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Kimiko White's Fever Memory: Book Review

Chuang Tzu in dream became a butterfly, And the butterfly became Chuang Tzu at waking. Which was the real—the butterfly or the man? Who...

Hiram Sims Appointed Library Board Commissioner of LAPL

Hiram Sims, USC Professor of English and founder of The Community Literature Initiative, was appointed Library Board Commissioner of the...

I'd Rather Be Called a Nerd: Book Review

When I saw the title of Dominic “Nerd” McDonald’s collection, I’d Rather Be Called a Nerd, I knew I had to read it. As a teenager, it was...

Life As a Student Poet

I let memories marinate in my mind, to then produce poems where I can reveal more of who I am.