Mike Sonksen
Equally a scholar and performer, Mike Sonksen, also known as Mike the Poet, is a 3rd-generation L.A. native acclaimed for published essays, poetry performances and mentoring teen writers. Mike teaches at Woodbury University.
This week L.A. Letters meditates on the preservation of sites across Literary Los Angeles and why much more of it is needed.
This week L.A. Letters remembers the legacy of the celebrated Chicana writer/poet, and shares memories of her work from many of her admirers.
This week L.A. Letters examines the vibrant landscape along Garvey Avenue from Alhambra to El Monte, passing through Monterey Park, Rosemead and South El Monte.
This week L.A. Letters reviews many of the key developments of 2014 and also looks ahead at emerging trends for 2015.
Following last week's list, this week L.A. Letters spotlights 10 more books, plus a poetic recording by one of L.A.'s most enduring poets.
This week L.A. Letters spotlights 10 standout books that epitomize the zeitgeist on the West Coast in 2014. Most of them deal directly with Los Angeles in one way or another, but the few that do not, are still very timely to the spirit of this period a...
This week L.A. Letters offers a slew of alternative marketplaces and events diverging from the more crowded and traditional options. To add even more to the mix, CicLAVIA will be making its debut in South Los Angeles.
Across Los Angeles and Southern California there are many groups working together to keep the faith and make things better. This week L.A. Letters celebrates these people and expresses gratitude for all they do to improve the future of Southern Califor...
This week L.A. Letters examines the legacy of Inglewood, celebrating the past, present and future of the self-proclaimed City of Champions.
This week L.A. Letters reviews four iconic and timely books that each offer special insight into the past, present and future of Los Angeles.
The birth of multiculturalism, the conservative backlash against it, heated debates in the art world...
Departures columnist Mike "The Poet" Sonksen offers his own artistic take on KCET's 50-year history, through an original poem.