J.T. the L.A. Storyteller

In our twenty-third episode, listeners meet Tricia Lopez, the author of In Time I Will (2020), a collection of poetry, as well as the host of It Girl Thoughts, a podcast by Tricia documenting her work and journey as a 21 year old graduate student in the creative writing program at Mount Saint Mary’s University.Continue reading EPISODE 23 – IT GIRL THOUGHTS →

In our twenty-second episode, we hop on the Zoom call with Mike Sonsken, a one of a kind ‘poet-journalist’ in Los Angeles. We discuss Sonsken’s studying under Mike Davis at UCLA, his first time meeting the former poet laureate Luis J. Rodriguez, lessons from Watts’ very own Wanda Coleman, KCET, and much more. A veryContinue reading EPISODE 22 – MIKE SONSKEN, LETTERS TO MY CITY →

In our twenty-first episode, we hop on the Zoom call with DJ Swish, a long-time local and East Hollywood aficionado. We discuss Cahuenga Public Library’s special, though sometimes unnoticed status in the community, news of Silver Lake’s recent Police Violence Memorial being taken down, the boundaries between Silver Lake and East Hollywood and their effectContinue reading EPISODE 21 – SILVER LAKE IS SUSPECT →

In our twentieth episode, listeners are treated to the special final meeting for our first ever Los Cuentos Summer Book club this 2020, featuring Randy Jurado Ertll, the author of LA SIGUANABA AND THE MAGICAL LOROCO. We discuss Latin-American history with Ertll, inspiration for his work from places like Spain and South Central Los Angeles,Continue reading EPISODE 20 – LOS CUENTOS SUMMER BOOK CLUB WITH J.T. →

In our twentieth episode, listeners are treated to the special final meeting for our first ever Los Cuentos Summer Book club this 2020, featuring Randy Jurado Ertll, the author of LA SIGUANABA AND THE MAGICAL LOROCO. We discuss Latin-American history with Ertll, inspiration for his work from places like Spain and South Central Los Angeles,Continue reading EPISODE 20 – LOS CUENTOS SUMMER BOOK CLUB WITH J.T. →

In our nineteenth episode, we hop on a call with Viva Padilla, the founder and editor-in-chief of Ponte Las Pilas Press, a publishing house from South Central Los Angeles. We talk about Viva’s funding and design process making literary journals, challenges and opportunities after five years of doing the work, motherhood, the future of theContinue reading EPISODE 19 – PONTE LAS PILAS PRESS →

In our nineteenth episode, we hop on a call with Viva Padilla, the founder and editor-in-chief of Ponte Las Pilas Press, a publishing house from South Central Los Angeles. We talk about Viva’s funding and design process making literary journals, challenges and opportunities after five years of doing the work, motherhood, the future of theContinue reading EPISODE 19 – PONTE LAS PILAS PRESS →

In our eighteenth episode, we sit down with none other than Tom Lutz, the founder of the LA Review of Books, whom yours truly is currently work-shopping with to take JIMBO TIMES to the next level as a publishing platform. Our discussion includes points on the working-class roots of popular literature, “the death of theContinue reading EPISODE 18 – TOM LUTZ, LA REVIEW OF BOOKS →

In our eighteenth episode, we sit down with none other than Tom Lutz, the founder of the LA Review of Books, whom yours truly is currently work-shopping with to take JIMBO TIMES to the next level as a publishing platform. Our discussion includes points on the working-class roots of popular literature, “the death of theContinue reading EPISODE 18 – TOM LUTZ, LA REVIEW OF BOOKS →

In our eighteenth episode, we sit down with none other than Tom Lutz, the founder of the LA Review of Books, whom yours truly is currently work-shopping with to take JIMBO TIMES to the next level as a publishing platform. Our discussion includes points on the working-class roots of popular literature, “the death of theContinue reading EPISODE 18 – TOM LUTZ, LA REVIEW OF BOOKS →