Poetry News

LA, Get Ready for Open Press

Originally Published: September 28, 2015

It's that time of year again when our poetry friends in Los Angeles get together for Open Press, a weekend "to extend the work of the writer, editor, and curator, to instigate new channels of reciprocity among those interested and engaged in what might constitute the literary at any given time." The three-day event will feature a host of activities ranging from roundtables, readings, panels, performances, and yes, a MOVEABLE BOOK FAIR! More about the event:

The idea of Open Press is to host a series of events (roundtables, readings, panels, performances, a moveable book fair, and more) on-site at our homes, headquarters, and elsewhere. The co-curators (ENTROPY, eohippus labs, Insert Blanc Press, Les Figues Press and the Poetic Research Bureau) have invited one or more literary projects they admire to participate in these panels, readings, etc.

We wish to transform the places we work into temporary public sites where literary practices can be discussed and engaged. In other words, Open Press will be a kind of literary moveable feast, in which we travel to various sites over the course of three days in Los Angeles, CA.

hosts: Les Figues Press, The Poetic Research Bureau, eohippus labs, ENTROPY, & Insert Blanc Press.

guest presses & projects: Timeless, Infinite Light, ENTER>text, South El Monte Arts Posse, Two Lines Press, Hex Presse, Basic Editions, Casa Libre, comma, poetry, Tract/Trace: Bodies/Pages, Kaya Press, Sidebrow, Copilot Press, Corollary Press, Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles, Pastelegram, Unnamed Press, Phoneme Media, Material, Women’s Center for Creative Work.

Head here to view the schedule of Open Press events. And if you want to see what went down last year at Open Press, check out what Amanda Ackerman had to say here on Harriet.