As August removes its wind-torn monkey hat and the September sun winks glowingly into the Copper blessed earth of Kitwe, a battalion of traditional griots, poets for human rights, word slingers and pen wielders from Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe gather in Kitwe, Zambia at the Live Literature Hub or simply the Sotambe Poetry Café, a …
I began my time with Cultural Weekly by writing a weekly series called “Literary Alchemy,” just reporting on the goings on of a micro indie publisher in Los Angeles. Each week, I shared what we were doing at Writ Large Press, what we were planning, what we thinking, what we were making. And if any …
It is now the start of June, which means we have one month to go before we kick off #90X90LA. Hold on. Let me go hyperventilate, pass out, wake up, puke first. Ok. Back. We have actually made huge headway in the past couple of weeks with scheduling, venues, and the team has really started …
I learned about 90×90 at the 2014 Seattle AWP Conference. It was at a panel featuring editors from Kaya, Tia Chucha, Les Figues, Siglio, and, of course, Writ Large Press. AWP, for the uninitiated, is a conference that happens once a year in which thousands of writers and publishers descend upon a city to talk …
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Wendy C. Ortiz’ first memoir, Excavation (Future Tense Books 2014), was a compelling book that dealt with the misuse of trust that was perpetrated when her private school teacher embarked on a relationship with her when she was only thirteen. Although she had plenty of publishing credits under her belt prior, this was her first …
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I know I am not alone when I say that for me, every month is National Poetry Month. As great as April is with its annual celebration of National Poetry Month, this festival of poetry lasts all year for me and many of my peers. May 2015 has been a very eventful period with poetic …
For the past two years, Cultural Weekly has given me a place to write about the adventures of a tiny (tiny…tiny) publisher called Writ Large Press. My files say this is the 88th entry in my weekly column, Literary Alchemy, although I don’t know how accurate that is. Cultural Weekly gave me a chance to …
#90for90. Tomorrow, we will wrap up our impossible and perfect DTLAB summer project. We will do it with a PUBLISH! event, to bring the entire endeavor—90 literary, musical, cultural events over 90 consecutive nights—back to whom it belongs: you. Join us at Traxx Bar for one final time and get published. There will be all …
Before I say anything else, Judeth and I wanted to say thanks to everyone who came out to our combo birthday/bon voyage party that marked the 50th night of #90for90. It was an incredible outpouring of love and care and joy. Judeth is now in Pittsburgh, starting her life at Carnegie Mellon and I am …
The week in which we reached the halfway point of our DTLAB #90for90 project has been an emotional one. Each of us knew it would be a great, but heavy week of events. I guess we all tried to pretend it wouldn’t be overwhelming. Or maybe we just didn’t know what to expect because, well, …
It’s safe to say that DTLAB has found a home inside the Union Station. More specifically, inside the Traxx Bar inside the Union Station. Every night has been a special event and I find myself surprised each time. As we near the halfway point (FINALLY!!! ALREADY???), we’re starting to pick up a bit of a …
As you read this, DTLAB should be wrapping up our July schedule. Last event of July will be our 34th event. And the month will close beautifully with an Evening of Ramadan Poetry. The reading will consist of a dozen readers (at least), curated by Tanzila Ahmed and Naazneen Diwan. For the month of Ramadan …
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