A modern-day mixer for the literary minded. Our staff will share their
faves from indie presses. Wine and hors d'oeuvres will be served!

 This month: L.A.-based publishers!

Justin will show us the ropes of Ammo Books, publishers of beautifully designed books on the arts.

Emily will discuss Green Integer, who specialize in a variety of books by leading artists, critics, and historians.

Monica will introduce us to Les Figues, who focus on the innovative, experimental, and avant-garde.

Come join us and find out more about these terrific indie publishers!

Best of the Web 2009 (Dzanc)

Katherine Taylor, Tricia Louvar, and Lou Mathews will be reading from their selected work.

Katherine Taylor, author of Rules for Saying Goodbye, has won a Pushcart Prize and the McGinnis Ritchie Award in Fiction. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Elle, Town & Country, Details, Allure, and literary journals such as Ploughshares, The Southwest review, and ZYZZYVA.  Much
like her fictional alter ego, she has burned bridges in London, Rome,
and Brussels, but now lives in Los Angeles, where she is working on her
second novel.

Tricia Louvar , born in Iowa, is a writer, editor, and poet.  She lives in a
bucolic area of Los Angeles.  For more of her work, please visit www.tricialouvar.com.

Lou Mathews is a fourth-generation Angeleno. He worked as a mechanic until he was thirty-nine. His first novel, L.A. Breakdown, about illegal street racing, was picked by the Los Angeles Times as a Best Book of 1999. He has received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Fiction, a California Arts Council Fiction Fellowship, a Pushcart Prize, and a Katherine Anne Porter Prize.  He has published recent work in Black Clock and Tin House. His nonfiction has been published in the Los Angeles Times, L.A. Reader, L.A. Weekly, Mother Jones, Tin House, and L.A. Style, where he was a contributing editor for eight years and a restaurant reviewer for forty-three pounds. He teaches fiction writing and literature in the UCLA Extension Writers' Program, where he was Teacher of the Year is 2002.

Los Angeles's Original Farmers Market (Arcadia Publishing)

The authors of a new book celebrating Los Angeles's original farmer's market (at 3rd and Fairfax) will be here to discuss the 75 year history of this historic landmark.

Balloons, Refreshments, Discounts all day Saturday and Sunday - to celebrate our 13th Anniversary!!!

Discounts on every book - from 10 to 70%!

 Join us from 3 to 5pm on Saturday, Oct 31 for a wine and treat reception.

Balloons, Refreshments, Discounts all day Saturday and Sunday - to celebrate our 13th Anniversary!!!

Discounts on every book - from 10 to 70%!

 Join us from 3 to 5pm on Saturday, Oct 31 for a wine and treat reception.

One Model Nation (Image Comics)

We're thrilled to host the Dandy Warhols' Courtney Taylor (aka C. Allbritton Taylor) and Camp Freddy's Donovan Leitch as they present their new graphic novel One Model Nation, illustrated by Jim Rugg.

A native of the Pacific Northwest, C. Allbritton Taylor has lived in New York, Amsterdam, Los Angeles, London and has made countless trips to Berlin for more than a decade while collecting information and writing One Model Nation. Now a resident of Washington State, C. Allbritton says of his first published full-length work, "I did my best to present a clear story while having to protect the people who wanted to remain hidden. I had to change names (and occasionally places) to do this while remaining true to my original intention: to pay homage to the great artists who played their parts in that time of unsung greatness."

Actor, musician, producer, rock historian, Donovan Leitch co-conceived One Model Nation with his collaborator C. Allbritton Taylor. Donovan was the lead singer for the '90s andro-glam NY band Nancy Boy and now fronts the all-star jam band Camp Freddy. As an actor, he has appeared in many late night cable cult classics and he played the lead role in Hedwig and the Angry Inch in both New York and L.A. productions. He has produced several documentaries and is now developing rock based musicals. As an avid music historian, Donovan constantly seeks to uncover the deeper truths of the mysterious band One Model Nation.

We're happy to have students in the University of California, Riverside MFA writing program back to our store to read from their work.  Our student readers are: Julie Cline, reading from her nonfiction; Eva Konstantopoulos, reading from her fiction; Victor Zamora, reading from his poetry and nonfiction; Bonnie Bolling, reading from her poetry; and Patricia Rosales, reading from her fiction.

Kate Coltun, Nikki Darling, Sara Gerot, Tiffany Promise, Analisa Raya-Flores, and Sam Cohen, who are students in the CalArts MFA writing program, will read from their work.

In honor of National Poetry Month, author and educator Terry Wolverton offers a free two-hour workshop exploring the anatomy of a poem.  Using poems drawn from Best American Poetry 2009, participants will discuss not only their meaning, but how their construction contributes to their meaning.  Participants may want to get a copy of the anthology prior to the workshop, but it is not required.   Please pre-register by Friday, April 9 by calling (323) 661-5954.

Terry Wolverton is the author of seven books: The Labrys Reunion, a novel; Embers, a novel in poems; Insurgent Muse, a memoir about the Woman's Building; Bailey's Beads, a novel; and two collections of poetry, Black Slip, Mystery Bruise and Shadow and Praise.  She has also edited fourteen compilations of literary work.

Join Kim Dower, Yvonne M. Estrada, Dylan Gailey, Brett Guitar Hofer, Eric Howard, Ronna Perrin, Sharon Venezio, and Terry Wolverton for an explosion of forms and styles the demonstrate the variety and vitality of poetry in Los Angeles.

Writers at Work was founded by author, editor, and long-time writing instructor Terry Wolverton to provide a space for writers to stretch the imagination, strengthen their craft, produce new work, fulfill their goals, and create a community for their work.

Students in University of Southern California's Master of Professional Writing program will read from their work.

This evening's student readers are Kimberly Laux, Tesia Walker,  Ilir Lita, Jacqui Lazo, and Ra’Kenna Joseph. Faculty member and author Madelyn Cain (The Childless Revolution) will also read.