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Words have the power to shape realities and have helped transform communities. Read on for more stories of artists using literature to speak truth to power.

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Read the compiled list of art events taking place in Los Angeles during Thanksgiving weekend.
"Crossfader Playlist" features a sampler of the blog posts, essays, and digital riffs of Tijuana writer Rafa Saavedra. The fourth installment of an excerpt from Josh Kun and Fiamma Montezemolo's upcoming anthology, Tijuana Dreaming: Art and Life at the...
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Here's a run-down of a few events and books that really helped me close out October with a strong dose of art and culture.
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Between fibbing politicians, fake memoirs, reality TV, cosmetic surgery, photoshop and botox, the truth can be elusive.
"Crossfader Playlist" features a sampler of the blog posts, essays, and digital riffs of Tijuana writer Rafa Saavedra. The first installment of an excerpt from Josh Kun and Fiamma Montezemolo's upcoming anthology, Tijuana Dreaming: Art and Life at the ...
Frances Anderton takes a look at specialist stores selling books or DVDS or records, the idiosyncratic havens that dot the Southland and add rich character to their neighborhoods.
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Feria del Libro Usado was created out of the desire to make literature and culture more accessible to Tijuana.
The nonprofit literary center, Inlandia Institute, celebrates, supports and promotes the literature of the Inland Empire.
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The "dog days of summer" may be here, but Los Angeles is exploding with literary events, live concerts, art shows and city tours. Mike the Poet examines the writers, artists, musicians and venues keeping summer spirit alive in Los Angeles.
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In the final installment, we come full circle, back to Fred Drake, the "gay cowboy rocker" who led us into the House of the Moon.
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Los Angeles is home to a countless number of poetry ambassadors -- and Billy Burgos honors them in a series of beautifully painted portraits.
In the penultimate excerpt, we remain beyond the buzz and speculation of the real estate boom of the 2000s, hanging with the scruffy bohemians that helped to pioneer the art colony, and at Al's Swinger, the working-class watering hole, where an elder's...
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