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Victoria Waddle discusses a perfectly constructed YA Novel http://victoriawaddle.com//the-perfectly-constructed-ya-n/

Another great review of "Behind the Red Curtain!" Thank you Caroline Cheung! Yes, all you who have enjoyed this book, please share with your reader friends (and also any filmmakers that you know )!

Beyond Baroque workshops and more . . . and now no driving to the West Side required! Liz Gonzalez

Inlandia, the online literary journal of the Inlandia Institute, is now accepting submissions!

Victoria Chang has written a children's' novel in verse! Hear her talk about her new book "Love, Love," her experience writing a book of poetry for children, and life as a writer and a mother. Fascinating!

Sad to hear that Irish poet Eavan Boland, a leading poetic voice of modern Ireland, has died. It was her particular gift to reveal the beauty in the ordinary. Over the years, through her poetry, critical work and teaching she displayed an extraordinary ability to invoke Irish landscapes, myth and everyday experience. "

From Mike Sonksen! A beautiful tribute to Lewis MacAdams. Also a recommendation of ten books to read during these Social Distancing times, including: "Dancing in the Santa Ana Winds by Liz Gonzalez! ... A fourth generation Southern Californian, liz gonzalez drives readers down Route 66 from San Bernardino and eventually all the way west to North Long Beach. In her Fall in the Chaparral, Santa winds howl / down Cajon Pass and Flailing yucca swords / slash the moonlight. She meditates on her coming of age and pays tributes to the matriarchs who raised her. One of my favorite pieces is, Best Granddaughter and several others build on this theme like The Four Food Groups in Grandma’s Summer Lunches. It’s easy to hear her grandmother telling her in the poem, You want / big muscles like Popeye’s, don’t you? Other pieces like Catholic Death are more pensive and stay with you long after you read it. Police report states / they found him under the / front tire She fears / God will never / forgive him. Shaped like a candle, this one of several haunting poems in the collection. Memories, humor and family tradition blend as gonzalez dances in the Santa Ana winds."

Her book launch plans overcome by the pandemic, Hong-My Basrai continues to celebrate her book "Behind the Red Curtain" with creative daily posts. Help her out by liking her page. And the book is great, so buy a copy!

In this time of crises, books continue to move us:

So nice to hear one of Liz Gonzalez's poems from "Dancing in the Santa Ana Winds".

Our local indy bookstore Gatsby Books is closing for now. They have a pile of extra copies of George Takei’s New York Times Bestselling Graphic Novel, "They Called Us Enemy," from a cancelled event. Buy one from them; it will help them greatly! Gatsby Books

The ongoing pandemic has changed the lives of so many of us. In light of these circumstances, the formal launch of this new and important book has been postponed. However, we will continue to offer signed copies of Behind the Red Curtain for the indefinite future. http://www.losnietospress.com/behind-the-red-curtain-signe/

Nancy Lynée Woo talks about creative connectivity in this time of distancing.

Most events cancelled, book stores closing just when we need them the most. Amazon lowering the priority on book shipments. So much anxiety . . . Find a local book store, a local author, or Los Nietos Press, and buy a book. You may need it in the coming weeks.