Friday, November 20
Zocalo presents the co-author of "The Heart of Power: Health and Politics in the Oval Office" for a discussion of the current healthcare reform debate. www.zocalopublicsquare.org.
Where: Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, Downtown
Time: 7:30 p.m.
The author of "Totally Killer" will read and sign his debut novel.
Where: Book Soup, West Hollywood
Time: 7 p.m.
The poets will read and discuss their work.
Where: Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, Venice
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Author Noel Alumit hosts this monthly reading series featuring LGBT writers; this installment will include D. Travers Scott ("Love Hard: Stories 1989-2009"), Myriam Gurba ("Dahlia Season"), Ian MacKinnon and Michelle Sewell.
Where: Skylight Books, Los Angeles
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 21
Authors Amina Cain, Paul Hoover, Anna Joy Springer and Harold Abramowitz will read from their books, which have been published by the West Coast indie imprints.
Where: Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, Venice
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Contributors to the new anthology "Site Dance: Choreographers and the Lure of Alternative Spaces" will discuss their work and perform a brief dance presentation in the store.
Where: Skylight Books, Los Angeles
Time: 7:30 p.m.
The musician and author of "Letters from Lotusland" will present and sign his new book.
Where: Book Soup, West Hollywood
Time: 2 p.m.
Sunday, November 22
The authors of the chapbook "Oh My, Hell Yes" and the novel "Rude Girl," respectively, will read and discuss their work. http://www.poeticresearch.com
Where: The Poetic Research Bureau, Glendale
Time: 4:30 p.m.
The author will read and sign her new novel, "Blame."
Where: Skylight Books, Los Angeles
Time: 4 p.m.
The author of "Hidden Talent: The Emergence of Hollywood Agents" will present and sign his new book.
Where: Diesel Bookstore, Brentwood
Time: 3 p.m.
The author of the new collection of short stories "Normal People Don't Live Like This" will read and sign her new book.
Where: Village Books, Pacific Palisades
Time: 4 p.m.
The author of "Do You Hear What I Hear?: The Secrets of One of America's Great Singing Teachers" will present and sign her new book, and will be joined by special guests Sally Kellerman, Corky Hale, Kate Burton, Dixie Carter and Rex Smith.
Where: Book Soup, West Hollywood
Time: 4 p.m.
The author of "The Practice Room" will discuss and sign her new book.
Where: Cow's End, Venice
Time: 2 p.m.
Monday, November 23
The author of "Not All Black Girls Know How to Eat: A Story of Bulimia" will present and sign her new book.
Where: Vroman's Bookstore, Pasadena
Time: 7 p.m.
New Earth presents an open-mike evening of music, comedy, dance and poetry. Sign up at 7:45 p.m.
Where: Rockotitlan, Hollywood
Time: 8 p.m.
The widow of the late New York Dolls bassist Arthur "Killer" Kane will present and sign his new memoir, "I, Doll: Life and Death of the New York Dolls."
Where: Book Soup, West Hollywood
Time: 7 p.m.
A conversation with the artist and LAXART director Lauri Firstenberg, part of the Friends of Friends discussion series.
Where: SCI-Arc, Los Angeles, Downtown
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, November 24
The poetry, spoken-word and original music series continues.
Where: King's Cafe, Culver City
Time: 8 p.m.
The author of "The Invisible Mountain" will read and sign her new novel.
Where: Vroman's Bookstore, Pasadena
Time: 7 p.m.
Acoustically Speaking Entertainment presents a family-friendly evening of poetry and live music. Open-mike sign-up starts at 6:30 p.m.
Where: Panera Bread, Studio City
Time: 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Open-mike readings (seven minutes, tops). Sign-up before 9 p.m.
Where: Cobalt Cafe, Canoga Park
Time: 2 p.m.
Wednesday, November 25
Open-mike readings.
Where: Tribal Cafe, Echo Park
Time: 7 p.m.
Thursday, November 26
A spoken-word and music lounge where "spilling your heart is an art."
Where: Sonny's Spot, Baldwin Park
Time: 8 p.m.
Friday, November 27
Mark the calendar -- on the last Friday of every month poets, spoken word artists, musicians and singers gather in the mall's Center Court to perform.
Where: South Bay Pavilion, Carson
Time: 8:30 p.m.
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