The Ignite Project Cohort #6: First Flame
Nov 16, 2024, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM PST
3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039
https://www.estlosangeles.org/event-details/the-ignite-project-cohort-6-first-flame
IP Cohort #6 Writers Rafeal Clements, Carolyn Huynh, Victor Lesniewski, DeLane McDuffie, Tisha Marie Reichle-Aguilera, Mak Shealy, Chelsea Sutton, Jenapher Zheng, along with Facilitators Makeda Decklet, David Johann Kim, Jennie Webb and Program Coordinator Angela Bullock, hope you’ll join the EST/LA Community for this event: an outdoor reception with coffee, bagels and mimosas starting at 11:15 am, followed by an informal presentation of plays-in-progress, 12pm Saturday, November 16th at Atwater Village Theatre. Learn more at estlosangeles.org/ignite-project
BREAKING PATTERNS in Literature for children & young adults
Tuesday, October 22 at Cal State Northridge Library’s Ferman Presentation Room (and on zoom) 4:30pm-6:30pm PST
https://library.csun.edu/events/breaking-patterns-literature-children-and-young-adults
Featuring Ryane Nicole Granados, author of The Aves (Leapfrog Press Global Fiction Prize winner); Livia Blackburne, author of Clementine and Danny Save the World (And Each Other), and other YA novels as well as the picture book I Dream of Popo; and Isabel Quintero, author of Gabi, A Girl in Pieces (Cinco Puntos Press) and several chapter and picture books. The panel will be moderated by me. We will discuss how our work breaks patterns and why we take on the challenge of writing for young people.
Désirée Zamorano in conversation with Tisha Marie Reichle-Aguilera at Bel Canto Books on Thursday, October 17, 6p-8p PST
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/desiree-zamorano-in-conversation-with-tisha-marie-reichle-aguilera-tickets-1004032065937
We will be discussing Désirée’s newest novel DISPOSSESSED, Mexican-American and Los Angeles history, and what it took to research, write, and publish this amazing book.
At KUBO LB 3976 Atlantic Avenue Long Beach, CA 90807
Voices of Contemporary Women Writers in Southern California
Wednesday, October 9, 6pm-7:15pm PST
Pasadena Heritage | 160 N. Oakland Avenue | Pasadena, CA 91101
https://www.bccbooks.org/event/voices-of-contemporary-women-writers-in-southern-california/
In a discussion moderated by writer and Book Club board member Daria E. Topousis, these writers of varying genres will talk about how they ground their work in Los Angeles, what has helped them persevere in a highly-competitive space, and how the literary community has changed in the last decade (and is continuing to transform).
Fiction in a Flash at MiraCosta College and on zoom
Wednesday, October 2, 12-1:30 PST FREE!
https://miracosta-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ld-2oqzopHt1Vr1dliPGUnaM-BS02nWyx#/registration
Can you write a complete story in 1,000 words? How about in 100 words? Not sure? Here’s your chance to try. During this 90-minute creative writing experience, you’ll learn about short forms of fiction. I will offer guidance about creating a scene, choosing language like a poet, share samples from various online journals, and offer strategies for revision. Before you leave, you’ll have two flash pieces drafted. There will be time at the end for questions.
For the Love (or Not) of Food at Riverside City College
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
with Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo
Chicana Writers and Community Bearers at Casa Zamora, El Monte
Saturday, March 30, 2024
with Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo Stacy I. Macias, Daisy Elizabeth Magallanes, and Pat Alderete
Activism and Literature at Bombay Beach Literary Festival
Saturday, March 23
with Melissa Chadburn
Roar Shack
Sunday, March 17, 2024
with fellow USC PhDs Melissa Chadburn, Marcus Clayton, Brian Lin, Erin Marie Lynch, and Krishna Narayanamurti
Women Writing in Community at Bel Canto Books, Long Beach
Sunday, March 10, 2024
with fellow Macondistas Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo, Désirée Zamorano, Lucy Rodriguez-Hanley, liz gonzalez, and Karina Muñiz-Pagán
Books That Shaped Me: Conversations at the Culver
Sunday, March 3, 2024
with other Inlandia authors Romaine Washington, Carlos Cortez, Stephain Barbe Hammer, Judy Kronenfeld, Thatcher Carter, and Victoria Waddle
AWP PANEL: Should I Just Give Up?
Friday, February 9, 2024
with Michelle Otero, Anel Flores, and Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo
TRANSFORMATION: Creating Change Through Collaboration
Friday, February 9, 2024
with Sarah Rafael Garcia, Nikia Chaney, Ryane Granados, and Noriko Nakada
Macondistas Celebration of Words, Mattie Rhodes Art & Cultural Center, AWP off-site reading, Kansas City, MO
Thursday, February 8, 2024
Chicana Writers and Culture Bearers at LA Public Library Exposition Park Branch
Sunday, January 21, 2024
with Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo, Myriam Gurba, and Gina Duran
Where culture, place, and voice collide at The Book Jewel
Saturday, January 20, 2024
with Ryane Granados and Hazel Kight Witham
Altadena Library Indie Author Night
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
with Sara Chisolm, Ryane Granados, and Rachael Warecki
L.A. Book Launch for Breaking Pattern at Beyond Baroque
Saturday, December 9, 2023
watch the livestream here
Inlandia Book Launch for Breaking Pattern at Riverside Main Library
Thursday, December 7, 2023
watch the recording here
Flash in Four MORE: A Creative Writing Experience at Beyond Baroque
Saturday, August 19, 2023
12pm-4pm
at Beyond Baroque 681 Venice Blvd; Venice, CA
Can you write a story in 1,000 words? How about in 100 words? Not sure? Here’s your chance to try! (Again, if you participated in the previous experience.) During this four-hour, in-person, creative writing experience for writers at all levels, you’ll learn about flash fiction, flash nonfiction, micro-fiction, and micro-memoir and have time to practice these short forms not once, not twice, but four times! We will look at samples from various online journals, review elements of scene and precise use of language, play with verbs and point of view. We will practice cutting and shaping ideas to fit the word count. There will be two opportunities to share your work.
MADE IN L.A. Volume 5 Reading and Conversation
Saturday, August 5, 2023
6:00 pm
at The Book Jewel, 6259 W 87th Street; LA 90045
Flash in Four: A Creative Writing Experience at Beyond Baroque
Saturday, January 14, 2023
12pm-4pm
at Beyond Baroque 681 Venice Blvd; Venice, CA
Can you write a story in 1,000 words? How about in 100 words? Not sure? Here’s your chance to try. During this four-hour, in-person, creative writing experience for writers at all levels, you’ll learn about flash fiction, flash nonfiction, micro-fiction, and micro-memoir and have time to practice these short forms not once, not twice, but four times! We will look at samples from various online journals, focus on scene building and precise use of language, play with verbs and point of view. Before you leave, you’ll have the opportunity to share your work.
Made in L.A. Vol. 4: Beyond the Precipice
An Interactive Literary Discussion
Saturday, November 5, 2022
5:00 pm
at The Book Jewel 6259 W 87th Street; Los Angeles, CA 90045
Submission Strategies
Saturday, October 16, 2021
9:00am online
National Latinx Writers Gathering
When Where You’re From Has a Bad Reputation: Writing about the Inland Empire
Saturday, January 18, 2020
4:00 pm
Beyond Baroque
USC PhD Writers of Color Showcase
Saturday, September 28, 2019
5:00pm
at Skylight Books
How do people of color make literary careers? Find out in a showcase of POC writers in USC’s PhD program in creative writing and literature. Part reading, part panel, the evening will demystify the multiple paths taken by writers of color at different stages of their careers.
