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YouTube video by BookSwell LA Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson Shares What She Is Reading on the BookSwell Intersections Podcast

VIDEO: LA Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson recommends THE SISTERHOOD: HOW A NETWORK OF BLACK WOMEN WRITERS CHANGED AMERICAN CULTURE, by Courtney Thorsson! youtube.com/shorts/c87Dw... @courtneythorsson.bsky.social @bookswellclub.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

Désirée Zamorano discusses her powerful novel, Dispossessed, about the expulsion of Mexican Americans in the 1930s.

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I’m so looking forward to this! I’ll be reading an excerpt from my Introduction for The White Picket Fence.

Dan López

We're excited to welcome featured author Dan López at WeHo Reads: Voices of Transformation on Oct. 8 at the West Hollywood Library.

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We're excited to welcome featured author Gina Rae Duran at WeHo Reads: Voices of Transformation on Oct. 8 at the West Hollywood Library.

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Carlos Allende Will perform att WeHo Reads: Voices of Transformation on Oct. 8 at the West Hollywood Library.

We're excited to welcome featured author Carlos Allende at WeHo Reads: Voices of Transformation on Oct. 8 at the West Hollywood Library.

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Myriam Gurba will perform at the West Hollywood Library on Oct 8 at 6:30 pm

We're excited to welcome featured author Myriam Gurba at WeHo Reads: Voices of Transformation on Oct. 8 at the West Hollywood Library.

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WeHo Reads: Voices of Transformation
Wed., Oct. 8 | 6:30–8 pm
In Person: West Hollywood Library Community Room

Free, RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/weho-reads...

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Coming soon the Barnes & Noble at the Grove

Jase Peeples signs and discusses TWIRL with Tracy E. Gilchrist

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Author and filmmaker Joe McClean and host Cody Sisco on the BookSwell Intersections podcast

Joe McClean, screenwriter, director, and author of Sins of Survivors, joins host Cody Sisco in conversation about his debut novel rooted in the history of Black Bottom, Detroit.
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Tisha Reichle-Aguilera, author of the YA novel Breaking Pattern, joins Cody Sisco in conversation about rodeo sports, growing up in SoCal, difficult family relationships, and challenging gender norms and socio-economic status. www.bookswell.club/podcast/22-t... @bookswellclub.bsky.social #YAnovel

Participants in the poetry event

WeHo Reads: Richard Blanco and Kim Dower in Conversation During National Poetry Month was an inspiring evening of poetry and discussion. And so much fun!

You can watch the recording on the WeHo Arts YouTube Channel here: www.youtube.com/live/Hl4WxKn...

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Lynne Thompson recently joined BookSwell host Cody Sisco in conversation about her most recent collection, Blue on a Blue Palette (BOA, 2024). You can watch it on YouTube or listen on the BookSwell site (bookswell.club) or on Spotify or Apple. @boa-editions.bsky.social @bookswellclub.bsky.social

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Tonight! WeHo Reads: Richard Blanco and Kim Dower in Conversation During National Poetry Month on April 16, 2025 at 6:30-8 pm PT via Zoom and YouTube. RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/weho-reads...

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Meet Richard Blanco with Kim Dower during National Poetry Month. Richard is the fifth Presidential Inaugural Poet, selected by President Obama, and a National Humanities Medal recipient.

WeHo Reads
April 16, 2025 6:30-8 pm PT on Zoom and YouTube

RSVP Requested: www.weho.org/wehoreads/

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Flyer for April 16 WeHo Reads event with Kim Dower and Richard Blanco

Save the date! A conversation about poetry with Kim Dower and Richard Blanco.

April 16, 2025 at 6:30-8 pm PT via Zoom and YouTube. RSVP:
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Let's talk about books!

BookSwell is at the AWP Book Expo at T271. We're giving away books by our featured authors to folx who sign up to our newsletter. Stop by and say hi!

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🎙️ New podcast alert 🎙️ Lynne Thompson, Fourth Poet Laureate of Los Angeles, joins host Cody Sisco in conversation about her most recent collection of poetry, Blue on a Blue Palette.

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#poetry #poetlaureate #podcast #newepisode

Coming soon! This Wednesday, four fab authors discuss feminism and fearlessness. What is the antidote to hopelessness? Community. Join us. www.eventbrite.com/e/weho-reads...

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Read Lisbeth Coiman's READ LOCAL preview of Olga García Echeverría's FALLING ANGELS and then join us for a discussion on March 19.

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Join us in reading local in March! For Women’s History Month, we selected fiction and poetry to awaken the fearless feminist inside you.

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WeHo Reads: Feminism and Fearlessness During Women’s History Month on March 19, 2025, 6:30-8 pm PT. Participating writers will include: Katya Apekina, Olga García Echeverría, Angelina Sáenz, and Kate Stayman-London RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/weho-reads...

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What an exceptional evening of poetry and discussion!

WeHo Reads: Power and Progress During Black History Month

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Starting soon! 6:30 pm PT WeHo Reads: Power and Progress During Black History Month

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You're invited to WeHo Reads: Power and Progress during Black History Month on February 26, 2025, 6:30-8 pm PT on Zoom and YouTube. Featuring Angela M. Franklin, Jenise Miller, Pam Ward, Romaine Washington, and special guest Reggie Myles. RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/weho-reads...

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Call for Donations to Altadena Library Foundation 🙏

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And RSVP for Feb. 26 WeHo Reads: Power and Progress During Black History Month

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Donate to Pasadena Black Equity Project 🙏
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The Pasadena Black Equity Project is a community-based organization that organizes a network of resources for Black Pasadena residents through mutual aid funding, community archiving, and political education.

Poster showing BookSwell reading selections Four poems by Angela M. Franklin 📃 on subjects people are too squeamish to discuss, involving race, mental health, domestic violence, and social injustice The Blvd by Jenise Miller 📖 a debut poetry collection celebrating Compton and its people, who face hardship with grit, gratitude, and grace. Between Good Men & No Man at All by Pam Ward 📖 a poetry collection of defiant lyricism, poignant remembrance, and politically charged eloquence Sirens in Her Belly by Romaine Washington 📖 an engaging book of poetry that exposes how the modern world oppresses women TYRR, a visual poem by Reggie Myles 🖥️ on YouTube

Want to break out of your reading bubble? Is it time to reclaim your time from doom-scrolling?

We have a fix! Join BookSwell’s new ⛰️🌴🌊📖Reading Local ⛰️🌴🌊📖 journey, and encounter authors from down the block.

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We added Reggie Myles as a special guest to WeHo Reads: Power and Progress during Black History Month on February 26, 2025, 6:30-8 pm PT on Zoom and YouTube

We added Reggie Myles as a special guest to WeHo Reads: Power and Progress during Black History Month on February 26, 2025, 6:30-8 pm PT on Zoom and YouTube. RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/weho-reads...

BlackHistoryMonth #BlackAuthors #authorevent #literaryreading #bookdiscussion

Meet Jenise Miller at WeHo Reads: Power and Progress during Black History Month on February 26, 2025, 6:30-8 pm PT on Zoom and YouTube.

RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/weho-reads...

#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackAuthors #authorevent #literaryreading #bookdiscussion #literature #WestHollywood #book #author