Grantee Database
LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS
Grant Year
2018-19
Grant Program
Arts and Public Media
Award Amount
$14,400.00
Project Description
With the support of the California Arts Council, LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS (LARB) will launch a 10-episode LARB Radio Hour podcast series, Literary LA, that will explore and celebrate the work of local writers and artists. The grant will also further our ongoing efforts to support LA-based writers by helping us raise our honoraria for their contributions to the LARB main site and by underwriting the editors who cultivate and publish their work almost daily.
Organization Summary
LARB publishes new reviews, essays, and interviews online every day, as well as a print journal, the LARB Quarterly Journal, featuring original fiction, poetry, essays, and art, and the LARB Radio Hour, a weekly show featuring author interviews and discussions about literature. Our educational and public arts programs include the LARB Publishing Workshop, an immersive, collaborative program designed for students interested in publishing; writing workshops and seminars; a year-round internships for college students; LITLIT (the Little Literary Fair), an annual public festival celebrating West Coast independent publishers and literary arts. The LARB Book Club, a level of our membership program, brings writers, readers, and LARB editors together quarterly in conversation about a selected title; the LARB Luminary Evening series features writers in conversation with readers in homes around Los Angeles. In all of our publications, programs, and events, LARB aims to connect writers and artists to readers both in Los Angeles and across the globe.
Organization
Los Angeles Review of Books
Address
672 La Fayette Park Pl suite 30
Los Angeles
90057
County
Los Angeles
Region
South – Los Angeles & Orange
Phone
(323) 952-3950
Congressional District
California's 28th congressional district
State Assembly District
District 50
State Senate District
District 26
