The Curiosity of Chapbooks at Campo de Cahuenga

Join five LA writers at the CAMPO DE CAHUENGA MUSEUM IN A DISCUSSION AND READING EXPLORING THE UNIQUE ART FORM OF THE CHAPBOOK. Whether fiction, poetry, or nonfiction, the chapbook offers a distinct means to share curiosities with an audience. Between short readings, the authors will discuss writing, process, and “what are” and “why” writers create CHAPBOOKS. The reading and discussion will be followed by a Q&A at the end. Authors will be available for book sales and signing after the reading and discussion.FEATURED AUTHORS: TISHA MARIE REICHLE-AGUILERA (she/her) is a Chicana Feminist and former Rodeo Queen, writes so the desert landscape of her childhood can be heard as loudly as the urban chaos of her adulthood. A former high school teacher, she earned an MFA at Antioch University and a PhD at USC. Her short stories have been anthologized and nominated for awards. She is the author of a YA novel, _Breaking Pattern_ and a prose chapbook, _Stories All Our Own._ She is a Macondista and works for literary equity through Women Who Submit. IG: @writertish | PRESS IG: @bottlecappress ROMAINE WASHINGTON ’s poetry is grounded in the personal experience of place and relationships; she has been nominated for Best of the Net and she is a twice-nominated Pushcart Prize poet. She is the editor of _These Black Bodies Are… A Blacklandia Anthology_ , and two poetry books, _Purgatory Has an Address_ and _Sirens in Her Belly._ She has presented her poetry in many programs, including Inside Socal CBS2/KCSL9 [https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/inside-socal-2-6-wrap-up/] , NPR, and KPFK. An educator for over 22 years, she is a writing coach and workshop facilitator for Inlandia _._ WEBSITE: www.romainewashington.com [http://www.romainewashington.com] | IG: @poetromaine ARUNI WIJESINGHE is a project manager, ESL teacher, former sous chef and occasional belly dance instructor. She is a multiple Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee with work published in _Spillway_ , _Cultural Daily_ , _Redshift_ , _a moon of one’s own_ , _The Journal of Radical Wonder_ , _MacQueen’s Quinterly_ , and elsewhere. Her published collections include _2 Revere Place_ , _The Litany_ _of Missing_ and _Bedside Manners_ , _The Undulating Line_ and _God is a river running down my palm_ .