children's… In a Tiny Room, in a Former Orphanage…. 18 Dec 202118 Dec 2021 In a tiny room, in a former orphanage, now converted to the Larchmont Charter School, I sat on a tiny chair and gave a brief lecture to a crowd of…
Announcement California Dreamin’ 2 Jun 2020 Times are tough: not only do we have the new coronavirus to watch out for, which requires constant vigilance against an invisible assailant, but we have the all-too-visible assailants driven…
Announcement… Live Virtual Reading 11 May 202011 May 2020 Live events being off the table for now, Rich Soos, editor at Cholla Needles, just set up a virtual table: he asked all the poets who have been featured lately…
Author post Musings on Proust, Part 1 27 Mar 202027 Mar 2020 I have at last begun reading Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu. While the coronavirus pandemic and its accompanying restrictions have given me more time to read, I actually…
Announcement… CANCELLED: Live Reading in Echo Park on March 25th 7 Feb 202014 Mar 2020 This even has been cancelled because of coronavirus protocols. It will be rescheduled, and we will repost when we have a new date. Our apologies for the inconvenience. Five Los…
Announcement Live Reading in Downtown Los Angeles: Noir at Its Darkest 17 Nov 201917 Nov 2019 Readings by Switchblade Magazine authors at Ham n Eggs Tavern on Thursday, Nov. 21st starting at 7pm. 433 W. 8th St at Olive, in Downtown Los Angeles. I'll be reading…
Author post Reading Time 24 Oct 201924 Oct 2019 No doubt this has happened to you: you mention a book you've recently read and loved, and your interlocutor immediately blurts out, "Oh, I just love reading too, but I…
Announcement… Live Reading in Westwood on September 9th 9 Aug 2019 I will be reading along with several other local authors on Monday, September 9th, at the Westwood Branch Library in West Los Angeles. We are all contributors to this year's…
Announcement Machine Reading 15 May 201929 May 2019 My story, "Noodles for Breakfast," is now officially published in the edited section of Short Édition’s website, as well as in their short-story dispensing machines around the English-speaking world! And it's…
Announcement… Another Night in a Bar…. 20 Mar 2019 What better place for a reading of noir tales than a dive bar in downtown Los Angeles? We met last Wednesday in a tiny storefront nook at the bottom of…