“I think Janet Fitch accurately described her as a ‘high priestess of literature,’” writes Gabrielle Goldstein, Braverman’s daughter. “A priestess officiates in sacred rites but also serves the spiritual needs of the community. Kate’s writing was an alchemical gift. And she was also a teacher and mentor whose classes and private workshops birthed and nurtured…
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Kate Braverman, Who Wrote of Women on the Margins, Dies at 70
“Ms. Braverman possesses a magical, incantatory voice and the ability to loft ordinary lives into the heightened world of myth,” Michiko Kakutani wrote in her New York Times review of “Palm Latitudes” (1988), a novel about three women in a Los Angeles barrio, including La Puta de la Luna, the most famous prostitute in the neighborhood. – New York Times, October…
The Black List And Women In Film L.A. Reveal Participants For Episodic Lab
The Black List and Women In Film Los Angeles (WIF LA) has unveiled the participants for their episodic lab, which is in its fourth year. The program is an effort between The Black List and WIF LA that provides mentorship and career opportunities to six rising women television writers. – Deadline, October 1, 2019 Read…
Writers’ Program at UCLA Extension Hosts The Young and the Reckless: Writing for Teens on Saturday, August 24
Symposium engages writers at every stage of creative process LOS ANGELES, Calif. (August 14, 2019) – The Writers’ Program at UCLA Extension expands its programs with an inaugural symposium, The Young and the Reckless: Writing for Teens, on Saturday, August 24, 2019, from 1- 5 pm, at the Gayley Center, Westwood. The symposium brings together…
Treatment Plan: An Essay by 2019 Emerging Voices Fellow Anthony Hoang
I spent most of my young adulthood building a stable and well-rounded life. It included a job in finance that had a matching 401k, spontaneous trips to places like Istanbul and Morocco, and a membership to an expensive gym that had lavender scented towels. Except these things didn’t satisfy me. – PEN America, July 26,…
‘Tales of the City’s’ Lauren Morelli on her LGBTQ Writers Room
So I took a class at UCLA Extension in short fiction. And started writing purely just for myself. I never would have thought that I could do it professionally. – Los Angeles Times, June 9, 2019 Read More Watch the trailer Image Source: Courtesy of Gina Ferazzi, Los Angeles Times