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Poetry has and continues to be at the center of the most political questions. Explore L.A.'s thriving poetry scene and discover how artists use their poetic verse to speak up and speak out.

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This week L.A. Letters salutes Wyvernwood and the multigenerational coalition of residents, activists, preservationists, professors and students committed to preserving the site and stopping the redevelopment.
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This week L.A. Letters salutes the legacy of the celebrated poet, playwright, professor, memoirist, historian, director, screenwriter, activist, and actress.
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This week L.A. Letters pays tribute to the work of Dolores Hayden and also announces the Emerging Voices Fellowship, a major writing competition open to up-and-coming writers.
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This week for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month L.A. Letters extols two important contemporary Asian Pacific American authors and their most recent books.
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This week L.A. Letters spotlights several contemporary Asian American poets by previewing two events on Asian American Poetry.
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For the final week of National Poetry Month, L.A. Letters spotlights four books pushing the poetic envelope.
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This week L.A. Letters spotlights four recent poetry books with connections to San Francisco, the Beat Generation, and Surrealism.
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Founded in 1992, 5th St. Dick's was known for the coffee and late night jazz sessions, and the spirit of it's proprietor Richard Fulton.
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This week L.A. Letters picks up where last week's column left off, with a long list of special events, venues, and announcements related to National Poetry Month.
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One thing not as easily seen in South East L.A. cities like Bell, Bell Gardens, Cudahy, Huntington Park, Maywood, and South Gate is that they are brimming with artists.
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This week L.A. Letters celebrates National Poetry Month with a litany of locations for live poetry.
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This week L.A. Letters explicates two remarkable releases that are making major waves nationally: a book by award-winning poet Douglas Kearney, and an album by the singer-songwriter, emcee, and multi-instrumentalist Aloe Blacc.
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