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20 FEBRUARY 2017 — monday

21 FEBRUARY 2017 — tuesday

    CENTRAL:
  • Cartoonist and illustrator Vanessa Davis launches her new graphic memoir, Spaniel Rage, the chronicle of her life as a single woman in New York, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (323/660-1175, www.skylightbooks.com)

22 FEBRUARY 2017 — wednesday

    CENTRAL:
  • Emily Fridlund reads from her debut novel, History of Wolves, which follows fourteen-year-old Linda as she makes a set of choices that reverberate throughout her life, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (323/660-1175, www.skylightbooks.com)

23 FEBRUARY 2017 — thursday

    CENTRAL:
  • John Darnielle reads from his new novel, Universal Harvester, signing follows, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free but ticket required for signing, purchase copy of book to receive ticket, tickets available February 7, 7:30 (323/660-1175, www.skylightbooks.com)
  • Reading by acclaimed poet Robert Pinsky, At the Foundling Hospital, former U.S. Poet Laureate for three terms, Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, free tickets required and available at the Box Office one hour before the program, arrive early, paid parking under the museum, 7:30 (hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2017/02/robert-pinsky)
    NORTH:
  • The EP Foster Library features a poetry reading by Lance Mason at its weekly series hosted by Phil Taggart, Poet Laureate of Ventura County, open mic follows, share your own work, EP Foster Library in the Topping Room, 651 E. Main Street, Ventura, free and open to the public, 7:30-9:00 (805/648-2716, www.vencolibrary.org)

24 FEBRUARY 2017 — friday

    CENTRAL:
  • The Annual Three Doug Night reading returns with new work by poets F. Douglas Brown, Douglas Kearney, and Doug Knott, hosted by Wyatt Underwood, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 students/seniors, free to members, 8:00 (310,822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)

25 FEBRUARY 2017 — saturday

    CENTRAL:
  • Science fiction author William Davidson signs his new book, The Remnant, Gatsby Books, 5535 E. Spring Street, Long Beach, 3:00-4:30 (562/208-5862, www.gatsbybooks.com)
  • Nonfiction writer Sarah Manguso, Ongoingness, discusses her new book, 300 Arguments, a foray into the frontier of contemporary nonfiction, with Ethan Nosowsky, Editorial Eirector at Graywolf Press, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 5:00 (323/660-1175, www.skylightbooks.com)
  • Poetry reading by Ruth Susskind-Schneider, daughter of Jewish immigrants, she reflects in her poetry the rich texture of her early childhood in Brooklyn to life in Venice since the 1960s, hosted by Mariano Zaro, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, free, 8:00 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)

26 FEBRUARY 2017 — sunday

    CENTRAL:
  • Poetry at the Claremont Library presents a reading by Lory Bedikian, The Book of Lamenting, and Jessica M. Wilson Cárdenas, Serious Longing, the series takes place every fourth Sunday, The Claremont Library, 208 N. Harvard Avenue, Claremont, free, 2:00 (909/621-4902, www.colapublib.org/libs/claremont)
  • Nebraska Girl monthly open reading, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, free, sign up 1:30, reading 2:00 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)

27 FEBRUARY 2017 — monday

28 FEBRUARY 2017 — tuesday


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