L. Marie Cook describes herself as “a sexually open potty mouth with a lot to share.” Watch her guerrilla reading from the 10th annual West Hollywood Book Fair to get a taste of what she has to offer in her book, Lay Me Down.
You can read more of Cook’s work – and learn more about the author – on her blog.
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Jeanne Córdova is a proud troublemaker with a storied history. She’s been an activist nun, human rights editor for the L.A. Free Press, and political organizer. Her newest book, When We Were Outlaws: a Memoir of Love & Revolution, tells her personal story in the context of the struggle for gay rights and women’s liberation in the 1970s.
Learn more about Córdova – writer, activist, publisher and Latina – on her website.
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Stephanie Hubbard is an award-winning poet, screenwriter, memoirist and documentary filmmaker. Here she is doing a guerrilla reading from her newest book, Bluff Island Rescue Service.
Here’s a brief intro to the book:
The year before she was born, Stephanie Hubbard’s father – a Madison Avenue magazine writer – bought Bluff Island, an uninhabited forty acre island in the middle of the St. Lawrence River. Stephanie grew up on this island, a true believer in her father’s idealized version of splendid isolation. But what began as a family adventure became a daughter’s lifelong struggle….
Read more at the book’s website or connect with it on Facebook.
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Upcoming live GuerrillaReads events
Tues, Feb 21 at 7:30 pm An evening of 99% Guerrilla Lit hosted by The Brickbat Revue. Live readings, plus guerrilla lit videos from Occupy LA.
Sat, March 24 Video walk with GuerrillaReads co-founders Bronwyn Mauldin and Cheryl Klein in Highland Park. Explore the neighborhood and create a video of you reading your work. Open to writers at all levels.
Stay tuned for more details.
