Marilyn Chin

Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Marilyn Chin, Michelle Bitting, more

14 APRIL 2019 — sunday

The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books features a weekend of books, music, film, comedy, food, famous authors and celebrities, entertainment, and more; authors and speakers; Hoy Stage features readings in Spanish; Cooking Stage features demonstrations; Poetry Stage features an exciting line up: 10:00 a.m.: Richard Blanco, How to Love a Country; 10:20 a.m.: Kim Dower, Sunbathing on Tyrone Power's Grave; 10:40 a.m.: Francesca Bell, Bright Stain; 11:00 a.m.: Monica Ferrell, You Darling Thing; 11:20 a.m.: Marsha de la O, Every Ravening Thing; 11:40 a.m.: Joe Jimenez, Rattlesnake Allegory; Noon: Bin Ramke, Light Wind Light Light; 12:30: Jennifer Holley Lux, , 12:45: Valerie Wallace, House of McQueen; 1:00: sam sax, bury it; 1:20: Michelle Bitting, Broken Kingdom; 1:40: Laure-Anne Bosselaar, These Many Rooms; 2:00: David Baker, Swift: New and Selected Poems; 2:20: Martha Rhodes, The Thin Wall; 2:40: Helene Cardona, Birnam Wood; 3:00: Kevin Prufer, How He Loved Them; 3:20: Lynne Thompson, Fretwork; 3:40: Noah Blaustein, After Party; 4:00: Marilyn Chin, A Portrait of the Self as Nation; 4:20: Rex Wilder, Open Late; 4:40: Michael C. Ford, Populated Wilderness; visit Poetry Flash and Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center at Booth 185, see Poetry Flash poem broadsides; University of Southern California, University Park Campus, Los Angeles, panels and indoor conversations are free but require tickets available on site or online, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 (events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks)