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Mike Sonksen aka Mike the PoeT is a 3rd-generation Los Angeles native. Poet, professor, journalist, historian and tour-guide, his latest book &#8220;Letters to My City&#8221; was just published by Writ Large Press. He teaches at Woodbury University.

Mike Sonksen

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Books

The 27 Best Books About Los Angeles In 2022

Editor for James Beard Award-winning L.A. TACO. Associate Producer for JBA-winning Las Crónicas Del Taco. Former restaurant scout for Jonathan Gold. Co-Author of &#8220;Oaxaca: Home Cooking From the Heart of Mexico (2019) and &#8220;Asada: The Art of Mexican-Style Grilling&#8221; (2023).

Javier Cabral

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‘Masa’ the Cookbook Unlocks the Secret to a Tortilla ‘Puff’ and Everything You Can Make With Nixtamal

David A. Romero is a Mexican-American spoken word artist from Diamond Bar, CA. Romero is the author of My Name Is Romero (FlowerSong Press 2020), a book reviewed by Gustavo Arellano (¡Ask a Mexican!), Curtis Marez (University Babylon), and founding member of Ozomatli, Ulises Bella. Romero has appeared at over seventy-five colleges and universities in thirty different states in the USA.

David Romero

How This Chicano Poet From Diamond Bar Got Into 50 Bookstores Without a Major Deal

L.A. Taco Guides

The 2021 L.A. TACO Book Guide: 34 Books to Read, Gift, and Get Inspired By

Erick Huerta likes to eat his Hot-Cheetos with chopsticks.

Erick Huerta

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A Bell Gardens-Raised Latinx Artist Creates a Comic Book to Challenge SELA’s Negative Stereotypes

The 2020 L.A. Taco Book Guide: 32 L.A.-Centered Books to Read, Gift, and Get Inspired On

Jon Peltz was born in the city that Pitbull calls, “The Big Pineapple.” He prefers the dryness of Los Angeles, and lives under a Clear Channel billboard in Hollywood with his two cats.

Jonathan Peltz

A Brief History of Old Books Bound in Human Skin and Where One Was Found in L.A.

‘Black People Can Be Cowboys, Too:’ A Raw Conversation About Race With ‘Compton Cowboys’ Author Walter Thompson-Hernández

Lexis-Olivier Ray is an award-winning staff investigative reporter for L.A. TACO known for holding powerful people in Los Angeles accountable and his reporting on Los Angeles culture. As well as an artist and filmmaker. In 2022, the Society of Professional Journalists&#8217; Los Angeles chapter named Ray one of their &#8220;distinguished journalists.&#8221; This year, Ray won a second place Anthem Award in their Health Innovation category for a texting service geared towards the unhoused community and service providers that he launched in 2021 with L.A. TACO and Subtext. Ray was a 2020 USC Center For Health Journalism (CHJ) Data Fellow. As well as a 2022 CHJ Impact Fellow. As a freelancer, Ray has contributed to the L.A. Times, Men&#8217;s Health Magazine, KCET and SFGATE.