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Melissa Mora Hidalgo was born in Montebello and grew up in the L.A./O.C. borderlands of East Whittier and La Habra. She holds a Ph. D. in Literature from UC San Diego and is the author of Mozlandia: Morrissey Fans in the Borderlands (Headpress UK, 2016).

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​Tell Your True Tale: The Paper-Bag Bandit, by Victor Alfaro ~ Non-Fiction

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.

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The L.A. Taco Guide to the Festival of Books ~ Wes Avila, Junot Diaz, Guadalupe Rosales

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‘Graffiti Palace’ ~ A.G. Lombardo Maps a Fictional Odyssey Through the 1965 Watts Riots

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‘Postcards Written With Ocotillo and Yucca’: City of the Future ~ New Book By Sesshu Foster Is A Poetic Elegy For Los Angeles

The L.A. Taco Guide to the Festival of Books ~ Wes Avila, Junot Diaz, Guadalupe Rosales

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‘Graffiti Palace’ ~ A.G. Lombardo Maps a Fictional Odyssey Through the 1965 Watts Riots

​Tell Your True Tale: The Paper-Bag Bandit, by Victor Alfaro ~ Non-Fiction

Support L.A. TACO

‘Postcards Written With Ocotillo and Yucca’: City of the Future ~ New Book By Sesshu Foster Is A Poetic Elegy For Los Angeles

The L.A. Taco Guide to the Festival of Books ~ Wes Avila, Junot Diaz, Guadalupe Rosales

Whores & Great Poets ~ Part One

Hell Or High Water ~ Hyde Park

El Coyote… ~ Part II

El Coyote… ~ Part I

Crumbling… ~ Part 9

Crumbling… ~ Part 8

Tell Your True Tale: The Paper-Bag Bandit, by Victor Alfaro ~ Non-Fiction