‘If I Awaken In Los Angeles’ Offers Cultural Pride, Influence, and a Love Letter to the City
Hollywood Boulevard on a Friday Night is, perhaps, most famous for its proximity to performance art: from the TCL and
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A Los Angeles Theatre Review: ‘Cambodian Rock Band’
Ever since the world premiere of Lauren Yee’s Cambodian Rock Band at the South Coast Repertory back in 2018, there
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Get Lit Celebrates Poetry Month and its 13th Annual Classic Slam
With the pre-Golden Hour sun higher up and a touch brighter than usual for 4:00 PM, the Wilshire Ebell Theatre
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Poetry, Community, and Deliverance: How KeiRock is Impacting Spoken Word
It was November 19, and LA’s West Side was wrapped in a breeze uncharacteristic of a California night, but was
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Mental Health Awareness Takes Center Stage at Get Lit’s ‘Our Worlds Collide’ Screening
Palm trees wrapped around the streets of Beverly Hills, and gorgeous golden rope lights wrapped around them, on the way
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Southern Fried Asian: Nat Myers
Southern Fried Asian returns for a special AAPI Heritage Month episode featuring Kentucky-based blues musician, Nat Myers! He and Keith
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Get Lit Closes Out Poetry Month with Annual Classic Slam Competition Finals
After a record breaking cold spell across usually-sunny California, the customary 80-degree weather had begun to pick up again in
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Southern Fried Asian: Greg Pak Returns
Southern Fried Asian is back and so is one of our previous guests. Keith welcomes back Greg Pak — whose
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Ibi Zoboi on Writing a Biographical Constellation of Octavia Butler
Award-winning author Ibi Zoboi has penned a “biographical constellation” of the late, great Black feminist sci-fi writer Octavia Butler. Called
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‘Dickinson’ Final Season: Hailee Steinfeld Drops a New Verse
Because I cannot wait for Kate —Apple kindly drops Dickinson Season 3 —The final part of Emily Dickinson/Hailee Steinfeld’s quest
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Southern Fried Asian: Luisa A. Igloria
On a brand new Southern Fried Asian, Keith reconnects with his former college professor, Luisa A. Igloria, who was just
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Every MCU Threat To Humanity In Haiku Form
Because there are so many Marvel movies, and of each it’s worth the trouble to ask, what are we fighting
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#EduHam: ‘Hamilton’ Puts History in the Hands of the Future
”This is for ones like us, that had big hopes and dreams but didn’t make it.” — Lea Ibragimova, Shanae Bennett,
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Southern Fried Asian: G Yamazawa
On this week’s episode of Southern Fried Asian, Keith talks to spoken word and hip-hop artist G Yamazawa, whose debut
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KidLit: Recommended Reading on Justice and Understanding
Originally posted at The Writer’s Block At a time of great unease and injustice, those of us who are parents
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Hollywood’s Dream of a Faceless Rumi
Earlier this month we learned that David Franzoni, the Oscar-nominated writer and Oscar-winning producer of Gladiator, is working on a
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NOC x BNP at #CrossLines with Lauren Bullock
An historic event occurred during our special live recordings of Hard NOC Life from the Smithsonian’s CrossLines pop-up culture lab
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APAture2015: Interview with Jason Bayani
We continue our spotlight on Kearny Street Workshop and its APAture2015: Future Tense, a series of showcases featuring emerging artists
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NOC Poetry: For Bruce, 11/27/40 – 7/20/73
A poem for Bruce we repost on the anniversaries of his birth and of his death.
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R.I.P. Maya Angelou
We are all saddened by the loss of Maya Angelou, who has passed away at the age of 86. Upon
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NOC Poetry: R.I.P. Amiri Baraka
The world lost a titan of the Black Arts Movement when the poet Amiri Baraka passed away today in Newark,
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NOC Poetry: “Open Letter to El Fuerte”
I am a video game player. There is no denying that. But I am also a father. So finding balance
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NOC Poetry: “Supa Soul Sistas”
In honor of the Nerds of Color Lit Week, I wanted to share a piece called “Supa Soul Sista.” I
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