DAVID ULIN LITERARY LUNCHEON (2/9@12PM, LA)
when February 9, 2011 @ 12:00pm
where Wilshire Restaurant, 2454 Wilshire Blvd. Santa Monica, CA. 90403
Diesel, A Bookstore in Brentwood is very excited to present a Literary Luncheon with acclaimed author David L. Ulin in celebration of his newest book, The Lost Art of Reading, a timely and important book about the value of reading in an increasingly digitized and distracted age.
David L. Ulin was the book editor for the Los Angeles Times for five years, and is currently the book critic for the Times. He is on the board of the National Book Critics Circle, and he writes regularly for the LA Weekly, Chicago Tribune, Newsday, and the Los Angeles Times. His work has also appeared in the New York Times Book Review, the Atlantic Monthly, and the Nation, as well as on NPR’s All Things Considered.
Tickets are available for purchase at Diesel, A Bookstore in Brentwood (310-576-9960) and Diesel, A Bookstore in Malibu (310-456-9961). Tickets are $60 and include a signed copy of The Lost Art of Reading and lunch with David L. Ulin.
THE ONION EDITORS (02/10@8PM, LA)
when February 10, 2011 @ 8:00pm
where Royce Hall (UCLA Campus) 340 Royce Dr. Westwood, CA 90024
Deadpan satire and journalistic skill collide in the phenomenon that is The Onion. Founded in 1988 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the “fake news” newspaper is the notable precursor to such biting, faux-news programs as The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. Last year, The Onion News Network, an online send-up of 24-hour cable TV news, was named a Peabody Award winner and praised as “hilarious, trenchant and not infrequently hard to distinguish from the real thing.” Join current Onion editor Joe Randazzo and fellow staffers for a multimedia discussion on the state of media, politics and pop culture as they offer up insight into how the paper’s culture-skewering stories and hilarious headlines are created. $28-$48 ($15 UCLA students).
STEPHEN DOBYNS READING (02/12@7:30PM, LA)
when February 12, 2011 @ 7:30pm
where Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Boulevard. Venice, CA 90291
Beyond Baroque proudly presents an evening with Guggenheim and NEA fellow, poet STEPHEN DOBYNS. Dobyns has published over ten volumes of poetry, including Concurring Beasts (1972), The Balthus Poems (1982), Cemetery Nights, (1987), Velocities: New and Selected Poems (1994), and Pallbearers Envying the One Who Rides (1999). “If there’s a consistency in any of the books, it’s the fact that I like a long line . . . [and] use the linebreak to affect the rhythm of the lines, to affect the rhythm of the poem.” Admission $7, students/seniors/children $5, members Free.
BLACK CLOCK 13 READING (02/13@5PM, LA)
when February 13, 2011 @ 5:00pm
where Skylight Books, 1818 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027
Come join us as we celebrate Black Clock 13 at Skylight Books with readings by AIMEE BENDER, JANET FITCH, JONATHAN LETHEM, SUSAN STRAIGHT, and LISA TEASLEY with STEVE ERICKSON as emcee. And buy a copy of 13 at the reading and receive an additional back issue of for FREE! Free.
WANDA COLEMAN READING (2/16@TBA, LA)
when February 16, 2011 @ TBA
where Oxnard College, 4000 S. Rose Avenue, Oxnard, CA 93033
In celebration of African American History Month, National Book Award winner Wanda Coleman will read original poetry and prose focusing on the residuals of racism in our society and its subtleties, which continue to influence our culture. Free.
