About this Event
Please join us for an evening of poetry and dialogue with writers from The Los Angeles Press in celebration of the new book Postcards from a Burning Bridge!
This event features Sara Harris Ben-Ari and Adolfo Guzman-Lopez. The long-time, long-form radio journalism collaborators read from their newly published respective poetry monographs, engaging the audience in conversation about the art of listening and non-fiction.
Plus, readings from Derrick Brown, Christina Cha, Bernadette McComish, Arthur Kayzakian, Diana Dinerman, Phillip T. Nails, and Brian Sonia-Wallace.
About the featured authors:
Sara Harris Ben-Ari is an award-winning radio journalist, Master Gardener + California Climate Steward, visual artist, and community activist. She lives with a rotating menagerie of rescue plants and animals at her home in Southern California. Her first book of poetry Postcards from a Burning Bridge is a production of The Los Angeles Press.
Adolfo Guzman-Lopez is a poet and journalist. He grew up in Tijuana, National City, and Pacific Beach. In 1994 he co-founded the Taco Shop Poets. He’s currently a reporter at LAist 89.3. His true crime podcast The Forgotten Revolutionary for LAist Studios won the Golden Mic award. He lives in Long Beach. His most recent book of poetry is California Southern: Writing from the Road, 1992-2025, a production of Hinchas Press.
Event venue & nearby stays
Village Well Books & Coffee, 9900 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, United States
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