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Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center

Phone: 
(310) 822-3006
Contact Name: 
Annette Geisler
Type: Indie Bookstore, Reading Venue, Writing Center

Founded in 1968, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center is located in the Old Town Hall in Venice, California, near the Pacific Ocean. Programs include readings and free workshops. The space also houses a bookstore and, since 1998, Beyond Baroque Books, an imprint dedicated to publishing emerging, overlooked, out-of-print, and experimental poetry, especially written by Los Angeles–based writers.

Address: 681 Venice Boulevard
Venice, CA 90291
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City Guide

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From F. Scott Fitzgerald to Nathanael West, Joan Didion to Raymond Chandler, many writers have been inspired by Los Angeles. In this installment of City Guides, Carolyn Kellogg, staff writer at the Los Angeles Times and Jacket Copy blogger, visits her favorite haunts made famous by writers of both past and present.

Upcoming Events
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Workshop
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May 22, 2013 (All day)
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May 23, 2013 - 5:00pm
Poetry
Reading
Cypress Park Community Job Center at Home Depot
May 25, 2013 - 10:00am
Poetry
Workshop
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May 29, 2013 (All day)
Fiction
Reading
Rhapsodomancy Reading Series
June 2, 2013 - 7:00pm
Conferences & Residencies
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Writing Contests
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Magazine Articles

by Travis Kurowski

May/June 2012

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by Staff

January/February 2011
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A pen-and-ink drawing and a typewritten letter by Charles Bukowski are two pieces among the documents and ephemera currently on view in Charles Bukowski: Poet on the Edge at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California.

by Shell Fischer

September/October 2010

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