notes on the laureate reading:
the venue is fantastic.
despite being sold out, not well attended. young brown girls and older brown women. a few men, less white people. a few black.
the open mic was mostly poor. one idiot should have gotten the hook.
the featured poets were great. moving and inspiring. especially the asian.
the laureate of la, a latino, kept saying (to an audience
of latinos) that we need the native voice.
how out of touch could he be? i
wrote about this thirty years ago, that you could only get a reading if you
were latino or lesbian… the first two
laureates of la prove my point and make me a prophet.
the hostess was delightful. and kept everything moving. but time ran out – it would have been nice if
the asian and la latino could have read one or two more. there should have been no useless workshop,
no open mic.
the workshop part of the event was useless. did I say that above?
maybe a cute boy but not much to distract…
a few people seemed familiar but I only knew the hostess.
a nice night but not memorable.
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