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

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

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Literature

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

‘A MexicanAmerican Geography’ ~ Cherríe Moraga on Coming Home to San Gabriel, Her New Memoir, and Memories of her Mother

Support L.A. TACO

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

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

Jim Marquez & Rick Mendoza ~ Friday, August 1st ~ Downtown L.A.

“L.A. BITCH IV” DVD Launch Party ~ Dale Youngman Gallery ~ Downtown

L.A. BITCH IV DVD Release Party ~ Friday, June 27th ~ Dowtown L.A.

LICKABLE WALLPAPER BOOK RELEASE PARTY ~ Sat. April 5 ~ Long Beach

BUKOWSKI’S RED GARTER ~ FROM EAST HOLLYWOOD TO VENICE

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