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Raised through Los Feliz and Leimert Park, Langston, 29, is a “writer, musician, visual and performing artist, as well as vassal to the Estate of the Lord Chocolate Davis on the land of Langstónia [whose] regular cohorts include Calculus Johnson, Muckraker Jones, Tercero Washington and the Resident Harebrain.”
In previous interviews, Langston has noted that “writing is knowing what not to write, what to omit and when to be reinforcing,” that “…it’s important to self-define…[and that for him], mythology is important because things are just too normal a lot of the time.”
Yours truly thus looks forward to chatting with Langston with respect to our communities! Mark your calendars: Thursday, February 2nd, at 7 PM via IG Live.
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Yours truly is happy to reconnect with Soto-Martinez for Los Cuentos in his first discussion with us as the official representative at L.A. City Hall for Council District 13. Leading up to this conversation, if you’re a local resident of the district or have other close ties to our community, please feel more than welcome to submit questions for the Councilmember via the comments section below or this contact form.
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We catch up with Eva Recinos, originally out of South-Central Los Angeles, and now a seasoned Arts and Culture writer and Creative Non-Fiction writer who focuses on visual art and design, Latinx identity, and education and mental health. Eva was a 2019 finalist in the LA Press Club awards for Arts & Entertainment Feature (Online); 2019 Idyllwild Writer’s Week Nonfiction Fellow; 2020 finalist in the Center for Women Writers International Literary Awards; finalist in the Blood Orange Review 2020 Creative Nonfiction Contest; and a 2021 Pen America Emerging Voices Fellowship finalist.
Our conversation touches on a number of Eva’s articles, including “The Streets Are Made of Anger” for Sin Cesar, “I Want to Speak for Myself, Not the whole Latinx Community,” for Electric Lit, and “You, too, can be touched by Çedouze” for the L.A. Times; we also talk about the challenges of writing, including in terms of frequency, Eva’s experience pitching a new manuscript, and some of her must-read books this season.
You can sign up for Eva’s newsletter, Notes with Eva–which is truly a care-package for writers–HERE, and follow her more closely on IG via @evaiswriting.
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