Location: Nature’s Brew Cafe, 2316 South Union Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90007
Cost: Free

Women sometimes fall vulnerable to the idea of fate—astrology, zodiac, Tarot reading—which seems to imply a feminine lack of control over destiny. “Not a Love Story” aims to feature female writers who are passionate about exploring narratives that are not limited to romance, meaning narratives that do not relinquish autonomy to their objects of desire.

Health & Safety Information:
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Contact: Di Bei
Contact Email: di.bei@maryvillecollege.edu

Location: With Love Market & Cafe, 1969 Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90007
Cost: Free

A reading by current University of Central Florida MFA candidates and a reunion for UCF MFA alumni.

Contact: Chrissy Kolaya
Contact Email: chrissy.kolaya@ucf.edu
Organization: University of Central Florida MFA Program in Creative Writing
Organization URL: https://cah.ucf.edu/english/creative-writing-mfa/

Location: Chevalier's Books, 133 North Larchmont Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90004
Cost: Free
Event URL: https://chevaliersbooks.com/

This event brings to life the joy of browsing through a bookstore and picking up various titles that catch your interest. You'll be able to listen to short excerpts from a panoply of authors representing various backgrounds, genres, and styles of writing. Come celebrate and peruse with us in one of L.A.'s most distinguished and well-known bookstores!

Health & Safety Information:
Masks are welcomed!

Contact: Cristina Deptula
Contact Email: Authorslargeandsmall@gmail.com
Organization: Authors, Large and Small
Organization URL: https://authorslargeandsmall.com/

Location: Audiograph Brewiing: 1203 S Olive St, Los Angeles, CA 90015
Cost: Free

Join the DC-based 804 Lit Salon and Night Ginkgo Press with short readings from writers and friends from all over the country. Featuring: Kevin Maloney Whitney Collins Mike Nagel Emily Doyle Lexi Kent-Monning Nick Gardner Lauren Woods Nikoletta Gjoni Andrew Bertaina Jim Roberts Chad Merrell Michael Don Tara Campbell Courtney Sender *Lineup may change slightly before the event.

Contact: Nick Rees Gardner, Andrew Bertaina, Lauren Woods
Contact Email: nickreesgardner@gmail.com
Organization: 804 Reading Series & Night Ginkgo Press
Organization URL: nightginkgo.com

Location: Memory Look Cafe, 2881 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90006
Cost: Free
Event URL: https://www.facebook.com/events/9815143998512959

You are invited to the 3rd annual Literary Rule Breakers offsite event! For some writers, rules are meant to be broken. At this reading, each writer will read a piece that breaks some sort of literary "rule" be it of form, content, or style. Each writer will each explain what "rule" they are breaking and then read for 5-7 minutes. Featuring: Jess Bowers, Amy Ash, Alyse Bensel, Ghassan Zeineddine, Dave Essinger, Micah Dean Hicks, and your organizer, Jennifer Pullen. See Jennifer for a ticket for a free beverage and snack if you are one of the first 30 people to arrive!

Contact: Jennifer Pullen
Contact Email: j-pullen@onu.edu

Location: 1100 S Hope St, Los Angeles, CA 90015
Cost: FREE

PoemoftheWeek.com presents 8 fabulous poets reading from their latest collections of poetry. Readings by: Octavio Quintanilla, Alexis Sears, Darrel Alejandro Holnes, Alexis Sears, Faylita Hicks, Allisa Cherry, Andrew Mcfadyen-Ketchum, and Taylor Franson-Thiel.

Contact: Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum
Contact Email: Andrew@PoemoftheWeek.com
Organization: PoemoftheWeek.com
Organization URL: https://www.poemoftheweek.com/

Location: Prank Bar, 1100 S Hope St, Los Angeles, CA 90015
Cost: FREE

The Nashville Poetry Party presents...the LA POETRY PARTY, featuring celebrations of and readings by Rueben Quesada, Monica Prince, Saddiq Dzukogi, Anders Carlson-Wee, Sara Borjas, Meghan Merchant, Joseph Rios, Luke Johnson, Dorsey Craft Olbiech, Tomas Morin, Alexis Roan Fancher, Saul Hernández, Jose Olivares. Hosted by Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum, Karen Carr, and Gerard Robledo. Presented by PoemoftheWeek.com and The Nashville Poetry Party

Contact: Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum, Karen Carr, & Gerard Robledo
Contact Email: andrew@poemoftheweek.com
Organization: The Nashville Poetry Party and PoemoftheWeek.com
Organization URL: https://www.poemoftheweek.com/npp

Location: The Stowaway 416 S Spring St Los Angeles, CA
Cost: Free
Event URL: https://hollypelesky.com/readings-events/

Writers Karaoke - where writers cover work by writers they admire. Featuring readings by Lauren Theresa, Alex Carrigan, G'Ra Asim, Jad Josey, Todd Dillard, Melissa Flores Anderson, Patricia Q. Bidar, Erika Gill, William Taylor Jr., Ashley Varela, Romy Rhoads Ewing, & Adrian Dallas Frandle. Emceed by Holly Pelesky. She'll call up some volunteers from the audience to read too.

Contact: Holly Pelesky
Contact Email: hollypelesky@hotmail.com