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Lynell George @lynellgeorge.bsky.social · 7h

My piece for Sierra magazine, “The Burn Scars of Altadena,” was included in this list, from the LA Times, enumerating stories that trained their focus on the fire storms of January. www.latimes.com/california/n...

The first drafts of L.A.'s fire nightmare are already being written

Your morning catch-up: The horrors of the January wildfires, thunderstorms and muggy weather ahead for SoCal and more big stories.

www.latimes.com

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 2d

The suspect accused of igniting the fire that destroyed LA's Pacific Palisades neighborhood allegedly used a ChatGPT prompt to show "a burning forest and a crowd fleeing from it," months prior, officials say

Man arrested, faces federal charge in connection with Palisades Fire: DOJ

The fire caused widespread destruction in Los Angeles County and killed a dozen people earlier this year.

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TVMoJoe @tvmojoe.bsky.social · 17d

ABC has posted the first 28 minutes of @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social

WATCH:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1tj...

Jimmy Kimmel is Back!

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live

www.youtube.com

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Dr. Tracy @tracyrenee70.bsky.social · 26d

Pray for your teacher friends. The load is heavy right now. Teaching in this political climate is a LOT.

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Lynell George @lynellgeorge.bsky.social · Sep 10

It absolutely would be. When they named that site, I thought, of all of the posthumous awards and gestures, she'd be the *most* happiest about this memorialization.

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Lynell George @lynellgeorge.bsky.social · Sep 10

This week's @altajournal.bsky.social Book Review features my Q & A with author Susana M. Morris about her new book Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler—which explores the worlds that shaped Butler and how they influenced her imagination. www.altaonline.com/books/nonfic...

Charting One’s Own Course

Susana M. Morris discusses her research for Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler and her subject’s legacy.

www.altaonline.com

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City Lights Booksellers & Publishers @citylightsbooks.bsky.social · Sep 4

Gratitude and love to Paul Yamazaki, City Lights's longtime book buyer, who will receive the Northern California Book Awards GROUNDBREAKER AWARD at their ceremony this Saturday, 2pm, held at the SF Main Library’s Koret Auditorium.
It's free to attend.
See you there?
poetryflash.org/programs/?p=...

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Lynell George @lynellgeorge.bsky.social · Sep 1

“Among Polidori’s…photographs, I identified places in my very neighborhood. I certainly never expected to stand elbow to elbow w/ tourists in the Met to look at images of these streets lined with humble homes. Only in ruins could they hang on these hallowed walls.” oxfordamerican.org/oa-now/what-...

What John Updike Got Wrong About Katrina

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Michael A. Gonzales @magonzales.bsky.social · Aug 28

Black Star: The Life and Work of Octavia Butler
--essay by Michael A. Gonzales
crimereads.com/black-star-t... via @crimereads.bsky.social @amistadbooks.bsky.social @lynellgeorge.bsky.social

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marcorasi.bsky.social @marcorasi.bsky.social · Aug 26

Small crescent setting over Orleans street, New Orleans

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marcorasi.bsky.social @marcorasi.bsky.social · Aug 25

After the rain, Royal and Dumaine, New Orleans

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Lynell George @lynellgeorge.bsky.social · Aug 24

“It was like watching the development of a photograph in reverse: the moment my boyhood sensations became identifiable was the instant they disappeared.”

— Keith McNally
From “I Regret Almost Everything”
#SundaySentence

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Emily Green @chanceofrain.bsky.social · Aug 13

#Baltimore #arts

Lynell George @lynellgeorge.bsky.social · Aug 13

For Sidney Clifton, it had always been a dream to make things right. Her parents—poet Lucille & artist Fred—lost their family home, 40+ years ago due to foreclosure. In 2019, she reacquired the property: The Clifton House is now an artists’ creative hub. My latest: savingplaces.org/stories/lite...

Literary Giant Lucille Clifton's Home Now Serves as a Hub of Creative Expression | National Trust for Historic Preservation

A daughter of poet Lucille Clifton repurchased her family's former house in Baltimore, and is using it to help creatives thrive.

savingplaces.org

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Zócalo Public Square @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social · Aug 22

Zócalo's latest miniseries explores L.A.'s Literary Public Square. Read from @davidulin.bsky.social on his journey from NYC to L.A., Brittany Menjivar & Sammy Loren on the "alt-lit" scene, @lynellgeorge.bsky.social on making literary community, and John Szabo on libraries. zps.la/LitLA

Los Angeles' Literary Public Square

Literature—the reading it, the writing it—has a reputation of being a solitary endeavor, best conducted in dark, chilly garrets. But the Los Angeles sun has a way of burning off clichés, allowing them...

zps.la

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Lynell George @lynellgeorge.bsky.social · Aug 19

Yes!!

Lynell George @lynellgeorge.bsky.social · Aug 19

@ddavisla.bsky.social: Remember Brad at the Martini Lounge: “Hey, Pat Riley!”

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Lynell George @lynellgeorge.bsky.social · Aug 18

Many years ago, I set out to map out a collection of LA literary spots that held meaning. Many of those places are gone, but the connections — and memories — are still vividly alive. My latest for @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social

Zócalo Public Square @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social · Aug 18

"I had found my way into a writer's life, my own micro-climate of bookstores, cafes, and bootleg backroom venues that felt like home enough that sometimes I’d earned my own VIP perch," writes @lynellgeorge.bsky.social. zps.la/3JhsnJo

My Map to a Literary Life in Los Angeles | L.A.’s Literary Public Square

Making Community in Bookshops, Cafes, and Bootleg Backroom Venues

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jeff @jazyjef.bsky.social · Aug 17

Mal Waldron was born in New York City on this day in 1925.

📸 Frans Schellekens/Redferns, Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 1995

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Lynell George @lynellgeorge.bsky.social · Aug 14

After losing the family home and studio in the Eaton Fire, John Outterbridge’s
daughter, Tami, borrowed a page out of her father‘s artist guidebook, and took the disaster as a challenge to pull together community and make art. My latest for LA Times: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

John Outterbridge's daughter salvages found art from Altadena ruins — with help from his friends

Tami Outterbridge has launched "Digging Bridge," a project to preserve her father's artistic legacy with documentary and excavation of his burned Altadena property.

www.latimes.com

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Lynell George @lynellgeorge.bsky.social · Aug 13

For Sidney Clifton, it had always been a dream to make things right. Her parents—poet Lucille & artist Fred—lost their family home, 40+ years ago due to foreclosure. In 2019, she reacquired the property: The Clifton House is now an artists’ creative hub. My latest: savingplaces.org/stories/lite...

Literary Giant Lucille Clifton's Home Now Serves as a Hub of Creative Expression | National Trust for Historic Preservation

A daughter of poet Lucille Clifton repurchased her family's former house in Baltimore, and is using it to help creatives thrive.

savingplaces.org

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jeff @jazyjef.bsky.social · Aug 12

On this day in 1958, Art Kane photographed 57 musicians at 17 East 126th Street in NYC for Esquire magazine. It was a Great Day in Harlem, 67 years ago today.

Sonny Rollins is the only musician from this photo still living.

#SonnyRollinsBridge

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Lynell George @lynellgeorge.bsky.social · Aug 9

Just Released! This 60th anniversary set showcases lost recordings, archival photos & memory- unlocking ephemera with liner notes from the set’s producer, Alec Palao and me on the history of the old 5-4 and the revue’s whirlwind showcase here in LA just days before Watts lit up.

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@LAhistory @lahistory.bsky.social · Aug 4

"There’s an intimacy and authority of place—of life—that energizes the [CAAM] show. 'Ode to ’Dena' showcases over two dozen artists of varying disciplines who have been in some way touched or shaped by the community.” @lynellgeorge.bsky.social: www.altaonline.com/dispatches/a... #Altadena

Lynell George on ‘Ode to ’Dena’

Conceived in the early days after the sweeping fires, the CAAM exhibition traces Altadena’s artistic history.

www.altaonline.com

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Lynell George @lynellgeorge.bsky.social · Aug 1

In my latest for Alta journal I write about “Ode to ‘ Dena,” a sweeping exhibition now up at CAAM the traces, the deep, rooted history of the African-American, artistic community in Altadena www.altaonline.com/preview/disp...

Lynell George on ‘Ode to ’Dena’

Conceived in the early days after the sweeping fires, the CAAM exhibition traces Altadena’s artistic history.

www.altaonline.com

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Vroman's Bookstore @vromansbookstore.bsky.social · Jul 25

VROMAN'S SUMMER SALE
JULY 26 - AUGUST 3

The Store’s annual Summer Sale starts on this Saturday, July 26th!

Located upstairs in the Event Space. Sticker prices up to 75% off original price + an additional 40% off at the register!

All sales are final. May not be combined with other discounts.

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