmish@okcu.edu
Organization: The Red Earth MFA
Organization URL: website

The Lost Poems of Pablo Neruda: A Copper Canyon Press Book Launch
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
The first-ever public reading of Pablo Neruda's lost poems in translation! Join Copper Canyon Press authors and friends as we celebrate the legacy of Pablo Neruda and the publication of THEN COME BACK: THE LOST NERUDA, translated by Forrest Gander. An all-star lineup up poets will read from the book in both English and Spanish, along with original work owing inspiration to "the people's poet."
Contact: Elaina Ellis
Contact Email: elaina@coppercanyonpress.org
Organization: Copper Canyon Press
Organization URL: website

Unchaste Readers Series
Cost: Free/Donation Requested
Event URL: website
The Unchaste Readers are women aged 14 to 71 who have read at Unchaste Readers Series between April 2012 and now. Unchaste is about promoting writing that takes risks, that shows the raw, vulnerable, ecstatic, complicated lives of women.
Contact: Jenny Forrester
Contact Email: info@unchastereaders.com
Organization: Unchaste Readers Series
Organization URL: website

Official L.A. Launch for BAD: The Autobiography of James Carr
Cost: General Admission: $10; Seniors/students: $5; Beyond Baroque Members: Free
Event URL: website
Three Rooms Press presents the official L.A. Launch of BAD, the brutal prison memoir by early Black Panther James Carr, featuring his daughter Gea Carr, plus VERY special guests. BAD covers Carr's life from his first arrest for burning down his school at age 10, through his San Quentin years with George Jackson, and his tragic murder in 1972. A savage indictment of the American penal system.
Contact: Three Rooms Press
Contact Email: info@threeroomspress.com
Organization: Three Rooms Press
Organization URL: website

Trans-Genre Express Cabaret
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
A multimedia launch for the new Viz. Inter-Arts: Interventions featuring Poets Theater, Neo-Benshi (live film narration) and other performances. Brent Cunningham, Raquel Gutiérrez, Jen Hofer, Laura Mullen, Roxi Power, Rodrigo Toscano. Near LA convention center.
Contact: Roxanne Power
Contact Email: hamilton@ucsc.edu
Organization: VOLUME @ South of Sunset
Organization URL: website

In a Western Light: Poetry at the Edge of America
Cost: Free/ Reservations Recommended
Event URL: website
Featuring Victoria Chang, Brynn Saito, Brendan Constantine, Percival Everett, Piotr Florczyk, William Archila, and Jenny Factor Seven contemporary California poets celebrate the diverse poetry and fiction of seven distinguished earlier California writers, hoping to provide a lens through which to experience these visions of a life lived in the harsh clarity of a Western light.
Contact: ALOUD at Central Library
Contact Email: sarahcharleton@lfla.org
Organization: ALOUD at Central Library co-presented with USC and Red Hen Press
Organization URL: website

Gival Press Authors' Reading
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Gival Press authors will be reading at Book Soup at 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood (310.659.3110) at 7:30 pm. Led by John Domini and including: Elizabeth Harris, Cecilia Martinez-Gil, Lowell Mick White, Mark Wisniewski, Seth Brady Tucker, Clifford Bernier, Thomas McNeely, and David Winner.
Contact: Robert L. Giron
Contact Email: givalpress@yahoo.com
Organization: Gival Press
Organization URL: website

Mujeres de Maiz Poets in One-derland
Cost: Free/donations
Intergenerational, Intercultural women's art collective Mujeres De Maiz presents19 annual Women's day celebration with month long calendar of events. Poet's in One-derland bring together woman from the east coast and west coast for a night of Poetry.
Contact: Rebecca Gonzales
Contact Email: Bt_grl@yahoo.com
Organization: Mujeres de Maiz
Organization URL: website

Literary Death Match 10-Year Anniversary Spectacular
Cost: $30 ($20 for first 100 tickets)
Event URL: website
To celebrate our 10-Year Anniversary, we aim to blow the doors clean off every other event we've ever done with our Super-Spectacular at the gorgeous Theatre at Ace Hotel. Featuring actor Adam Scott (Parks & Rec), Martin Starr (Silicon Valley), actress/writer Lena Waithe (Master of None) and authors Susan Orlean, Chris Abani, Danez Smith and more to come! Followed by an Ace Hotel after-party.
Contact: Adrian Todd Zuniga
Contact Email: atz@literarydeathmatch.com
Organization: Otherppl; Painted Bride Quartlery
Organization URL: website

Poetry Reading & Book Launch for What I Say: Innovative Poetry by Black Writers in America
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Featuring Will Alexander, Tisa Bryant, C.S. Giscombe, Duriel E. Harris, Harmony Holiday, Erica Hunt, Geoffrey Jacques, Douglas Kearney, Dawn Lundy Martin, Fred Moten, Tracie Morris, Aldon Lynn Nielsen, Julie Patton, Lauri Ramey, giovanni singleton, and Ronaldo V. Wilson. Refreshments served.
Contact: Lauri Ramey
Contact Email: Lramey@calstatela.edu
Organization: California State University, Los Angeles
Organization URL: website

Lana Turner and Nightboat Books Reading
Cost: Free
Lana Turner Journal and Niightboat Books are happy to present readings by Sara Deniz Akant, Brian Blanchfield, E Tracy Grinnell, Michael Heller, Brenda Hillman, Dawn Lundy Martin, Geoffrey G. O'Brien, Claudia Rankine, Sandra Simonds, Cole Swensen, and Nick Twemlow. Refreshments will be served. A few blocks north from the conference center. Wheelchair ramp at Friendly Space, in the alley.
Contact: Lana Turner Journal and Nightboat Books
Contact Email: bedient@humnet.ucla.edu

Two Dollar Radio, Civil Coping Mechanisms, Entropy, Action Books, and Writ Large Press @ These Days Gallery
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Join Two Dollar Radio, Civil Coping Mechanisms, Entropy, Action Books, and Writ Large Press for a night of literary readings, booze, socially awkward mingling, shenanigans, metal, metal, and, oh yeah, a raffle! Expect readings by Mark de Silva, Colin Winnette, Janice Lee, Sean H. Doyle, Dolan Morgan, Ashley Farmer, Alexandra Naughton, Johannes Göransson, Don Mee Choi, Yideum Kim, Valerie Mejer, Wendy C. Ortiz, Rachel McLeod Kaminer, Traci Akemi Kato-Kiriyama, Ashaki M. Jackson, and more. Who knows what might happen when four indies throw down?
Contact: Michael J Seidlinger
Contact Email: civilcopingmechanisms@gmail.com

The Beautiful & The Damned
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Set in an era of intoxicating excitement and ruinous excess, changing manners, and challenged morals…" The Beautiful & The Damned will feature champagne toasts to Emerging Voices Fellowship Alumni, Literary Hub Partners, and National Book Critics Circle finalists and award winners, as well as a photo booth, cash bar, dancing, and a few surprises you won't want to miss! R.S.V.P. on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1707445929469094/
Contact: PEN Center USA
Contact Email: michelle@penusa.org
Organization: PEN Center USA, Literary Hub, NBCC
Organization URL: website

Rapp Saloon Reading Series First Fridays Features Ron Starbuck, Terry Lucas, Connie Post, and Anne Tammel, with music by Delonte Gholston
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Join us for a night of poetry and music featuring Ron Starbuck, Terry Lucas, Connie Post, and Anne Tammel, with music by Delonte Gholston. Hosted by Cynthia Alessandra Briano, Co-curated with Ron Starbuck. Open reading Sign-up at 8pm (spaces limited!) Reception to follow. Parking directly across the street at Parking Structure 6.
Contact: Cynthia Alessandra Briano
Contact Email: cbriano@alum.swarthmore.edu
Organization: Rapp Saloon Reading Series First Fridays
Organization URL: website

Scripts & Prose – University of Tulsa
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Faculty, alums, and friends of the Creative Writing Program at the University of Tulsa gather to read excerpts from their prose and screenplays. Writers include Grant Jenkins, Greg Kinzer, Jeff Van Hanken, Sloan Davis, Tim Bradford, Carol Johnson, Elena Fisher, Kevin Kisling, and Michael Ruby. Local actors will also be on hand to table read scripts from several genres - after all, it is LA...
Contact: Grant Matthew Jenkins
Contact Email: grant-jenkins@utulsa.edu
Organization: Creative Writing Program - University of Tulsa
Organization URL: website

Poor Claudia, Kelsey Street Press, Image Text Ithaca
Cost: Free
A reading at the Poetic Research Bureau featuring three presses: Poor Claudia, Kelsey Street and Image Text Ithaca. With: John Keene, Claire Donato, Sueyeun Juliette Lee, Jamalieh Haley, Greg Purcell, Jennifer Pilch, Mg Roberts, Anna Morrison, Catherine Taylor, Matvei Yankelevich & a new short video by Claudia Rankine.
Contact: Joseph Mosconi
Contact Email: mosconi@gmail.comp
Organization: Poetic Research Bureau
Organization URL: website

Kundiman & Kaya Present Literaoke
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Come out and get down with Kaya Press & Kundiman as we combine readings and Karaoke into a never-before-attempted experiment of entertainment and enlightenment! The event will feature the literary (& musical) stylings of Vidhu Aggarwal, Sam Chanse, Leticia Hernandez, Ashaki M. Jackson, Janine Joseph, Teka Lark, Sueyeun Juliette Lee, Ed Lin, R. Zamora Linmark, & more!
Contact: Kaya Press and Kundiman
Contact Email: neela@kaya.com

VIDA Dance-a-Thon
Cost: $10 in advance / $15 at the door
Event URL: website
VIDA is having a dance-a-thon! Don't worry, it's not a competition, we just want to have a good time! 9:30pm-1:00am. Featuring readings by: Charlie Jane Anders; Sheila Black; Wendy C. Ortiz; Gregory Pardlo; Christopher Soto (aka Loma); Michelle Tea. And musical guests: Mariachi Arcoiris de Los Angeles & DJ Marion Hodges Co-sponsored by Ace Hotel & General Assembly
Contact: VIDA: Women in Literary Arts
Contact Email: lmelnick@vidaweb.org
Organization: VIDA: Women in Literary Arts
Organization URL: website

Science Fairies – A Pop-Up Poetry Fair
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Remember cheering on seedlings with a little Mozart & some Miracle Gro for science fair in middle school? Or hosting a lemonade & magnetic poetry stand at your best friend’s house? Our Pop-Up Fair is equal parts poetry, amateur science, & DIY art-making. You will get a hands-on experience of our holistic approach to growing writers & experiment with your own sense of serious whimsy!
Contact: Emily Carr
Contact Email: emily.carr@osucascades.edu
Organization: OSU-Cascades MFA in Creative Writing
Organization URL: website

The Account and Memorious at the Mandrake Bar in LA
Cost: Free
The Account and Memorious invite you to join them for a reading featuring Memorious contributors Derrick Austin, Hadara Bar-Nadav, and Jennifer Pashley, along with The Account contributors Stanley Plumly, David Baker, and Lee Ann Roripaugh.
Contact: The Account and Memorious
Contact Email: morgan@memorious.org
Organization: The Account and Memorious

The 3rd Annual Rock and Roll Reading
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Rapid-fire readings followed by live music from Frances Gumm. Readers: Alice Bolin, Stephen Burt, Melissa Chadburn, Jerry Gabriel, Eleanor Henderson, Micah Ling, Nate Marshall, Emily Nemens, Elena Pasarello, Jim Ruland, Ethan Rutherford, Amy Scharmann MC: Amy Silverberg 18+, no cover Doors at 4 p.m., first reader at 4:30 p.m., band around 6:00 p.m, club curfew at 7:30pm Presented by Echo and Stories
Contact: Dan Hoyt
Contact Email: danhoyt@ksu.edu

Ross Gay, Aracelis Girmay, Patrick Rosal, and Curtis Bauer at the Chavez Farmworker Family Apartments
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Poets Ross Gay, Aracelis Girmay, Patrick Rosal and Curtis Bauer read at a festival honoring Cesar Chavez (his birthday, March 31). The reading will be held in the courtyard of the Chavez Farmworker Family Apartments in Oxnard about an hour outside of Downtown LA. We hope you can join us for a celebration of work, land, the many people who labor in this country, and their many languages.
Contact: Cabrillo Economic Development Corporation
Contact Email: aizagaldo@gmail.com
Organization: Cabrillo Economic Development Corporation
Organization URL: website

Yes Femmes
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Readings and performances that explore the limits of the body, aim toward transformation, seek plants and animals as models or collaborators, express saturated or hysterical emotion, embrace femme aesthetics, and move toward the horizon of queerness. Amanda Ackerman, Myriam Gurba, Johanna Hedva, Lily Hoang, Jacqueline Kari, Clay Kerrigan, Meghan Lamb, Sade Murphy, Tamryn Spruill, Julie Tolentino
Contact: Sam Cohen and Gina Abelkop
Contact Email: samanthaelysecohen@gmail.com
Organization: Birds of Lace
Organization URL: website

Thanks for Visiting!
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Los Angeles Poet Society and The Writers Underground present: Thanks for Visiting! A showcase of Los Angeles Poets that bring it! With: Iris De Anda Jessica M. Wilson Jeffery Martin Gloria E. Alvarez with musical accompaniment from Greg Hernandez Cynthia Guardado Steve Abee Join us for poetry, food, and social time. WRITE ON! www.lapoetsociety.org
Contact: Jessica Wilson Cardenas
Contact Email: losangelespoetsociety@gmail.com
Organization: Los Angeles Poet Society & The Writers Underground
Organization URL: website

Raising Lilly Ledbetter: Women Poets Occupy the Workspace, a Reading and Celebration
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
After President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, taking an important step towards closing the wage gap between men and women, Carolyne Wright and co-editors were inspired to create this ground-breaking anthology that gives voice to working women. Lead editor Wright, publisher Christine Holbert, and several renowned contributors will join us for this SoCal launch, reading and signing.
Contact: Carolyne Wright
Contact Email: carolyne.eulene@juno.com
Organization: Chevalier's Books
Organization URL: website

Incite Them to Poetry: A Reading for C.D. Wright
Cost: Free
We will honor & celebrate the poetry/legacy of the late C.D. Wright. Readers will read poems by Wright & their own work. Poets will speak on her influence on their works & days. Readers: Laynie Browne, Lee Ann Brown, ​ ​Valerie Mejer Caso, Don Mi Choi, Claire Donato, Lisa Olstein, Elizabeth Robinson, Prageeta Sharma, Craig Teicher, Sam Truitt, Chet Weise, Michael Wiegers, Joshua Marie Wilkinson. .
Contact: Sam Truitt
Contact Email: samtruitt@stationhill.org
Organization: Copper Canyon Press, Station Hill Press, Tender Buttons
Organization URL: website

The Tusk: Highland Park Babylon
Cost: Free
The-Tusk.com and friends are here to stir up scandal and perform work that will be spoken of in hushed tones for decades to come. This is one for the Society Pages, folks. We've got Lizzy Acker, Tom Batten, Lauren O'Neal, Nate Waggoner, Ariel Fintushel and more!
Contact: Nate Waggoner
Contact Email: NateWaggoner87@gmail.com

Caketrain + Solar Luxuriance Reading
Cost: Free
A reading at The Drain featuring Caketrain and Solar Luxuriance authors: Katy Mongeau, Bridget Brewer, Rachel Levy, M. Kitchell, William Vendenberg, Thibault Raoult, Kit Schluter, Kristin Hayter, and Leif Haven.
Contact: Rachel Levy
Contact Email: rjennifer.levy@gmail.com
Organization: Caketrain [a journal and press]
Organization URL: website

A Midwestern Americana Reading
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
The museum of americana and Midwestern Gothic present readers Shaindel Beers (The Children's War and Other Poems—Salt Publishing, 2015), Curtis Crisler (Don’t Moan So Much (Stevie): A Poetry Musiquarium—forthcoming, Kattywompus Press), John McCarthy (Ghost County—MG Press, 3/29/16), Toni Nealie (The Miles Between Me—Curbside Splendor, 4/2016), and Ben Tanzer (Sex and Death—sunnyoutside, 2016).
Contact: Lauren Alwan
Contact Email: lauren@there.net
Organization: Co-presented by the museum of americana and Midwestern Gothic
Organization URL: website

A Reading Celebrating 20 Years of the Macondo Writers Workshop
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Come celebrate the 20-year legacy of the Macondo Writers Workshop. This reading of alumni (Macondistas) will honor the workshop created by author Sandra Cisneros. Learn how you can be part of the Macondo community. A reception and reunion will follow. Macondo fosters socially engaged writers united to advance creativity, foster generosity, and honor community.
Contact: Miguel M. Morales
Contact Email: latinoreporter@gmail.com
Organization: The Macondo Writers Workshop
Organization URL: website

VONA/Voices & Willow Books
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Writers of Color from 2 Organizations Serving Our People: VONA/Voices and Willow Books From VONA/Voices: Elmaz Abinader, Faith Adiele, Tananarive Due, M. Evelina Galang, David Mura, Daniel José Older, Willie Perdomo From Willow Books: Yesenia Montilla, Cedric Tillman, Cole Lavalais, Mahogany Browne, Rachelle Escamilla, Reginald Flood, Randall Horton Sponsored by WritLarge Press
Contact: Diem Jones
Contact Email: info@voicesatvona.org
Organization: Writlarge Press
Organization URL: website

Wrolstad Series Party feat. Megan Levad, Ruth Madievsky & Albert Goldbarth
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Megan Levad and Ruth Madievsky read from their debut poetry collections, both of which were selected for publication through the Wrolstad Contemporary Poetry Series, Tavern Books' program championing the work of young female poets. Plus, special guest Albert Goldbarth will read from collections old and new!
Contact: Natalie Garyet
Contact Email: natalie@tavernbooks.org
Organization: Tavern Books
Organization URL: website

Radio Novela: A Night of Stories y Sonidos
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
A multilingual listening and reading experience with poets, fiction writers, and radio producers hosted by Sinking City and Carolina Wren Press, with support from KCRW Santa Monica and Poesía Para La Gente. Free and Open to the Public. Food and drinks will be served
Contact: Emma Rosenberg
Contact Email: emmalilyrosenberg@gmail.com
Organization: University of Miami
Organization URL: website

Ugly Duckling Presse, Siglio Press, Essay Press and Dorothy, a publishing project
Cost: Free
A program of readings curated by: Dorothy, a publishing project, Essay Press, Siglio Press and Ugly Duckling Presse. With readings by: Ben+Sandra Doller, Jenny Boully, Amina Cain, Danielle Dutton, Jen Hofer, John Cage (read by Richard Kraft and Joe Biel), Andrew Maxwell and Joanna Ruocco.
Contact: Joseph Mosconi
Contact Email: mosconi@gmail.com
Organization: Small Press Distribution and Poetic Research Bureau
Organization URL: website

Books & Booze Offsite Reading
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Join Alternating Current for an Offsite Reading Event at LACP! $3 LIQUOR, WINE, & BEER. Free snacks. Donations welcome. Readers include: Sunil Yapa, Matt Bell, Eric Shonkwiler, Will Chancellor, Kathy Fish, Ben Tanzer, Ryan Ridge, Andrew F. Sullivan, Ashley Farmer, Carmen Lau, A. Jay Adler, & Tabitha Blankenbiller. Authors will have books & will sign. Mayhem will ensue. Fun will be had.
Contact: Leah Angstman
Contact Email: alt.current@gmail.com
Organization: Alternating Current
Organization URL: website

The Lit/Comedy Roundtable: LA Edition!
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Do literary writing and comedy inform each other as art forms? The leading lights of LA's comedy, literary, and TV scenes—including Brad Listi, Kate Lambert, Yoni Brenner, Khanisha Foster, Owen Smith, and Jack P. Moore—kick around this question and more! Novelist Dave Reidy moderates. Signing and conversation in the iO West bar after the show! Call iO West box office to secure ADA seating.
Contact: Catherine Eves
Contact Email: catherine@curbsidesplendor.com
Organization: Curbside Splendor Publishing
Organization URL: website

Semiotext(e) and Friends
Cost: Free
Join us at LACA for a night of Dicey LifeWriting, New Essaying, and Prose on the Edge by authors whose disinhibited independence is the kind that has characterized Semiotext(e) since 1980. Featuring Dodie Bellamy, Garth Greenwell, Ed Pavlic, Jarett Kobek, Kevin Killian, Feliz Molina, Brian Blanchfield, and special guests. Matias Viegener emceeing.
Contact: Semiotext(e)
Contact Email: bablanch@gmail.com
Organization: Semiotext(e)

The Dark Noise Collective and The Drawbridge Collective Present: #Jubilee The Official Fish Fry 2016!
Cost: $5 requested donation
Event URL: website
Part celebration, part salon, all mind-blowing art, The official Fish Fry returns, hosted by two dynamic groups of writers and performers, but most of all - awesome par-tay people! Join us in downtown L.A. at the amazing CIELO Galleries, for a beautiful night of poetry, music, food, and love!
Contact: Aaron Samuels
Contact Email: aaronlevysamuels@gmail.com
Organization: The Darknoise and Drawbridge Collectives

Insert Blanc Press, Les Figues Press & 1913 Press
Cost: Free
A reading at the Poetic Research Bureau featuring three presses: Insert Blanc Press, Les Figues Press and 1913 Press. With: Divya Victor, Cynthia Arrieu-King, Ronaldo Wilson, Joseph Mosconi, Sophia Le Fraga, Leif Haven, Michael du Plessis, Chris Tysh, Kevin Mcpherson Eckhoff and Sean Pessin.
Contact: Joseph Mosconi
Contact Email: mosconi@gmail.com
Organization: Poetic Research Bureau
Organization URL: website

Why the Bible Still Matters Despite Its Flaws: Two New Takes on an Ancient Book
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
This dynamic conversation between two finalists for the 2015 National Jewish Book Award explores the Bible as literature and its relevance today. Aviya Kushner is the author of The Grammar of God: A Journey Into the Words & Worlds of the Bible. Michal Lemberger is the author of After Abel & Other Stories, a fictional re-telling of biblical stories from the perspective of the women in the stories.
Contact: Silverlake JCC
Contact Email: colleen@prospectparkbooks.com
Organization: Silverlake Jewish Community Center
Organization URL: website

Wide Awake and Beyond at The Skirball Cultural Center
Cost: $12 general; $10 Beyond Baroque and Skirball members
Event URL: website
Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center and The Los Angeles Poetry Festival present an afternoon of superb poetry from Lynn Emanuel, David Lazar and Tim Seibles with special guest, actor Wes Bentley and featured poets from "Wide Awake: Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond"(Pacific Coast Poetry Series): liz gonzalez, Ron Koertge, Erika Ayon, Florence Weinberger. Hosted by Wide Awake editor Suzanne Lummis. Reception with poets included; books for sale by Beyond Baroque.
Contact: Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center
Contact Email: Liz@beyondbaroque.org
Organization: Skirball Cultural Center, Beyond Baroque Literary Center, and the Los Angeles Poetry Festival
Organization URL: website

Author Afternoons with Julie Hensley & R. Dean Johnson
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
EKU/Bluegrass Writers Studio professors Julie Hensley--author of Viable (Five Oaks Press) and Landfall: A Ring of Stories (forthcoming, Ohio State University Press)--and R. Dean Johnson--author of Delicate Men: Stories (Alternative Book Press) and Californium (forthcoming, Plume-Penguin)--read and sign books at this brand-new, throwback venue in Orange County.
Contact: Dave Nielson
Contact Email: dave@oldtownevinyl.com
Organization: Old Towne Vinyl
Organization URL: website

Navigating Your Debut Year
Cost: Free
Event URL: website
Join us to celebrate debut YA novels FUTURE SHOCK by Elizabeth Briggs and SOUTH OF SUNSHINE by Dana Elmendorf. The panel "Navigate Your Debut Year" will be moderated by Jessica Love, author of IN REAL LIFE and co-author of PUSH GIRL. All three authors will be signing after the panel, plus there will be giveaways, free food and drinks, awesome swag, and more!
Contact: Dana Elmendorf
Contact Email: dana@danaelmendorf.com

Next Text with Chris Abani, Nayomi Munaweera, Mark de Silva
Cost: Free
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Please join us for an evening celebrating new books from three of America's most singular and exhilarating writers, who will read their work and sign books afterward. Chris Abani's new book is a memoir entitled The Face: Cartography of the Void, Nayomi Munaweera's new novel is What Lies Between Us, and Mark de Silva's debut novel is Square Wave. Hosted by Lauren Cerand. Complimentary cake and champagne will be served.
Contact: Lauren Cerand
Contact Email: chelseahodson@gmail.com