LA Letters
Mike Sonksen aka Mike the Poet celebrates bright moments from literary Los Angeles with spoken and written word.
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The poem is my ode to not only Long Beach but the entire Southeastern quadrant of Los Angeles County, better known as a region by its area code, 562.
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This week L.A. Letters highlights a new exhibit spotlighting a street in invisible Los Angeles and a mixed-media anthology that shares the same zeitgeist.
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The idea of Arrival is a timeless concept because we are all in our own stage of arriving.
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This week L.A. Letters unpacks a new anthology on ecopoetry and examines the illustrious career of the poet-activist Lewis MacAdams, co-founder of the Friends of the Los Angeles River.
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This week L.A. Letters covers the picturesque communities of Altadena, Pasadena and the Arroyo Seco.
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This week L.A. Letters focuses on a few forgotten early Asian American pioneering poets that paved the way.
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This week L.A. Letters explores the landscape, built environment, and cultural history of the San Gabriel River, with special attention focused on the southern half of the river's path.
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This week L.A. Letters offers a quick scene report from our rich backyard. Like my old friend DJ Dusk would say, "We're not done."
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This week L.A. Letters spotlights a few quintessential small presses and communities of poetry across the country that are redefining the art form and promoting community simultaneously.
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Following last week's list of poetry venues for National Poetry Month, this week L.A. Letters salutes publishers of poetry and an important anthology.
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This week L.A. Letters covers even more poetry venues, from the inner city to the Inland Empire, Orange County, San Gabriel Valley, Long Beach and everywhere within reach.
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This week L.A. Letters highlights two evenings of live music and a band of high school musicians.
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This week L.A. Letters discusses Iconic L.A. Women.
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This week L.A. Letters shows the kindred ideas of three generations of women thinkers over the last 150 years.
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This week in L.A. Letters I celebrate two towering women literary figures: journalist Joan Didion and the poet Ursula Rucker.
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This week L.A. Letters celebrates two new books and two open mic venues that put the community over the individual in order to improve our environmental and cultural landscape.
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This week L.A. Letters highlights a new book and recent events that celebrate life and death in Los Angeles.
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Music and poetry have been the ultimate mediums for expressing the wide range of human emotions since the dawn of man.
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For African American History Month, L.A. Letters features two important books that expand, as well as question, the canon of 20th Century African-American Poetry.
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This week L.A. Letters salutes the talented musicians that reflect the shifting range of California seasons.
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